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    Candling during incubation

    I am curious about candling eggs during incubation. How do you candle the eggs without allowing them to cool too much? Is it harmful to them to be picked out of the bator and candled and then air hole marked before replacing in the incubator? Does this temp fluctuation affect them? and also how...
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    Why won't my chicks hatch?

    I'm so confused as to why my chicken eggs aren't hatching. In the beginning, the humidity was around 40% humidity, and the temp has always been 100 F except for one day it was 96 for a while. Once day 18 came along I added water and the humidity has been 60-80%. I candled them so they are...
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    Lockdown Anxiety

    So my eggs in the incubator are approaching their hatch date - They were put in 2 friday nights ago and are set to hatch sometime late this coming week. However, they were shipped and are mostly bantam eggs. Based on a few things I've read, I have a couple questions... 1. Since they have been...
  4. Incubating and Hatching Chicken Eggs aka HATCHING 101

    Incubating and Hatching Chicken Eggs aka HATCHING 101

    Incubation Notes, Images, Videos & Links Expected Hatch Rate Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched, or even after for that matter! Shipped eggs have a MUCH lower hatch rate. The percent hatchability in the commercial poultry industry ranges from 78-88%. Shipped Eggs = Change Of...
    • Sally Sunshine
    • Article
    • 29 min read
    • calibration chicks hatching eggs humidity incubating chicken eggs incubation incubators malpositions temperature thermometers
    • Comments: 62
    • Category: Hatching Eggs & Raising Chickens
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