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I've only used a red heating bulb in my brooder before but got a white light this time. I am wondering if leaving the light on would be a bad thing for the baby buttonquails. Maybe it would hurt their eyes? I dont know. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I had a heat glo infrared bulb ready for the brooder but it just went out. Can I use a normal one from the store or do I need a special one? I got chicks hatching in about a week and need a bulb in place just in case the replacements I ordered do not work out. Thanks in advance.

I recently bought a new incubator since my old one was too old. I got the Little Giant 9300 for now. The temp reads at 99.5-99.6 consistently. I havent seen it go up or down since I set it up 4 days ago. However, my Zoo Med thermometer reads 98.8. Which one do I trust? Any tips or advice...

I messed up! So i put the eggs in the LG that I have (this is my first time) and then a couple of days later I put in some more to hatch. Well, I thought I knew which ones were which but when I went to the incubator this morning to lock the first batch down, I noticed that I really didnt do a...

Does each chicken egg have to be fertilized by the male on a per breeding act basis or do the chickens retain sperm to use for later usage? If they retain the sperm, how long do they do that for?

Noob here so right away I will say pardon me if I ask something that its already out there. I did search but there is a lot of information out there and i couldnt easily find the answers. I bought an LG incubator and its all set up. My question is, once the hen lays the egg, how much time do...