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Cynthia12 said:
I just have one of those walmart ..black thermomters.   It just lays on the bottom of the floor if that helps.   Just know that turning down your temp a couple of degrees is going to make your babies happy during the last couple of days.   Helps keep the humidity up too.  That in itself . . feels warm.
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K, I followed your advice and turned it down a hair. It's at about 100.5 at the top of the eggs.
 
scflock said:
Ok, been busy this morning. Didn't have time to give you guys the lockdown stats. Amy, go ahead and put the floats in storage until the spring...
The good news is, only 1 clear out of 24. The bad news is air cells are all over the place. I have 16 of the huge, dark Davis eggs that all have developed, but I can't tell to what stage. The air cells are about 2/3 of what I normally expect to see at this point, so I'm afraid I'm going to have a bunch of chicks that develop and never pip. I hope I'm wrong, and always hope for the best, but the air cells are small. Almost completely round and even with the top of the egg, not drawn down. I've incubated at 28-30%, and I refuse to go lower. I may have to try sanding eggs at some point, but it shouldn't be that hard. I may go the totally opposite direction and follow the article Ruby posted. Incubate at 55% and hope that the humid air will pull the moisture out of the egg through osmosis
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The lighter, young hen eggs look like the air cells are too large. Good development on the chicks, but I'm hoping they aren't sticky chicks, or get shrink wrapped. This will be a good experiment to see which ones hatch and which ones don't, but I don't think I will get anywhere near 75% of 23. If I were judging by air cells only, I would say 8 or 9. I may be pleasantly surprised, but all I can do now is wait and
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Hopefully you'll be wrong.

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How are your current eggs doing?
Fall is a great time here. I just can't believe its already September!



Ain't it though? LOL
Kids are welcome too, of course! I've got closets we can lock them in... teasing! All the kids love it out there. Plenty to keep them busy.

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I'm not big on sausage (but I'd try yours for sure, cause it looks soooo good), but brisket definitely gets my attention!
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scflock said:
We would have killed each other without them. This post is a perfect example. I said "We should start a thread. You should start it because you could introduce it better"
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Really maybe you'd like to jumpp back over here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/959566/little-giant-incubation-experiment-day-21-hatch-day/1000 and take a look at post 1003 (5/13/15) and reread my idea of starting a thread with you..... You however, did suggest I start it with the intro....
 
RavynFallen said:
I don't assist from my own flocks, but these are a couple of shipped Araucana eggs that are very special to me, so yep... if needed I will assist but I'm hoping I don't need to...
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There it is..bet it doesn't .. didn't need assistance. Looks like a nice big pip. Can't wait to see! This is like not looking at the back of the book for the ending, I will catch up!
 

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