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  1. MelD89

    chicken hatched in incubator something hanging out of bottom

    I should also add that there was originally 48 eggs which i candled at day 7 and removed 16 of those eggs (which i bought some of, used some of my own and some from a friend so they r all different stock). Then at day 14 i candled them and took a few more out that had quit with blood rings etc...
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    chicken hatched in incubator something hanging out of bottom

    hi all, This is my second incubation experience. Im currently on day 22 and i have 8 very healthy happy chicks, one had pipped and zipped half the way and then i found it this morning dead in its shell :( and then i have lucy, shes my chick with the problem; yes i know theres a thousand...
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    So I have taken the first two out of the incubator as they were going crazy knocking around in there and weren't fluffing up and since taking them and putting them under a lamp have began drying out almost instantly :) I left one hatched chick in the incubator to encourage the others though.
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    So the first chicken to pipp the shell died :( when I woke up this mOrning it hadn't progressed any from last night and Was very still (with just it's beak poking out). Not sure why? I have had two hatch on their own and are very healthy looking and heaps more that have pipped and two I have...
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    Good morning :) its 6am here in oz and this morning I have 6 light Sussex that have popped through their shells :) my question is how long should it take them to progress from the pipping through the outside shell? In two hours time they will have been popped 12 hours (the first two) and have...
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    It is now 11pm on my 19th day (25th march) and I have 4 of my friends light Sussex chicks that have pipped through their shells :) its soooo exciting but I really have to get some sleep coz the kids will be awake at 6am like always Talk soon
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    So it's now 9pm on my 19th day and I have two that have pipped through their shells!!!! Soooo exciting
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    So day 19 update! It's now 3pm here and I have about 4 eggs wobbling around and I can hear some cheeping!!! Ahhhh so exciting! How's everybody else going?
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    Also is anybOdy else totally confused when looking on the Internet for answers on temperature and humidity? I currently have my temp for day 19 set at 37.5 degrees celcius and approx 62% humidity. Does that sound ok for the last three days? The first 18 days I had it set at 37.7 degrees celcius...
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    So from what I can see (which is very limited with just four small view holes) I have two eggs that I can see wiggling a little :) how long do you guys thInk it will take for them to hatch now that I can see them wiggling? Or does that not really make any difference? Some of the mixed dozen I...
  11. MelD89

    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    Ps I think it's normal not to see any movement in the egg at this stage as they r so crowded inside the egg :)
  12. MelD89

    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    Well good morning everybody and thanks so much for th rePlies! It's great to have others here with me :) so its the 19th day for me today and no movement or excitement to post thus far :( its so nerve racking and i can't stop looking in the incubator! I'm going crazy haha. My incubator only has...
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    Chicken eggs set 6th of march, locked down today!! Exciting! Anybody else?

    Hi fellow chicken lovers!! I'm miles away in Australia and this is my first incubating and in a new fully automatic incubator :) I got a mixed dozen ordered online (arriving in the mail) a combination of silkies, Sussex, plymouth rock (pretty much every breed i can think of). And I also have a...
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