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We get ticks on the dog too! Horrible things. Our parakeet is cute, he can say a few words (hello, good bird) and he mimics my daughters laugh really well, and always seems to know when it's an appropriate time to laugh - he has me in stitches! Like, once he did a poo on our sofa, where my...

Um... Well, we drew round the air cells after candling on day 17, but the chick pipped well outside of this air cell. So I was worried it wouldn't be able to get air - the pip had cracked the shell but had not broken through. So I candled the egg to see if the pip was inside the air cell - and...

Hello! I only have done this one hatch, so not really experienced! Our temperature didn't fluctuate. The thermometer on the incubator stayed at 37.8C, and the calibrated thermometer at the bottom usually said 37.4, but it's thermometer sensor is on the underside, so against the floor of the...

Thank you!! My youngest daughter was so excited / worried last night, she couldn't sleep! They already get under your skin as little eggs, especially when you see them moving during candling... but man, when they start cheeping and pipping it's even worse :love:love....!! No, thankfully I'm not...

Yes, two have pipped!! One cream legbar and one maran. It is day 21 today. One pipped yesterday outside of the air cell, so that was an oddity. I left it 12 hours, nothing more had happened. I carefully removed it this morning to candle it - and saw that the air cell has moved, and in fact...

It has been 12 hours now. I carefully removed the egg this morning, candled it. The air cell is bigger / has moved from when I drew it on day 17, and is over the site of the hole in the shell! And I heard cheeping and felt it moving! So precious! I am not worrying now I know it has successfully...

Thanks for your reply. It isn’t chirping so I’m hoping it is just resting. It is day 20 today, so I’m guessing it was trying to pip internally. I’m just hoping it can get air through that tiny crack, it’s hard to see if it has or not

My first ever egg to incubate has just done this. How long did it take to make the hole bigger? If you remember! I don't want to intervene / assist too early (I'd only make the hole a lil bigger, have read the articles by Sally Sunshine) but I don't want to let it suffocate either. I'm worried...

I have, this year, designed a new coop and run based on this idea - that the chickens are going to be my composters. This video really helped me. I have a MUCH smaller garden than this lucky fellow, but I just took his principles and replicated them on a smaller scale. I may get round to...

I have read that, too. I can’t remember what age our three breeds typically reach POL, I will look it up once they’re here safely! It’s hatch day tomorrow!! Well, day 21… I guess I’m looking at it as hatch weekend this weekend!! (Will see when they decide to pip, zip and pop!!) We managed to...

For mine, I have to take the egg turning tray out. So I took that opportunity to put in a non-slip liner

Thank you for this great article - have read it through and bookmarked it to re-read again and again!! Chicks due to hatch this weekend (Fri is day 21)

Unfortunately, we did have to buy it. I looked online for second hand ones first, but they were either not the right thing, or way too far away (we don't have a trailer or anything to transport one in), or the advertisement looked dubious in some way. I had also read that there was a scamming...

Of course! I don’t know how to do a running post that you keep adding to, I guess like a blog… I’ll look into it, then I can chip away at adding pics to what we’re up to in our lil chicken world! The coop (we call it a shoop as it’s really a shed!) is nearly all finished too. 💕 the weather...

Yeah, that's fine! My daughter will never know! She wouldn't mind anyway 😀 they can be chick "twins" from one side of the globe to the other! 😜

I've finally had time to check out your hatch-along thread! I'm still going for liquorice for a black or dark chick please! 😀 your past chicks were so gorgeous!! Can't wait for mine to hatch 💕💕

How about liquorice?! My daughter is hoping she gets a black hen araucana to call liquorice! We love that name 💕😋 I will definitely follow your hatch along! And I love the sweets theme!! I also love the araucanas, they're meant to be friendly too - let's hope ours got that memo!!! :fl

Thank you for such a comprehensive reply 💕 that's really helpful!