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    Temperature help please

    I'm 4 days into incubation and my brinsea maxi advance and my brinsea liquid in glass thermometers are showing a 1 degree difference to each other (celsius) I've ordered a third thermometer but until it arrives I'd like to know which thermometer would be most likely to be accurate? The...
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    Its too late now, but I'm wondering...

    Our chicks died. It's too late to do anything about it, but here is my question. My father-in-law passed away on day 20 of lockdown, we had to leave home immediately, which if course meant leaving the incubator. I had a friend come in to keep an eye on the chicks. It was a bad hatch rate...
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    Unusual veining - or not?

    I am incubating a batch of eggs in my Brinsea eco, which requires hand turning them. On day 2 I unexpectedly had to go away for a couple of days. This meant the eggs weren't turned for nearly 30 hours. When I got back I started turning regularly again. Yesterday was day 7 so I candled. I had 6...
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    Was this bad or luck or something to do with the breeder?

    I just hatched my second batch of eggs. The first batch I bought from private sellers and had them shipped, the hatch rate was 20/25. The ones that didn't hatch were either unfertile or early quitters. This second lot I decided to get from a business that breeds heritage chickens and sells...
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    Are my eggs fertile?

    I very inexperienced at incubating, I had a successful first hatch from bought eggs (20/25) for my first time, and thought for my second lot I'd add some of my own eggs. I checked them for fertility and to my (inexperienced) eye I thought they were fertile. But at candling them not one had...
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    Too many eggs under hen?

    I have hen that has gone broody (after investing in an incubator of course:rolleyes:) she's a bantam cross so quite small and the eggs she's sitting on are not quite fitting right under her, I can see them poking out, not fully but about half the egg. Will these be developing or shall I take few...
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    Blood ring question...

    I'm a first time incubator and am trying to learn as much as I can but I need a little help please. :confused: I have an egg in the incubator I’m not sure about. It doesn't seem as developed as the others when I candle. The other embryos are moving and wiggling but this doesn't and I also can't...
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    Question about a cracked egg

    Hello, I've just joined up but have been reading these threads for the past couple of weeks as I'm incubating eggs for the first time - this forum has been my go to for info since Google sent me here! :) I have a question about a cracked egg. I candled today (day 7) and took 2 eggs out of the...
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    Here I am, in NZ

    Hello, just officially joined but have been reading threads avidly for the past few weeks as I am incubating eggs for the very first time.
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