EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

Hi guys :) I am using an incubator for the first time because (long story short) the broodies just weren't working.

So March 27 one of my eggs hatched (it was due the 28) and the other eggs I had set on that same day were bad so it's the only one. Today one of the two eggs that are supposed to hatch the 31 is peeping and I can hear tapping inside the other one (which has twins!)
It appears I also have other eggs with twins in them so i must've set double yolkers without knowing cuz they weren't bigger than usual. At first I thought they were identical twins but I guess birds can't do that :/
 
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Quote: I'm not sure it's really going to matter. The swarms coming off the hives near me (don't understand how they still have bees in their hives) are building hives at all heights. Unfortunately, by the time I hear about these hives someone has already sprayed them.
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I haven't caught one before. This was supposed to be my first year keeping bees.
 
Hi guys
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I am using an incubator for the first time because (long story short) the broodies just weren't working.

So March 27 one of my eggs hatched (it was due the 28) and the other eggs I had set on that same day were bad so it's the only one. Today one of the two eggs that are supposed to hatch the 31 is peeping and I can hear tapping inside the other one (which has twins!)
It appears I also have other eggs with twins in them so i must've set double yolkers without knowing cuz they weren't bigger than usual. At first I thought they were identical twins but I guess birds can't do that
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Good Luck on the hatch.
 
So tell me I am not alone here. On FB tonight there is a discussion on how much room per chick. Most say 4 square ft per bird...I said 2 square ft per bird. I did not tell them there are times I am over that just to add body heat in the coop.
 
So tell me I am not alone here. On FB tonight there is a discussion on how much room per chick. Most say 4 square ft per bird...I said 2 square ft per bird. I did not tell them there are times I am over that just to add body heat in the coop.

Chick or chicken?
 

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