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It’s not hard to clean at all , I generally clean the poop boards ever other day and change out the chopped hemp bedding once a year .

The chickies are going on 21 weeks old this Thursday , 11/03/2023 and look what I found inside the coop today . About half size of a normal egg .

Thank you . Yes, we did pretty good with the pullet to roo ratio with this hatch. That white bird is a beauty , green legs , green beak . I've never seen one like her either . My daughter says she's gonna birdnap her .

Chicks are 13 weeks old today . 8 pullets and 4 roos . Gave 3 of the roos away . Here;s a pic of a few of the pullets , they are a mix , all look to have some EE in them . They are all doing quite well .

Chickies are getting a little braver .

12 was the final number , The 2 eggs that were in the incubator this morn were indeed gone . So 12 hatched out of 16 at lock down . I'll take those numbers any day . The NR 360 worked pretty much flawlessly . Temp held steady at 99.5 F, humidity held at 50-55 % first 18 days , when I filled...

12 in the brooder , 2 eggs still in incubator , one did start zipping late last night but now nothing , I'll check again soon . The other never pipped or zipped . I'm pretty sure that one is gone . So looks like we ended up with 12 (maybe 13) out of the 16 that went into lock down . I'll take...

9 in brooder , 1 in incubator , looks like 3 more eggs zipping . :)

7 in the brooder , 1 in the incubator , a few more eggs are starting to zip .

4 arein the brooder under the heatplate , 2 more just zipped out in the incubator

4 are out so far with more zipping . When the 4 are dry I'll get them in the brooder .

We are now into day 20 + and so far 2 eggs are starting to zip . Fingers crossed for a good hatch .

Made it to lock down with 16 eggs , turner rack is removed , filled reservoir A & B . Candled all the eggs one last time , they all look good . A few more days .

We are at 16 eggs now out of original 18 . That one we thought might have veining was a no start , cracked it to double check .

Checked the 3 question marks again today , one we see veining/embryo , one we still see nothing , and the last we are still not sure . We cracked open the one we saw nothing and sure enough nothing , it never started . We will check the last question mark in another day or so , we think it has...