HALLOWEEN Hatch-a-Long 2016 w/ Hosts, Mike, Sally & BantyChooks

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Mylied said:
Hopefully I'm not too late to join. Boo! :) I have eggs due to hatch the 9th of October.
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That works!!! Welcome!!

prizepete said:
I will be hatching, What I don't know yet... I will let you guys know by monday! Hopefully. I am going to be Sally, I know you have given it to me before, but can you give me the link to calibrating thermometers and hydrometers? I got another incubator and i need to calibrate my thermometer. I also need to get another thermometer... I am just going to get a basic one!
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NOTES LINKS & Informational POST LINKS - BackYard Chickens Community
better late than never
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Calibration is a MUST: HOW TO CALIBRATE post #9068


FaerieChicken said:



Howdy! So the hatching part of this adventure, I just set 8 eggs under my broody Australorp, StarFire! Is it OK if they aren't set IN October?
This is StarFire first time, she is a year old or 18 most probably!

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Awesome!!! Welcome!!
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Cynthia12 said:
I have eggs in lock down right now. Man, the air cells were bad..(shipped) this time. Leghorn's were the worst, also have some Australorp eggs in. Going to have me some new egg layers probably by Feb/March. :) I better get some girls out of these! Only 6 each made it to lock down.
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Hatching today Cynth?????

DwayneNLiz said:
@prizepete and @Cynthia12


filthy lol

gotta carrot??




this is my current baby
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oh how lovely!!!! ughhhh but hey guess what........................





I have goats lmao!!!!

KJ6485 said:
I have 5 eggsunder a broody, due to hatch october 8th.
I'd like to join! This is my first broody and first hatch!
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Welcome!!!!! Hey you live right near me!!! @KJ6485
 
THE FOLLOWING Information
IS FOR NEW HATCHERS & Tons of INFO can be found in:
INCUBATION QUESTIONS w/answers Click HERE

Hatching Eggs 101 CLICK HERE
&
INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! come hatch, learn, Chat, Meet new Friends NOTES: CLICK HERE
&
Hatching Eggs & Raising Chicks CLICK HERE

TIPS TRICKS for Incubators

ADD a LEGO to your dial of cheap styrofoam incubator to make minor adjustments! post #38133
Wrapping an incubator for steadier temperatures post #25454


Cleaning Incubator and Equipment

FUMIGATION OF HATCHING EGGS AND EQUIPMENT post #48689
CLEAN INCUBATOR BEFORE AND AFTER USE post #48689
COLLECTING, WASHING & EGG STORAGE

Washing, Cuticle, Sweating eggs post #63837
How to Tell the Age of a Chicken post #8494
Digital Egg Scale - Accurate Humidity Measurement and Egg Sizing HERE
ZONES OF COLD INJURY fro EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT post #36213
PULLET EGGS??? post #41984 UNDER CONSTRUCTION post #127403
DOUBLE YOLKERS NOT suggested but they can hatch with assistance post #46649
BIRTH DEFECTS CONVERSATION AND INFO ON WORMERS!! post #25707 post #25706
Abstract DIPPING EGGS IN VITAMIN C post #33828
Pre-Incubation Warming of Chicken Eggs post #65812
Egg Quality:

Fertility:


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Example 57 out of 126 were declared fertile.
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Hatch Rates...

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Example 50 of the 57 fertile eggs hatched the % hatch=
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PURCHASING EGGS

HOW TO REQUEST AND SHIP EGGS Sally Sunshine Way


Results Shipped SS Way post #63575 cree post #6321
REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR eggs SHIPPED PEOPLE!!!! post #4964
Kristins horribly shipped eggs and hatch post #57321
DO you have to be NPIP certified to ship hatching eggs? States/Agencies Info see post #33884
Great IDEAS to find eggs CHEAP! post #775
Julian date on trader Joe eggs understanding it! http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/partners/fepp/julian-calendar.pdf post #5098
BYC Links for EGGS........
LOCAL BYC THREADS in the Where am I? Where are you Section! click HERE
HATCHING EGGS FOR SALE/TRADE BYC https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs

Breeders/Hatcheries

Serama Council Breeders Directory post #48135
Papas Poultry in CA Highly recommended http://papaspoultry.com post #32276 @Papa Brooder post #33904
Jerry's Seramas LLC CLICK HERE
Sally Sunshine Poultry click HERE @Sally Sunshine
TJChickens CLICK HERE
Dick Hortsman http://www.horstmanspoultry.com/
Gatewoods nPoultry MS MG clean AL http://www.gateswoodchickens.com/
Bill P. From the Missouri AG Dept. Works with NPIP etc. Recommend Hoover Hatchery and Murray
both of which are in IA and are Mycoplasma free and test monthly.
Leggs Peafowl Farm http://agriculture.mo.gov/animals/pdf/poultry_yearbook.pdf
Missouri Breeders/Hatcheries http://agriculture.mo.gov/animals/pdf/poultry_yearbook.pdf
Ideal Poultry is not MG clean Please take time to read this: post #32413
How Cackle Hatchery raises their birds
NPIP Certification INFO CLICK HERE

SHIPPED EGGS

Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #53845
REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR eggs SHIPPED PEOPLE!!!!
HOW TO REQUEST AND SHIP EGGS Sally Sunshine Way...


COLD? REQUESTING HEAT PACKS discussion post #32219
Heat packs for shipping animals/etc http://www.tsksupply.com/categories/Heat-Packs/
Rules for shipping eggs/chicks by state post #143211

INCUBATION

A MUST READ***** INCUBATION QUESTIONS w/answers post #85688

Hatching Eggs 101 CLICK HERE

Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #53845
Important FIRST TIMER Incubation TIPS! post #66830
***DUCK INCUBATION, QUAIL, GOOSE, PEAFOWL, GUINEA &

TURKEY Refer to individual sections below

INCUBATION CHARTS FOR ALL FOWL SPECIES CLICK HERE
Weighing Eggs, why and HOW TO! post #70097
INFO on The influence of high altitude on the hatching of chicken eggs post #37908
Egg Incubation Countdown/up Timer 21+ day digital TIMER, no more calendars!! click HERE
Figure out your hatch times Hatch / Egg Turning Chart CLICK HERE
TOTAL INCUBATION TIME HOURS short hatch window is not the only factor to consider post #39238
LINKS TO POST RESULTS ROUND OVAL = FEMALE MALE EGGS post #7595
HOW to figure out FINAL HATCH RATE % post #4601
ANTS IN THE BATOR start post #1884 post #2031
Classroom Incubating Links for Slides Projects Programs Worksheets ETC post #67049
Incubation Seminar/Dr. K Bramwell Univ of Arkansas
Incubating SERAMA EGGS post #145226

EMBRYO GROWTH & HATCH VIDEOS

Chicks Hatching videos post #67478
Embryonic Development, Day by Day click HERE
Video See Through eggshell to watch embryo development CLICK HERE
The Genius of Birds - Embryonic development CLICKHERE
DOUBLE YOLKERS NOT suggested but they can hatch with assistance videos post #46649
A crowing 1 DAY old chick: via Happy chooks post #49705
So much for loose AC in Hatching eggs you have to co to this page....
http://designtaxi.com/news/386512/W...ound-A-Way-To-Hatch-An-Egg-Without-Its-Shell/
http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-a-chick-develop-and-hatch-outside-of-the-egg
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/51/3/51_0130043/_pdf

INCUBATION RECORDS, SOFTWARE/APPS, weight charts

Egg Details 19k .xls file
Incubating Chart 22k .xls file
unprotectedfieldscanbeeditedwithCAUTIONforfunctions.xls 306k .xls file
Hatch / Egg Turning Chart click HERE: Hatch Chart Schedule
Setting Chicken Eggs by the Moon's Sign farmers Almanac see HERE
Hatchabatch AP Keeping track of your hatch! see here
Printable Month Calendar This app can be used to generate a planning calendar for a selected month and year. Click HERE
Casportspony weight charts see post #117296
CANDLING EGGS

HOW TO CANDLE EGGS post #40826
REASONS to NOT candle SO MUCH! http://blog.mypetchicken.com/2013/03/31/5-reasons-why-egg-candling/
BRINSEA HOW TO CANDLE
Candlers/ FLASHLIGHTS TO CANDLE DARK EGGS & Innovations SUGGESTIONS post #38996
Strombergs CANDLERS (basic models 4 hobbyist, high intensity models 4 professionals click HERE
Flashlights - try more than one! post #1689 BEGIN post #2702 post #18179
Saris Toilet Paper addition to flashlight post #40251
Clears at CANDLE are not always infertile!​
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post #1825
SHARPIES on EGGS? Sure! post #10857 & the age old question Can you write on a hatchin egg with sharpie. answer is yes with proof
Casportspony Sharpie Eggs post #57508

Candle IMAGES



TURNING ITS IMPORTANT

HOW and Why To TURN Eggs TURN MORE THAN 3 times a day!! post #22178
Turning until day 18 post #51410
UNDERSTANDING the CAM ~chorio-allantoic membrane post #22177

VENTILATION (OXYGEN)

Hatching at High Altitudes post #37908
O2 deprivation to day 10 of incubation followed by regular oxygen concentrations leads to stronger chicks post #33815
NEVER USE VENT holes as a means to Control HUMIDITY especially during HATCH DAYS!
THERMOMETERS, HYGROMETERS & CALIBRATION

Celsius to Fahrenheit (ºC to ºF) conversion calculator click HERE
Thermo/hygro suggestions post #13998
Brinsea Incubator Thermometers click HERE
Strombergs Thermometers click HERE Hygrometers click HERE Digital Thermo/Hygros click Here
Hova-Bator GQF Incubator Thermometer / Hygrometer (Wet Bulb) 3018 post #32892
HEAT SINKS/ Stones/Pebbles ADD THEM TO STYRO! post #43903
ziplock water wiggler for estimating internal egg temps with a probe thermometer post #115296
Calibration is a MUST: HOW TO CALIBRATE post #9068


INCUBATION TEMPERATURES

READ TEMPS SECTION HERE: post #9068 Hatching Eggs 101
Incubators with fans and without fans need to run at DIFFERENT TEMPS! post #9068
ADD a LEGO to your dial of cheap styro bator to make minor adjustments! GENIUS post #38133
What is the maximum and minimum range of temp I can go before killing the chicks? post #12473
ZONES OF COLD INJURY fro EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT post #36213
HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU LOOSE ELECTRIC ITS THE SEASON! see post #522
What to do when you find a HIGH TEMPS in Bator post #7061
10/13 day old embryos begin to produce excess heat in the incubator post #27240
Increased incubation temp leads to better muscles at hatch? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...w-host-sally-sunshine/129020_20#post_17324328

HUMIDITY Humidity is NOT a set number!

It is a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #7068 see Hatching Eggs 101

WHY do we need less humidity to get the best weight loss for colored hatching eggs during incubation? post #36320
Reducing humidity during the first 18 days of incubation post #109266
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644
Humidity pumps DIY ETC post #79960
TIPS n TRICKS to raising humidity in incubators post #42512 Humidity pumps DIY ETC post #79960

LOCKDOWN, DAY 18, CANDLES, PIPS, ZIPS

*IMPORTANT INFO= TIMELINES PIPS ZIPS!!! & MARKING AIR CELLS DAY 18, DRAW DOWN, INTERNAL PIP, EXTERNAL PIP, and ZIPPING post #35770

DAY 18 CANDLE IMAGES/VIDEOS: post #41176
Day 18 Ancona Duck post #84853 Day 21 Ancona Duck post #85709 Day 24 Ancona Duck post #87139

FIVE VIDEOS show Draw Down and Internals post #44701
DAY 18 DIS CANDLES post #43401
Incubation CHICK FIRST AID KIT Supplies post #71640
Pips and ZIPS ARE NOT THE SAME PATIENCE is a MUST!
DONT PICK THE PIPS! post #24611
TIMELINE of a silkie HATCHING! NOTE HOW LONG IT TOOK FROM INTERNAL TO ZIPPING post #33770
TIMELINE OF A POLISH HATCHING QUICK HATCHOUT! post #46572
VIDEO of zip and hatch AT :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyO3YwrsJPg
DO my Air cells look ok Day 18? post #31971
LOWERING TEMPS lockdown IS NOT NECESSARY but is said to AID THE HATCHING PROCESS post #2898
Hatching Behavior & How the chick Comes out of the Shell post #34865
YES a chick can chirp when its not pipped internally! post #20506
**** TIPS adding/Maintaining HUMDITY SEE HUMIDITY SECTION ABOVE ~
**** SEE VENTILATION (OXYGEN) SECTION ABOVE !!
TIPS KEEP CHICKS SEPARATE IN THE HATCHER post #44668
Empty shells - a valuable source of information click HERE
This is what am EGG from a good chick hatch looks like! your goal post #14673
HOW to figure out HATCH RATE post #4601
Hatching videos see above VIDEO SECTION
Chicken Clucking playlist for incubation by Venymae link is Here Chicken Clucking Playlist
Hens Clucking Vs LOUD Music effects incubation Emrbyos post #71835

Euthanasia

Dispatching chicks/chickens see Post #44564 and This Article




911- INCUBATION & CHICK EMERGENCIES!

Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - Click HERE
Why to ALLOW ducklings to hatch on its own post #110858
NOPE she is not ready for you to assist yet! post #24835 now is she? post #24850
MALPOSITIONS /PIPS WRONG END are the first to pip and the last DIS after hatch post #19606
Malposition (pipped wrong end) chick most times will hatch! VIDEO post #22241
A WRONG END PIP IS BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL Pip! post #518454 VIDEO HATCHING post #54642

DUCK ASSISTING VIA CANDLES post #79130
assisting, Brown spot Duck egg malposition post #87959
Casportspony Scovy malpositions assists post #43908
STUFF OOZING from pip begin post #19606
Images normal chick pip position post #19606
STUCK ZIPPING WHAT DO I DO? bottom of post #35770
YES a chick can chirp when its not pipped internally! post #20506
Heathers Call DUCK assist post #43902
It has a bump on its head! What The Heck Is A Vaulted Skull? post #46616

CHICKS Wet? Sticky? Stuck? Yellow Gel? What did I do Wrong? post #25379

Swollen abdomen? A WET chick? or infection post #24810
Eggtopsy possible Sticky chick post #35087

Navels, Umbilical, Yolk Sack and Abdomen Issues:

NAVELS She HATCHED! But what's with her butt? post #25012
Umbilical Gunk aka Strings post #25012
Help I have a BLEEDER! NAVEL looks like a Vagina? begin (this is gonna be a long one) post #5159
Yolk Sac problems:
Duckling was high risk for yolk sac infection, dipped it's umbilicus in chlorhexidine and gave it Baytril. post #35400 Chlorhexidine post #35432
MY CHICK has yolk hanging and is dragging in the bator HELP! begin post #15672
Mushy Chick Disease YOLK SACK INFECTION: Mushy Chick Disease
THIS IS NOT PASTY BUTT its Umbilical post #4077
Look ok or not fully absorbed yolk?? Begin post #4578
Chick hatched with foot through yolk sack post #68442

Eggs UNHATCHED at end of Incubation

Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - Click HERE
I HAVE EGGS LEFT UNHATCHED NOW WHAT? post #25223
EGGTOPSYS & REMINDERS IF YOU WANT US TO HELP SEE post #2140 post #42654 post #44923 post #45013 post #54834
Pipped but dead post #47432
Normal hatching position and the six recognized malpositions Images: click here
Examples and images of issues during incubation post #110864
ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF EMBRYONIC MORTALITY CLICK HERE PAGE 51
SLIDESHOW Chick Abnormalities http://www.slideshare.net/mujahiddr/abnormalities-in-hatching-chicks-16032422
Trouble Shooting Failures with Egg Incubation post #110875
http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/trouble.html
Hatchability Problem Analysis http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00008570/00001
Troubleshootting Incubation http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8127.pdf
This is also a great pdf with pics: paste link in browser search: CLICK HERE
Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/363717/eggtopsy-what-happened-to-my-egg-graphic-pictures
Effects of Nutrition on Infertility, Embryo Mortality and Hatchability
POOR INCUBATION RESULTS post #20480
What Went Wrong During Incubation could it be the flock? or Incubation? ​
post #1825
Signs of Deficiency in the Embryo & Poultry Vits Oz/Sal Diary Thread post #13719
Effects of nutrition on infertility, embryo mortality and hatchability. click Here
Some causes of EARLY CHICK MORTALITY post #17586 ~ http://www.poultry.uga.edu/extension/documents/French-Livability.pdf
Possible causes of deaths after day 18 post #57322

ORTHOPEDIC & POULTRY PODIATRY links:

Treatments for Leg Problems in Chickens & other Poultry

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry
CURLY TOES Spraddle Leg TENDON Leg ISSUES post #42573 post #110393
DUCKS can have Spraddle leg too! post #15184 post #15355
BONES STICKING OUT legs freom BATOR Mesh! COVER IT B4 Lockdown!! post #67787
RED HOCKS, HIGH HUMIDITY post #464
Wry Neck post #60013


OTHER Embryo, Egg, Chick Issues & Help

Chick Air Sac Rupture image of sacs post #54382
MY EGGS ARE COOKING TEMP TOO HIGH HELP post #14649
TEMP SPIKE DID I KILL THEM! read bottom post #8814
Hens dont always kick out bad eggs BUT GOOD ones too! post #18059
HOW do I know when my chick as turned the corner? post #15777
Homemade Electrolyte Recipe for weak/ill chicks post #3876 USING SPONGE WEDGES post #4473
Chick and Chicken Vitamins HAVE SOME ON HAND post #61039
"yawning" thing like a silent crow. Any ideas or should I not be so concerned? NOPE normal post #7522
Injured Chick stuck to momma hen sore broken wing post #24212 post #24748 post #24751
chick that has a larger than normal head and it's feet are not under it right post #24680 post #24687
Funky nodule on nostril on a chick Saris post #28995 post #31237
lump on the side of my chicken's neck? (its just a Full crop) HERE
READ ABOUT Little Crocket who spent her first 36 hours in a padded country crock dish post #1993 post #2062
Momma Hen Booted egg out of nest, SAVE The chick Video Assist A THANK you video from Maxine post #1864
What To do with those chicks hatched? post #2201
Discussion of chicks that just dont grow begin post #3626 & https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...not-grow-update-hes-found-a-forever-home/0_30
Partial Comb and Wattle Removal in chicks post #36708
HOW Sally Sunshine Euthanize chicks only for the strong at heart post #15697
Freaky looking chick with two crops, two vents four feet and three legs: post #41295 post #41297
Wry Neck post #60013
Cross BEAK Scissor BEAK post #74787
Resuscitating chicks CLICK HERE
 
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junebuggena said:
Day 18 for one of my broodies (it's like an epidemic with these Australorp girls). Of the 5 remaining, one is too dark to see into. The other 4 look great. Chicks are starting to push against the air cell membrane. Pullet eggs always seem to hatch a bit early. Might have babies tomorrow morning.
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mich9510 said:
For rose of you in the north. Zone 6 here. Do you hatch all year long? I want to try araucana eggs again but I thought maybe I should wait until March or April. I would keep the chicks inside until they got feathers...6 weeks or so. What do you all do?
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I have grow out pens in a shed, and yes I use heat lamps, but there are some amazing brooder suggestions, as blooie keeps hers out from the start! @Blooie can you give some info please?
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chickendreams24 said:
Well today is a tough one I'm not gunna lie. We decided to process today. For the first time well of course when we went out to do it the first time it started to downpour.

Take two. Everything is ready and DH2B is doing the deed on the first bird right now while I watch the water in the house. So grateful to him for this. I'm just not ready yet for that part. Maybe later tonight or next time we'll see. I'm grateful to these birds and excited to try the meat we've raised. I'm also a bit melancholy but I know they've had good lives and this is for the best. I'm also excited about the peace this will continue to give our flock as more and more spare cockerals come of age and get processed.

Wish we had some of you all here to guide us and make sure we do this right. We've watched very many videos and DH2B is a kind and gentle man. He will make this as calm fast and painful for these boys. Still I feel a bit guilty that this first time he is out there alone.
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chickendreams24 said:
We have finished up the prehalloween hatch this morning.

As life ends in the yard it begins in the kitchen and our flock is coming full circle for the first time. As we prepared the supplies we would need an eagle flew over head and landed in a tree in the yard. The branch it landed on broke and it flew off. Better for us to reap the rewards of all of our hard work instead of that bird of prey.

Still this is hard. I know I'm tender hearted this is something I've dealt with and worked through my entire life. I believe it can be a blessing and a curse. Still I know it's best and I don't want this to be an easy thing to take a life without thinking of it and respecting it. These animals deserve this.
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Sienatiger said:
Boo! I have a hen sitting on 4 eggs
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SWEET!!! Welcome!!!

snywalker said:
I did it again! I went on the hatchery website just trying to get an idea of what my assortments would be.

I figured that breeds they listed as available might be more likely than ones that are "male only". And unavailable are probably not set or a failed hatch.

They listed pullet assortments as available again. (They weren't yesterday) So I have another 27 coming. What am I going to do with all these birds? I have to figure it out before Tuesday!

I have never ordered before because shipping costs seem to make it not worth it. Free shipping is bad
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HAHAHHA awesome!!! Today is Monday, so you better figure it all out soon!!


chickendreams24 said:
Thank you all for the kindness understanding and hugs. I'm so proud of us! We did three birds and the processing act was easier emotionally than we expected although I now hate chicken lungs and kidneys, things are hard to get out. Lol

Our hatch contained 3 lavender Orpingtons and 3 silkies although one only has 4 toes.

More on the processing tomorrow.
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Congrats!!! Always remember its something you will go at knowing you are not liking what your doing, but it sure does bring you home to reality doesnt it. And you know where your food is coming from! Are you brining them?

I know they are!!! longer stronger nails work I hear, but I have none!! I would love to invest in one of those tools made for it
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BlueBaby said:
Well, I candled again tonight. Some of the eggs look like there is something inside while others still look like just an yolk in there. I put the lid back on the incubator, and I'll wait a few more days and see if anything is different.
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