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Just a reminder of our Monthly swaps. Our Crystal River Mall and Rural King Farm Swap is the ***4th Saturday monthly***, 1801 NW US Hwy.19 Crystal River, FL 34428. Located in the parking lot of the Crystal River Mall next to Office Max and the main mall entrance on Hwy 19 and Rural King. Also the ***2nd Saturday monthly is our Dunnellon Tractor Supply Company Farm Swap, 11252 N Williams St, Dunnellon, FL 34432, from 9am to around 2pm. If you are just thinking about chickens or small livestock or already have an established flock or small holding, then you won't want to miss these events. Come join us for a day of talking, swapping and selling poultry and livestock. Meet the locals, swap stories and information on the care and raising of your flock and small holdings. Buy/Sell/Trade anything and everything to do with poultry and small livestock. We usually have various breeds and ages of poultry, rabbits, goats and sometimes piglets. There will be cages and crafts as well as new poultry and livestock products at great prices. Maybe you have lots of chickens, some rabbits, goats, cows, horses, some eating eggs or hatching eggs to sell. How about some pieces of old farm equipment, a small tractor, harrow or used tack. Maybe you have fresh fruits, vegetables, plants and trees. What are you going to do? Bring it on down to the Crystal River Mall and Rural King Farm Swap and the Dunnellon Tractor Supply Company Farm Swap. Great exposure, lots of parking, lots of potential buyers. These are farm swaps only so we ask that there are no flea market or garage sale items. You can also bring farm related items like goat soaps and lotions. Tell your neighbors, your friends, heck we don’t care if you tell your enemies. Meet us the Crystal River Mall and Rural King and the Dunnellon Tractor Supply Company Farm Swaps for a day of buying, selling or swapping your farm related wares. There are no set up fees, just come and set up.

 
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Yes, I have 2 incubators going at the moment. My humidity, without any water in the bators, is remaining around 45% pretty consistently. I have them in my house (not the garage) and we keep our thermostat around 78. Humidity in the house is around the same but it does go higher in the afternoons in the room where the bators are. Hopefully all will be ok.
Thanks for your response. I did get it to 45% and it's stable. I don't think a day and a half will do to much damage. I had to use a dehumidifier to get the humidity down and now it's fine. The inside humidity was extreme. My husband is used to reptiles and he tries to help but I wish he would stay out of the incubator room. I'm glad he's interested and he makes great coops, but I wish he would leave windows and vents closed. He never even went in there before I put the incubator in there. The snake needs 60%+ so the humidity in the room where she is runs high due the the humidity pump in the snake habitat. I now have incubator in my bedroom an ran the dehumidifier in my bathroom. Since I got it where I wanted it has stayed there.That way I can monitor changes better than with it being in the spare bathroom .

It looks like 5 of 8 are fertile.
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I will check weight and remove clear eggs Thur. day 7. I love the fact I can actually see development without opening the incubator. serama eggs are easy to candle. I can just put the light up to the dome and see veining.
 
Quote: I actually don't remove any of my eggs until I set them for hatching. I have had some eggs the first week I didn't think were developing but marked the eggs and when I candled them when I set them in the hatcher I was surprised and seen some had developed. I keep my humidity around 35% - 40% during incubation. I do kick the humidity up to 70% - 75% when I put them in the hatchers. That is where I have had my best hatches. Here is a Serama chick that liked to get into the feed dish and another Serama chick who looks like it's saying "what are you doing in there".
 
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I actually don't remove any of my eggs until I set them for hatching. I have had some eggs the first week I didn't think were developing but marked the eggs and when I candled them when I set them in the hatcher I was surprised and seen some had developed. I keep my humidity around 35% - 40% during incubation. I do kick the humidity up to 70% - 75% when I put them in the hatchers. That is where I have had my best hatches. Here is a Serama chick that liked to get into the feed dish and another Serama chick who looks like it's saying "what are you doing in there".
They are so cute! I love them.
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I have been leaving eggs until lock down but I was pretty sure those were not fertile to begin with. The younger pullet wasn't interested in breeding at first but I put them in just in case I missed something. Out of 4 it looks like fertility started with the last one laid the other pullet all 4 fertile.
 
Does anyone in central florida have any EE roosters or Ameraucana roosters


If you'll give me another week or two I may have one for you. I have 2 now that are 3 weeks and I'm waiting for development. One is beautifully colored in grey/lavender so far, but waiting for more color development to see it's permanent coloration...


 
He's gorgeous! Hope you find a home for him with some lovely ladies for company.
 

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