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Thanks again Laree. I'll get over it...*sigh*. dsgard, thanks, I think I will try the float test. I heard other chirping before the temp drop tho, so I'm not optimistic.

Completely in tears over it. Just cracked an egg to see and it was fully developed but not living. Thanks Laree, I'll wait on the rest tho.

I have a bunch of eggs in my bator and they candled well a week ago. I calculate hatch day to be yesterday. One chick hatched thursday morning and none since. It looks like friday one of the kids in my house turned the incubator off so the temps dropped for an hour or two before I realized it...

Wow, 7L, that's a lot of chicks! I'm headed that direction, probably too many to count by next year. I really gotta get a barn up. Donna, I don't know for sure either, also new, but... I'd consider keeping them room temp? I've heard of people successfully hatching refrigerated eggs also and...

That's great koa, cuz my two are not optimal either! Cold and semi-old, we'll see. Good luck Emma, what are you hatching? Let us know how it goes.

Having fun. Trying to get the incubator to level temp with a large batch of mail order. Have a few extra spaces and just set in two of my SLWyandotte girl's eggs. She's the only adult wyandotte in the pen, so it'll be interesting to see whatever she crossed with if I can hatch them. I'm guessing...

Oh, I've got to get a Brinsea next spring.

I really like these. I can't get one right now due to my crazy egg purchases, but would like to get one eventually. Will you be doing any other breeds?

me too!

Yeah and I was waiting for Illia to post some specifically . Very excited.

Thanks so much. I had the hygrometer inside the bator and also the outdoor cord part inside the bator. I think I was getting competing information. I can designate the accurite for my brooder cuz it's a less delicate job and works well for it temp-wise. I like to put the outdoor cord in the...

Yes, same hygrometer and I think I experienced some of the things you mentioned, so that means that my humidity and temp could have been different than what I thought they were. I'm thinking about ditching it for something a little more user-friendly for this purpose. I did not candle because on...

Thank you for the response! Do you think more would have grown though if conditions were optimal? Seems like some were fertile, just didn't develop. I am happy with the number of chicks for the dollars, although I did have one breed that hatched zero and I'm pretty certain it was not at all a...

Ok, I've had two successful hatches. I define them as successful because I actually hatched some healthy chicks, but only six in total out of probably 40 eggs. The incubator temp and humidity seems to stabalize very well and I stay on top of it. I have a forced air hovabator with an automatic...

Yes, seems like you should switch incubators. That's a lot of problems for one incubator. If it were me I'd contact the store and demand a full refund for return of everything. Let them know that you are out way more time and dollars than what you are asking for. Might be a huge pain, but...

Thank you Illia! That was very helpful.

I wouldn't be surprised if this has been covered, but I couldn't find anything on it, probably due to keyword difficulty. I would like to know if there are any concerns with mixing standards/bantams of the same breed. Would only size be affected by the crossing or are there other traits that...

I think you did a good job of ensuring I won't hit "buy it now"!

Tuper, I think you were just talking out loud. And for the record, this is one of the more educational posts I've read. That is because it is somewhat of an argument I did not know most of this usps info and I have been wondering about it for awhile, so thanks for that. BTW, I have ordered...

Here are my three day olds from eggs I got shipped from Three Cedar Silkies last month. So happy with them!