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    Brower 845 hatching only along edges?

    Hi. I've got an old galvanized Brower incubator, and it's now Day 21.5. These are Black Rock eggs, so sex-linked. I've hatched out 6 chicks of 45 eggs and they've all hatched only along the edges??!!? I've had trouble with humidity in this incubator in the past, and so have altered it by...
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    Calling OldTimers: Will a chicken with wry tail or scoliosis lay well?

    Hi there. I hatched out 26 Black Rocks from a RIR roo and BarredRock hens. No idea where the genetics came from, but only one girl has the wry tail, which until I searched here on BYC, didn't know was an existing problem--thank you for that ! So this girl seems fine and gets around...
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    Anyone breed an ISA brown girl with a RIR?

    Hi. I know Isa Browns are a hybrid, from a Rhode Island father, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever bred an ISA hen with a Rhode Island Red cock/rooster? All my reading is saying that they will not be sex-linked. Yet I've got two that are significantly "blonder" than the others...
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    Upper limit of hen raising babies?

    Hi all. I've got a hen who has just hatched out 4 eggs, and another big batch that just hatched out the incubator. The hen won that race. What I'm wondering is how many chicks I can put under the hen as an adoptive mother. It would be great if I could get all of them under her and not have...
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    How do you stand it?

    Today is day 20 and 1/2. I have a Brower 845 which has that teeny tiny window. I locked-down on Friday. My humidity is 60%. 40 eggs after candling twice. 45 minutes ago I heard peeping. Mother's Day ! I rotated the lid (didn't open) and found one baby in the center area hatched out...
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    50 eggs in a Brower 845?

    Anyone ever done this? Put in the maximum amount that fit? With the thermometer, I could fit 48. I'd like to hear of any successes or failures. Thanks. PCP
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    How Long off the nest is too long?

    Yesterday I noticed that the door to little coop where I'm keeping my Rhodie on 12 eggs had blown open, and I found my Rhodie wandering around looking a little lost about 50 yards from her eggs. I'm not sure how long she was off the nest. She was on the edges of the main flock, and just looked...
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    Looking for an article

    Hi there, I'm pretty sure I read it on here, a link to an article about a woman who uses her chickens to incubate her eggs. I think it had been published in a magazine. It talks about how she keeps eggs in her frig on a rotating basis, and when a hen goes broody, she takes out a dozen and...
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    How long to clear a rooster's sperm?

    I'm probably going to be caught by the spam filter on that S word in the subject..... I recently attended a chicken health workshop and learned fascinating things about the reproductive system. According to these veterinarians, a chicken can STORE sperm up there in a little pouch thingy in her...
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    Age of hen before eggs used in incubator

    I've tried searching this forum but haven't been able to find an answer, or even the question. I'm trying to breed for black s*x link. My Barred Rock hens are 6 months old, and my roo is about 8 months. How old do my hens need to be before I start keeping their eggs for use in an incubator...
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