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    Day 23 winter broody hen, candled & accidentally cracked egg!

    So I let a broody hen incubate eggs during the winter, a risk I know. I candled them on day 16 and all was good. I was planning to move mama and her eggs to a private brooder on the evening of day 17. Unfortunately in the afternoon of day 17 she was kicked off her nest by other hens and the eggs...
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    Unsure if my coturnix quail will hatch

    18 days ago, I got my first coturnix quail eggs and put them in my cheap incubator. (I had them shipped from Ohio to Texas). I've been incubating them at 96.5 to 99 degrees Fahrenheit and I'm pretty sure they'll be hatching late. I know most of them have life and are big enough to darken most of...
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    Temperature varies from 36 °C (96.8 °F) to 39 °C (102.2 °F) in my homemade incubator! Will I have a good hatch?

    Hello! I've made an incubator and I've placed 39 eggs in it 8 days ago. The problem is that the temperature is different in different spots of the incubator. In one spot the temerature shows 36 °C (96.8 °F), another spot it shows 38 °C (100.4 °F) and another one above 39 °C (102.2 °F)! The...
    • drdn
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    • hatching high temperature homemade incubator low temperature temperature variation
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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    Help please!! Day 23 chicken eggs. Temp was to low

    Hi Everyone! This is my first hatch and sadly we realized yesterday(day 22) that our temp was to low 😔. We thought the temp was right because I calibrated our mercury in glass thermometer in a cup of ice water and adjusted temp accordingly. Because hatch was delayed we double checked with...
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