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    UNICO brooder info needed

    I just pulled out my old Unico Alliance floor model brooder. I was looking to restore it after it is used this season. I am in need of a good clear picture of the Unico decal that is on the top. I know the model of mine is the 150 because it has MODEL 150 painted on the top in stencil letters...
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    Salmon Faverolle eggs or chicks

    Looking desperatley for some faverolle hatching eggs or chicks. I set 15 standard and bantam and only 3 look viable at this point. Hatcheries will not have them until March. I would really like to get all my babies out for the spring sunshine when they are not too young. You can contact through...
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    New to hatching turkey eggs!!!!!

    I am trying to incubate and hatch some turkey eggs. Are there any pointers or tips I need to know? AKA when to candle, what to see when candleing and when. I already know the basics like 99.75 degrees, and 50-60% humidity for the first 25 days. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    Anyone use a Fluker's digital thermo/hygro for rept in chicken bator

    I was at the pet store today and saw a neat thermo/hygro made by Fluker. The store was using them in all of there reptile cages. Anyone tried this one???
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    Winter incubation set, anyone else!!

    Just set 50+ chicken eggs and 20 turkey eggs. Anyone with me for this winter hatch!!!!!! Bator almost at capacity for the setup we have in there. Just wish we had some Americanas to go in there. Now just have to build yet another coop for these. I guess we have time since almost a month in the...
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    Sept 1 hatch, culling bad eggs

    Well at day 14 I finally had the chance to cull the bad eggs. Out of 30 set eggs, I had 10 non fertile and 1 that was cracked but growing until yesterday. Candled a tonight and got a whiff of the bad one. So I decided to take out the bad one and the 10 non fertiles. The rest of the other 19 are...
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    Welp Hatcheries best experience ever

    We ordered chicks from Welp Hatcheries. Order was for 5 standard cochins, and 20 assorted rare breeds. We ended up getting the 5 cochins and then 26 of the rare breeds. Total of 31 instead of 25!!!!! We did have one of the rares die 1 day after shipment, but still have 25 of the 20 ordered. Most...
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    Brower 624 restoration

    Well I just finished the external restoration of my dads Brower 624, redwood, incubator. Almost... Will get pics up as soon as possible. I didn't think of taking before pics. My wife thinks I need to replace all of the wiring, but it works perfectly the way it is. What does everyone think. About...
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    Help! Two pipped but no movement since last night!

    We have a polish egg and a bantam cochin egg that has pipped but nothing else. I haven't heard any peeps or seen any movement since early this morning. Should I help! One hatched yesterday. We were forced to use an ancient styrofoam incubator with an extremely large middle. I'm worried I may...
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    First pip of first eggs ever incubated! Need someone to talk to!

    OMG! Our first egg pipped this morning and is still working on that tiny hole. How long does this take? I'm going absolutely crazy! How long before the others pip? This is day 20.
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    Lockdown near, with ????????

    Going into lockdown tomorrow night. We have an LG with turner and fan. We are have had trouble the whole incubation with humidity. Hard to keep the humidity up to 50-55%. If we turn the fan off the humidity does go up pretty quickly. Is it ok to go into lockdown with the fan off to get humidity...
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    Lockdown fast approaching! Need some advice.

    We are due to start lockdown on our eggs in the LG on Sunday. They have been in an egg turner the whole time. These are my questions as I am absolutely terrified I'm going to do something wrong. 1. Should we set up a seperate hatcher? (I do not trust the LG to hold humidity for lockdown) 2...
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    LG bator possessed?

    We have an LG incubator full of eggs due to hatch around the first week in August and I believe it is possessed. It is constantly readjusting itself and we don't even open the bator. I am worried about lockdown for the eggs in this bator. Should we look at setting up a second bator for lock...
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    Help Wingless Baby Roo

    Hi, We have a baby roo (5 week) that was attack by a racoon earlier this week. Both wings were chewed off almost to the shoulder. We have him in a clothes basket with food and water. We have been treating the wounds with antibiotic ointment and creative wrapping. He is doing very well and is...
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    1 month old crowing

    About a month ago we got our assorted rare and exotic breed chicks from Welp Hatcheries. Not exactly sure what we have but two of them are starting to try to crow. We think the are either campines or Egyptian Fayoumis. We will post some pics as soon as we can. What breed would start crowing this...
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    1 month old crowing

    About a month ago we got our assorted rare and exotic breed chicks from Welp Hatcheries. Not exactly sure what we have but two of them are starting to try to crow. We think the are either campines or Egyptian Fayoumis. We will post some pics as soon as we can. What breed would start crowing this...
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    LG Bator humidity???

    Set up my LG Bator. Only able to get 50-55% humidity with all vents closed. It has the egg turner and a homemade forced air fan(PC fan). Any ideas on raising humidity for the lockdown period. Like to know before time comes. Setting eggs around 7/14. Thanks
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    Magnet in incubator

    New to incubating eggs. The Thermometer/Hygrometer i bought has a magnet on the back. I was wondering if the magnet would affect the hatch?
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