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  1. jnmarz30

    Hands on hatching and help

    Our wrong-way chick worked her way out and is now resting in the bottom of the incubator! She looks great. Yolk absorbed, tummy looks good. Phew! I'm so glad we at least have the one. Her father is a gorgeous Barred Rock/Golden Polish cross, and we don't know which hen she's from, so she (or...
  2. jnmarz30

    Hands on hatching and help

    I've read so many different things about humidity! The chick that pipped but didn't make it couldn't seem to get through the membrane - her beak was poking through the shell with the membrane wrapped around it when I found her. So I was wondering if the higher humidity had made the membrane too...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Update: My wrong-end pipped is now my only remaining chick. :( I went to bed at 12:30 am and got up at 6:00 to check them, and in that time I think the humidity got too high - it was 75% when I came out. The non-pipped egg had pipped but not made it. The pipped egg had almost all the way...
  4. jnmarz30

    Hands on hatching and help

    Hi there - Looking for advice on whether I should help a hatching chick. This is our first hatch - my almost-13 year old daughter was incubating the eggs and we thought we were only on day 18, but then she admitted that she hadn't marked off every day. We didn't think to make a note of the start...
  5. jnmarz30

    Hello from western NY!

    I was thinking of doing this, but am having trouble finding a hatchery where I can get both at the same time and the shipping costs for small orders are so high that I have to watch the $$$ - ordering/shipping separately just wouldn't be economical. (Although, if anyone knows of a place where I...
  6. jnmarz30

    Hello from western NY!

    Thank you for the welcome! I'm torn between Indian Runners and Muscovies, but leaning toward Runners. They're just so darned cute!
  7. jnmarz30

    Hello from western NY!

    Hi there... Long-time lurker, finally inspired to officially join and jump in on the conversation! My family (me, my husband, and our daughter and son) started our first backyard flock about 4 years ago, when we were living in the city of Buffalo. The ordinance allowed us five chickens (after...
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