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  1. mrmotherhen

    UK Member Please Say HI

  2. mrmotherhen

    UK Member Please Say HI

    So... End results in.. Out of the 10 eggs in our first ever hatch, we had 7! One died when it pipped, it got its beak stuck and a little peice of membrain seems to have got stuck over its nostal holes and it suffercated!. We still have 2 more eggs in the incubator, but no pips or anything, so...
  3. mrmotherhen

    UK Member Please Say HI

    Thank you I'm very relieved that they are hatching, being its our first hatch I was so worried that I might have messed up the humidity or temperature, that air sacks were to small etc! Fingers crossed for the rest.. Thanks again.
  4. mrmotherhen

    UK Member Please Say HI

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  5. mrmotherhen

    UK Member Please Say HI

    Hi Barbara Well, day 20.. Nothing happening... Day 21.... Oh some little pips on a couple of eggs! Over night.. One of the Aracunanas hatched and another egg has popped! So out of 10, 3 pipped and one hatched so far.. On to day 22!. Kids are so excited, the 2 older girls slept in the kitchen...
  6. mrmotherhen

    My first lock down

    I got 6 out of 7 even with the small aircells. Happy![/quote We are still waiting! Technically only just on to day 21, nothing happening yet.. Fingers all crossed x
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    Cross Continental Friends!!!

  8. mrmotherhen

    Cross Continental Friends!!!

    Hello there, nice to hear from you.. We have an average size 3 bedroom house, with a garden about 40-50 feet long and 35-40 feet wide, so not really very much room to keep other animals. However chickens should fit in just fine :) We do have 3 cats, 2 normal cross breed cats and 1 that is half...
  9. mrmotherhen

    UK Member Please Say HI

    Hi Barbara, Thank you so much for the welcome :) We bought our own incubator, nothing to over the top, a small auto turner, which has done well at maintaining the right temp (give or take 0.2c) but has been a nightmare maintaining humidity. Incubating 10 eggs, by our maths we took off 20% for...
  10. mrmotherhen

    Suffolk United Kingdom Member here

    Thanks CT BYC is brilliant, found lots of very useful info online before I downloaded this app and even found YouTube videos associated with BYC! Who knew there was so much to keeping chickens haha.. Very much looking forward to our chicken project, will pop posts on from time to time to share...
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    My first lock down

    Good luck.. I'll be locking down our incubator on tues evening.. Have ten eggs in there, 2 are Aracunana too. I've also been worried about the size of the air sake, have struggled with the humidity in our cheaper incubator, so hoping they are going to be ok.. Can see movement in all 10 of our...
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    Cross Continental Friends!!!

    Hello there :) Always happy to say hello to a friend over the water! We live in Suffolk Uk.. It's on the east coast ish.. Lots of green rolling hills, sheep and pretty old towns and villages here. Just started our chicken adventure with our children, incubating 10 various eggs, due to hatch on...
  13. mrmotherhen

    Suffolk United Kingdom Member here

    Greetings to all :) New to chicken keeping, in fact so new our eggs haven't hatched yet! Expecting the arrival of little feet on Saturday! Fingers crossed all go's well as our children will be devastated.. Although it's a life session. Anyway again Hi to all, U.K. And all over the world...
  14. mrmotherhen

    UK Member Please Say HI

    Hi Fellow UK members, we are over in Wickham Market, Suffolk.. Only just starting out chicken adventure, 10 eggs in the incubator, awaiting the arrival of chicks on Saturday! Fingers crossed :) Steve.
  15. mrmotherhen

    "Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

    Hi All, incubating for the very first time! We have 10 eggs, 2 X Cream Legbars, 2 x Aracunana, 2 x Rhode Island Reds, 2 x Copper Blue Morans and 2 x French Wheaten Morans. Currently on day 16, getting ready for lock down. Have candles the eggs many times now as we have found it absolutely...
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