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OohLaLa said:
Okay out of 10 eggs....1 was infertile...1 had a blood ring..the other 8 all had clear veins although the dark spot was faint in a couple. My sweet hubby who of course keeps saying "this is all your thing" made me wait until he could come sit and watch, the end result was two sets of eyes which is good it eliminated wishful thinking seeing veins. I was going to use one of those little LED flashlights, but then I saw a homemade candle box on youtube. I had the scrap and have the know how so I built it and I am so glad I did. It cut out some of the "drop" factor in the dark. It lit up the eggs like a neon sign (no heat as I used a LED bulb inside). The blank space seems pretty big to this novice. You can't really see the veins in this pic but they were obvious in person.

I'll only candle now when I take them out of the auto turner to la them to rest for hatch in the incubator. Technically a full day from set is at 1:25pm. Should I put them to rest before work at 5:30am or when I get home around 6:30 o so? I'm trying to do everything by the book.
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What a great shot! And so life begins........
 
I asked my friend about the Salmon Faverolles she bought from me. She said they were beautiful but not laying yet. She does have a rooster, so maybe this spring? I know a several people in FL who have them. Will contact them today.
 
Flowerbh said:
I asked my friend about the Salmon Faverolles she bought from me. She said they were beautiful but not laying yet. She does have a rooster, so maybe this spring? I know a several people in FL who have them. Will contact them today.
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Say how is little nemo? That is a very big concern for me. If only on chick hatches from an incubation, what can I do to ease it's one-ness?
 
Kyochan said:
Well hatch rate for my first hatching experience was 0%. Out of 6 eggs, 1 was infertile, 2 were quiters, 2 were misaligned (curled up with their heads at the bottom of the shell), and the last one I have no clue what happened. It pipped internally and was in a good position but did not make it further than that. So sad. I'm positive it was from the horrible temp and humidity fluctuations that came with the homemade incubator. 

I'm better off having someone incubate for me then risking pricey Serama eggs. lol. 
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I had 2 out of four hatch. One not fertile. With a styrofoam cooler Christmas lights and a meat thermometer. It can be done on the cheap
 
Bigbiddy said:
I had 2 out of four hatch. One not fertile. With a styrofoam cooler Christmas lights and a meat thermometer. It can be done on the cheap
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That's what I had as well. sorta. A styrofoam cooler with a lamp, accurite gauge to track temp and humidity, and several empty, washed out cat food tins with water and a sponge.
 
Flowerbh said:
I got her a mirror and she was happy until I got her another baby chick from a friend. Here she is now: She lays a nice green egg.
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That's a great idea. Hopefully this hatch will give me a few healthy chicks. She has grown Ito a beauty. I told my hubby your story and it hit him to. He nursed a bared rock that was so bad it died the day we received, the day after it hatched. He tried nursing it with sugar water etc until I could get home from work, it died an hour after I got it. Very sad. Dropping one of my eggs in the brief time I intend on handling them is a fear.
 
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Hi i'm murray malone of Milledgeville Ga. [email protected] . I am a pigeon fancier and i started with the birds when i was 11 years old and now in 2013 i'm 51 .
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