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    Muscovy duck sitting...how does this egg look?

    Hi, all...I have a muscovy hen sitting. I grabbed an egg and candled it. How does the health of this egg look to you that have more experience? I don't know how long she has been sitting. It seems like forever.
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    Moving sitting hen

    Hi, all...we have a muscovy hen sitting on a bunch of eggs in a trailer that has our horse shavings in it. We change out the trailer when we need new shavings. Does anyone know the best way to move the eggs and have the hen continue her sitting? Thanks!
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    Little dark dot

    Some of my eggs have a little dark dot in them. What is that? TIA
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    Only one hatched...

    had 13 in bator but only 1 hatched. Don't know what went wrong. When I candled on day 18 it looked like all but 1 were quitters. And, indeed only 1 hatched. Is there anything I can do to make this lonely soul more happy? I checked with the tractor supply, local feed stores and craiglist to...
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    how long to wait to help?

    I have one that has been working for 24 hours. There is a crack all the way around the shell but he/she doesn't bust it open...it is moving around and cheeping...
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    Open the bator or not???

    My first babies hatched Monday. There are other eggs that are pipping...should I quickly open the bator and get the ones that have already hatched out? I have an Octogon EX Advanced so I am sure the humidity will come back up quickly... TIA, Ellen
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    Should I wait to incubate

    I received a shipment yesterday. I am supposed to receive another shipment tomorrow. Can I wait to set put both shipments in at the same time or should I go on and start the first batch today and have a staggered hatch? TIA, Ellen
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    Results of my first hatch...

    My splash marans I got from an auction here on BYC. Unfortunately I got 5 roosters and 2 hens. But I think they are beautiful and I love the sound of a rooster crowing.
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    Mallard ducklings...5 weeks...

    Someone found 8 mallard ducklings without their mom (5 weeks...starting to feather out). We have them in a brooder with a lamp if it is chilly. We live in northern Texas and temperatures are in the 90's in the day and 80's at night. However we could have a cool front where the temp drops to...
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    Weak baby duck

    My muscovy hen hatched 15 babies two days ago. She took them down to the lake for the first time today. One was weak...it would follow a few steps and then sit down. Then start walking the other way. So, I brought it in and put it under a light. It is definately weak. Do any of you have...
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    Dang the luck...

    My first hatch...5 roos and 2 ladies
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    Weight loss chart

    OK...I'm going to weigh the eggs and see if I get better results. My first hatch I got 58% hatch rate. Second a 43% hatch rate. This is my third hatch. Questions...do anyone have a good resource on how to do that chart. Also, I have a food scale that measures grams...is that good enough or...
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    Stacking eggs in a Brinsea Octagon...

    Says it fits 24 eggs but I think I read about fitting more in that. Do some of you do that?
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    Starting new flock...

    Ok...new to this. I hatched my first chicks two weeks ago. They are blue and splash marans I received from a BYC member through the auction. Hatched 7 babies...cute and healthy...don't know if boys are girls yet. Then...I have 9 wheaten/blue Ameraucana in my bator now due to hatch around...
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    Newbie question-roo/hen?

    I hatched my first batch about 10 days ago...7 healthy splash/black marans...how old will they be when I can tell if they are boys or girls? What will I be looking for?
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    I keep thinking if I stare something will happen...

    On day 20 with my first hatch...I keep going in there and staring at them...nothing happening yet...but I feel like I can make it happen...I must be a control freek...
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    Flucuating humidity?

    I have a Brinsea Octagon 20 Advanced...my first time incubating. It has been holding very consistantly at 45-46% humidity. I candled this morning and then it went up to like 76% humidity but was coming down and then I had to leave. When I came home tonight and went to check on it...the tube...
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    Blood rings...

    I just candled my 14 marans...saw embryo movement in 11 of them . My first time incubating so very happy. There are 3 that I think I see a blood ring...but, not sure. Don't smell anything. How long do you think I can leave them in there to re-candle and evaluate before they would be a...
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    Newbie question?

    Yet another question...I am putting my first eggs in my incubator this morning. I did a test run yesterday and it got to the temp and humidity I wanted and stayed there all night. Now I am ready to set my eggs. Do I let the system off and let it cool down, put my eggs in and let them slowly...
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    Weighing eggs

    I am setting up my new Brinsea Advanced...do you guys weigh your eggs and do the graph that they talk about?
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