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Oh my goodness. Maybe something good is going to happen after all the mishaps. Just had another of these super chicks pop out and a few more zips in the other eggs. lol This really is unbelievable to me. I've never went through so much with a hatch before. I'm surely learning some good advice on to worry or not to worry from now on. lol.

Jimmy

And now there are 4 jumping around. lol
 
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No pictures right now but there are 6 babies in the incubator. Just wanted to say also that when I went to our local tractor supply store yesterday morning to see about an incubator, I got one of the circulated Farm Innovator ones. I was really hesitant about buying it but I will say that I took it out of the box, set it up as they said, let it run for only about a half an hour and it reached the temp with adjustments and it has held temp and humidity level perfect. I really didn't have much of a choice with everything that was going on. One thing that I do really like about this is that it has a plastic shell over the whole outside which will be easy to clean.
Will let this run another day or so and see if any more hatch. This has sure been a miracle that any of these hatched. All I can really say is Thank You Jesus.

Jimmy

The miracle chicks. Still just 6 but that is 50% hatch rate and with all the trouble I will be satisfied if nothing else happens. Still leaving the bator on. lol Who knows.





 
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Just amazing about those 6 chicks. Funny how the smaller batches seem to get the most attention too. My broody duck is getting the attention here. Turns out that one of the other female ducks in her pen was cracking the shells so I had to pull the other females. I'm hoping the change in the pen does not end her broody setting though. I can't seem to hatch these mallard eggs in my incubator.
 
Jimmy, The incubator I think I saw in one of your pictures looks like a Brinsea. I think the Farm Innovator is a nice Styrofoam incubator. I like the hard plastic on the outside too. I do use a cabinet to incubate in and my Styrofoam incubators are ancient but I use them as hatchers. A friend of mine bought a Farm Innovator circulated air incubator from TSC and it's been holding the temperature and humidity great, so much better than my old LG's and Hova-Bators. I have had some broody's but didn't let them hatch any eggs. My last rack of eggs are in the incubator and when these hatch I'll quit hatching for this year. Now to watch them grow up.

Here is a true story. A friend of mine told me this story, of a time a few years ago now, he had a broody give up on her eggs so he took them into his house and put them in a pyrex bowl with a dish cloth or towel under them with a heat lamp and most of them hatched. I guess the moral of the story is you just never know.

Alieda.
 
cmom said:
I have never heard of them.

CALLING: Jimmy or Matt...
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i was web seaching seems the durham lines started in europe i just dont know anything about this line since you all have had more experience than myself my be some one could tell me a little more i looked at a man flock and this is what he told me durham is cattle stock i had know idea that they also breed fowl i did fine something about this heritage line of fowl but it was great britian and seems it started in europe could not find out anymore.
 
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i was web seaching seems the durham lines started in europe i just dont know anything about this line since you all have had more experience than myself my be some one could tell me a little more i looked at a man flock and this is what he told me durham is cattle stock i had know idea that they also breed fowl i did fine something about this heritage line of fowl but it was great britian and seems it started in europe could not find out anymore.
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oh i firgot to add but i know you all know the european got there stock from USA u still just cannot find out where durham flock line originated from what US line of RIRs
 
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Jimmy, The incubator I think I saw in one of your pictures looks like a Brinsea. I think the Farm Innovator is a nice Styrofoam incubator. I like the hard plastic on the outside too. I do use a cabinet to incubate in and my Styrofoam incubators are ancient but I use them as hatchers. A friend of mine bought a Farm Innovator circulated air incubator from TSC and it's been holding the temperature and humidity great, so much better than my old LG's and Hova-Bators. I have had some broody's but didn't let them hatch any eggs. My last rack of eggs are in the incubator and when these hatch I'll quit hatching for this year. Now to watch them grow up.

Here is a true story. A friend of mine told me this story, of a time a few years ago now, he had a broody give up on her eggs so he took them into his house and put them in a pyrex bowl with a dish cloth or towel under them with a heat lamp and most of them hatched. I guess the moral of the story is you just never know.

Alieda.
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yes, the Brinsea is the one that went bad. lol I've had it for quite a few years and it has always done a wonderful job of incubating and like you I would put them in the styro's for hatch. No room in the Brinsea. This new one, the Farm Innovator is still hanging right in there with the temp/humidity. That is something with your friends eggs. lol I believe all those stories. This is why I always say that I think folks have gotten to picky with their hatching eggs.

As for the Durham line of chickens, I've read some articles on them but it was way back in time. Yes Durham is cattle also other livestock and they did have poultry. There is a little information on the family history but only what they raised. I had never been into that. The RIR in Europe etc. don't look the same as ours so weather they still look the same or not now I don't really know. I used to have some video's of the German RIR but don't know if I still have them or not. I just figure I'll work on what I have and try and keep them right and I'll have enough to do. lol

Jimmy
 

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