Almost anything will work really, but a small diameter very bright mag light or led light(the best!) Is better. I use a Smith and Wesson 9 bulb led that you can spot from a mile. I can see fine even in Marans eggs after about the 7 day mark.
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Almost anything will work really, but a small diameter very bright mag light or led light(the best!) Is better. I use a Smith and Wesson 9 bulb led that you can spot from a mile. I can see fine even in Marans eggs after about the 7 day mark.
Yep no holding my breath on this next batch... They are my blue and lav. Ameraucunas too...
Yay!!! I love that little dark one giving you the "are you my momma" faceThis is what I woke up to this morning!!!!! Come on babies!!!!!
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Ok, so my shipped eggs are comming 3 days apart... have some ready to go in tonght (that will be a full 24hour wait from when I recieved them) and the other group is being shipped today
Will it be better to wait till tomarrow morning/afternoon/night to put these in and then if I pick my eggs up from the post office sat morning I can set them late Saterday night (that is only waiting 12 hours) and the two batches will be 24- 36 hours apart... and I can probably treat them all the same for lockdown
OR
Should I go ahead with these tonight and set the others Sat night (after 12 hours) and that would be 2 days apart
OR
should I go ahead with these tonight AND wait a full 24 hours on the next ones.... and then they would be 3 1/2 days apart
OR should I wait till tomarrow for these AND wait a full 24 hours for the others .... and that would be back to 3 days apart
Will it be better to wait till tomarrow morning/afternoon/night to put these in and then if I pick my eggs up from the post office sat morning I can set them late Saterday night (that is only waiting 12 hours) and the two batches will be 24- 36 hours apart... and I can probably treat them all the same for lockdown
OR
Should I go ahead with these tonight and set the others Sat night (after 12 hours) and that would be 2 days apart
OR
should I go ahead with these tonight AND wait a full 24 hours on the next ones.... and then they would be 3 1/2 days apart
OR should I wait till tomarrow for these AND wait a full 24 hours for the others .... and that would be back to 3 days apart
OMG - came on to find 63 unread posts!!!!!! I will never keep up with all these new hatches!!!!!
I am soooooooooooooooo still waiting
Day 6 ugh!!!!!!!! - FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh the bator is pre-set for chickens 99.5 and it is just a normal one nothing fancy no fan and I have to turn them myself though DH does that - for "his babies!" lol Maybe they will hatch late if the temp is set a bit low? Though it looks like 99.5 to me maybe 100??? Fingers crossed I guess. Even the eggs are the wrong colour? Only 4 in the bator and I bet we will get some Roo boys but thank goodness I already got someone to take them this time! We are not allowed them here. - Oh please let me get a blue laying hen!!!!!!??????????
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I am soooooooooooooooo still waiting
oh the bator is pre-set for chickens 99.5 and it is just a normal one nothing fancy no fan and I have to turn them myself though DH does that - for "his babies!" lol Maybe they will hatch late if the temp is set a bit low? Though it looks like 99.5 to me maybe 100??? Fingers crossed I guess. Even the eggs are the wrong colour? Only 4 in the bator and I bet we will get some Roo boys but thank goodness I already got someone to take them this time! We are not allowed them here. - Oh please let me get a blue laying hen!!!!!!??????????
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Along with turkeys hatching, we got 3 little doe goats this weekend
I have a yellow chick!!!! it is from a clucku marren or RIR (I think maren) and the possible roosters are an EE (he is mostly whie) and a Spangled Hamburg.... the chick has yellow feet and a very small come .... maybe pea... so EE is daddy??? do this mean it is a sex linked chick.... if so would it be a boy or girl?
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In the last couple days i have just had my first batch of incubated chicks, 7 healthy and doing fine, 1 not so brilliant but getting stronger slowly. 
The mums were warrens and the dad was a light buff Sussex. I was thinking of getting some pedigree ones of some sort any one got any suggestions?
The mums were warrens and the dad was a light buff Sussex. I was thinking of getting some pedigree ones of some sort any one got any suggestions?
OH MY Sorry but where are you from? We appear to be related!!Ok, so my shipped eggs are comming 3 days apart... have some ready to go in tonght (that will be a full 24hour wait from when I recieved them) and the other group is being shipped today
Will it be better to wait till tomarrow morning/afternoon/night to put these in and then if I pick my eggs up from the post office sat morning I can set them late Saterday night (that is only waiting 12 hours) and the two batches will be 24- 36 hours apart... and I can probably treat them all the same for lockdown
OR
Should I go ahead with these tonight and set the others Sat night (after 12 hours) and that would be 2 days apart
OR
should I go ahead with these tonight AND wait a full 24 hours on the next ones.... and then they would be 3 1/2 days apart
OR should I wait till tomarrow for these AND wait a full 24 hours for the others .... and that would be back to 3 days apart
Good luck with it all.
Wish I could help!
Day 22 here! Nothing! NO movement.. no pips..no zips..
Sad.....
ButI can't even find the crying guy.. Not my day!
Sad.....
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