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  1. K

    ROOM TEMPERATURE

    What is the ideal temperature of the room you have your chick brooders in? The individual brooders each have their own heater for the chicks.
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    COVER?

    Has anyone ever covered their incubator (not the vent of course) to help eggs incubate better? Long story short, we incubated eggs in 2 completely different incubators in a room completely different from what we normally use. Bad batches in both. We know our eggs are great because other people...
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    OVERDUE BCM EGG

    We have one very dark BCM egg left to hatch that is 38 hours past due. Dry incubation in Texas. Lockdown 65%.The others have hatched. We heard it peeping yesterday, so it internally pipped. Then heard nothing since. We were fixing to shut the incubator down when we heard it peeping again, but...
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    HUMIDITY 5 HRS AFTER FIRST CHICK HATCHED

    Hi! Have BCM hatching in a Nurture Right 360. One hatched at 8:30 this morning, and a second hatched at 9. I had to leave for work for almost 3 hours and went I got back the incubator humidity was at 58%. Never had that happen before. Do you think the remaining eggs are ok. A few others are...
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    HATCHING WITH ZERO WATER IN TEXAS

    Has anyone ever dry-incubated AND hatched Black Copper Marans eggs successfully? No water the entire 21 days? I know someone who swears by it, but would like to hear from others. We are south of Dallas, Tx.
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    BCM x OE

    We have an Olive Egger hen in with our Stallings Farm BCM flock. What would a chick from this cross look like? Anyone have a pic? Thanks!
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    Chicks and Texas heat

    Have a broody inside house in a brooder on eggs. Long story. After they hatch, can I move her with them outside into a small coop? Asking because we're in TX and the heat index is over 100 degrees.
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    HUMIDITY TOO HIGH, EVEN DRY

    Hi! Dry incubating BCM for the umpteenth time.10 days in. The humidity usually stays between 20-40%. It is going up to 45-47%. Springtime in Texas, so humidity is always a factor. We have a dehumidifier by it now and it has helped a little. Wondering if anyone else has some tricks? It has never...
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    BUMP HUMIDITY?

    Dry Incubating dark BCM eggs. On day 9. Would it be harmful to add just enough water to bump the humidity up to 35%? They're at 26-28% humidity.
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    INCUBATOR VS. BROODIES FOR FINAL STRETCH

    MAY 17-We set eggs under very broody hens. MAY 20-Same thing with 2 more! MAY 23-A bobcat killed our favorite cream Legbar roo and 3 of his ladies. We collected eggs from his remaining ladies and set in incubator. MAY 24-One of the broody's quit and we put her CL eggs in same large incubator...
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    HATCHING EGGS FROM A DEAD ROOSTER

    A bobcat killed our Cream Legbar rooster and 2 hens 2 nights ago. He was our favorite . We have put 2 dozen eggs from his hens into incubators hoping to hatch his offspring. We know that supposedly eggs can stay fertilized and "viable" for 2 weeks. IYO, would you keep collecting his remaining...
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    CAN YOU "RESTART" EGGS? LOL

    We had 3 hens trying to go broody at the same time in different pens. The first hen we gave eggs to is content. The second one we gave eggs to last night is off of them, but "hunkered down next to the eggs. We don't know how long she's been off and it's in the 80's today. Can we try to set the...
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    HOUSING FOR 1 MAMA WITH CHIX & 2 BROODIES

    Hi! We have a mama (who was brooding) and 2 of her 3plus week old chix she hatched in a small coop inside a pen outside. This coop is closed and has some room for them to run around. We now have 2 more hens who have gone broody! Would it be ok to give 1 of the other broody hens a nest with...
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    RIR x SLW

    Hi! We hatched some chicks from RIR x SLW for Red Sex Links. They hatched, and they all have stripes or bars on them. Some are whitish (male?) and some are reddish (female). For the life of us we cannot get the pics to load. Would the reddish and whitish color still be the gender determining...
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    Dead Chick in Lockdown

    We incubated 40 eggs with a large 42 incubator for the first time. Usually use a 12 egg Kebonnixs. Last night about 6 pm (day20) the eggs started hatching. Long story short, we have one dead chick in an open shell in there with I think about 27 live hatched chicks. We were advised in the...
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    Not Checking Humidity

    Have a Hova-Bator 2360 now. The lady we got it from has been dry-incubating/hatching with these for years. She always makes sure the temperature is accurate, but doesn't check the humidity. She adds the water at lockdown and doesn't worry about humidity or anything else for the 3 plus days until...
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    NOTHING ON DAY 21

    We're on day 21 of a small incubation of BCM using our Kebonnixs incubator. When last candled they were fine, Temp and humidity have been good, etc. We have never had an entire batch of eggs not hatch. Should we wait a couple of days before we candle/float test/ toss?
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    Humidity and 2 incubators at different stages

    We have 2 Kebbonixs incubators going. One went on lockdown today. The other is a week behind. Dry hatch method with both. Raised the lockdown bator to 65%. The other is trying to climb to 40%. What should we do? We are in humid Tx.
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    Dot on head

    How long does the dot on the top of a Cream Legbar cockerel stay, please?
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    INCUBATION HUMIDITY LEVEL TOO HIGH

    Hi! We are on day 5 of a dry incubation of BCM. The humidity has increased to 42. Best way to lower humidity? Have opened the vent...
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