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Any one else Incubating? Start date Aug 21?

Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by Kovalciks Chickens, Aug 22, 2010.

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  1. Aug 22, 2010 #1
    Kovalciks Chickens

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    Hey just wanted to make a thread to see if anyone else has a loaded bator? I have 52 eggs in my bator now and they are on day 2.
     
  2. Aug 22, 2010 #2
    Wolfwoman

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    I started the 19th.
     
  3. Aug 22, 2010 #3
    Sir Birdaholic

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    [​IMG] I started in January, hatched about 900 birds so far, & still going!
     
  4. Aug 22, 2010 #4
    okiechick57

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    [​IMG] I started Quail eggs on the 21st.........hoping for more than 2 to hatch this time........ out of 29 eggs
     
  5. Aug 23, 2010 #5
    white01

    white01 Brady Brook Poultry

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    I started on the 15th, on day 8, Candled 12 eggs, 2 i think are duds, 2 are ?, but 8 of them i can see eyeballs wooohooooooo
     
  6. Aug 23, 2010 #6
    HeatherLynn

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    I am 37 hours into my first batch myself. I only put in 18 eggs. They are actually eggs I bought from an older family friend and are maran mixes and maybe a couple pure in there. She has them just all running together so who knows what I will get. I think thats kinda exciting personally. I wonder what will pop out.
     
  7. Aug 23, 2010 #7
    Kovalciks Chickens

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    very cool everybody...Im on day 2 and I have 52 eggs. I have mottled japs, OE, marans, d'uccles, hamburgs, RIR, rocks, cochins, and some others.

    What are you guys using to candle your eggs. I use a flashlight in the pitch black and it dont work so well...Id like a homeade device that I could use that works great.
     
  8. Aug 23, 2010 #8
    zoo2u

    zoo2u In the Brooder

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    Yes, been running the incubator since August 10th to salvage the eggs deserted by one of my hens. Have had 16 chicks hatch since the 10th, the last one today. Never knew that staggered hatch dates would be successful but now i have two that dont appear to have made it after they pipped and there are still 20 eggs left. Never had this happen so curious will the others be able to hatch?
     
  9. Aug 23, 2010 #9
    BlueBirdChick

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    yeah i started on the 21st but i only have seven eggs in mine [​IMG]
     
  10. Aug 23, 2010 #10
    Kovalciks Chickens

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    zoo im sure they will hatch if they are capable. Sometimes you have to give them a little hand even though it isnt recommended. I staggered my Japs last year and I got 6 chicks outta 20 but I would get one about every day.

    Bluebird...7 eggs is alright...what are you hatching?
     

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