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    Getting a little nervous.

    I have 4 silkie eggs in the Incubator and on late day 18 one started to pip. It's been almost 20 hours later and the crack on the egg has not changed. Although, the eggs moves a little off and on. Is this normal or is something going wrong. Incubator is at 68% humidity, Temp 101 had to set...
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    Hatching starting at 18 1/2 days

    I have 4 silkie eggs in my Incubator and I'm 12 hours from going on the 3 day lock down. I checked tonight 12 hours away from the lock down and sure enough one of the eggs shows signs of pipping. I have one egg with a tiny little star looking crack. So I went into lock down instantly. Should I...
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    Correct Humidity?

    I just got a new Nurture Right 360 and it tells me to keep the humidity at 50% until lockdown and move to 70%. I have had this thing going for 2 days not most of the time it stays around 50% but changes as the day goes from 46% to 50% but on the average around 49%. I'm no rocket scientist or...
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    Newbie From Oklahoma

    I retired from the US Army about 5 years ago and this spring I graduate college with a teaching degree. The wife and I decided to start raising chickens, mainly to gather eggs for personal consumption. Although, we did decide to go with Bantam Silkies as a hobby. If everything goes great we are...
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