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Hopefully now that you are using the towel you won't have to stress about it!

Around the sides and the back. I avoid covering any air holes.

Of course! I am happy it helped! I hope it makes your incubation experience stress free!

No, only humidity.

Yes, a broody hen isn't the same temperature all the time, so temperature fluctuating slightly should not hurt. You should only be concerned if it does it alot and if it starts to fluctuate more degrees than that.

Maybe try giving them some boiled eggs and/or some meal worms for protein to help bulk up. Try to target that chick the most for feeding the protein treats to. There is also a chance that she is just growing different as well. Some chickens lag behind, either for genetics or illness. Since you...

The father of all of my chicks is a Buckeye. You were talking about marans, plural, carrying two copies for the feathered foot gene. I don't know if you are thinking that both parents are marans or if you are saying that A maran can carry two copies of the gene.

Even if her father is a Buckeye who does not have feathered feet?

I use a Nurture Right 360 incubator and I do 100.5 fahrenheit for my dry hatches! I would prefer to avoud fluctuations, but as long as it is not a severe fluctuation and it doesn't stay too low or too high too long then I wouldn't be as worried, but I would be worried if it happened alot. When...

Thank you so much! I Love my chickens!

Not very much, but they have some feathers on their feet.

That is okay! She is very pretty!

So then her mother would be a Black Copper Maran, so I don't know how she would get those designs. She is a pretty pullet regardless.

I do not know which shade the egg was, she hatched while I was not watching as well as multiple other chicks with her. Her comb resembles my buckeye hen's comb (her mother is most definitely not a buckeye though, she just got that comb instead of a mix or the comb of her mother.)

I have 4 roosters that are 9 weeks old. They are $7 each. PM if interested. I am located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but buyers do not have to be in the DFW area. We can find a location in between our locations to meet. I have: 2 Black Copper Maran/Buckeye Mixes, attached below. A...