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Let me explain..... I was going to turn eggs by hand (that is the big ones that couldn't be turned) and that stupid finicky cord attached to the incubator is so loose that it came out, and apparently the incubator is programmed to automatically turn the eggs when it's plugged in, so it turned...

In my former thread that was asking what temp and humidity works for you I totally forgot to mention that I was doing a dry hatch☹️ So my question is, what temp do you use for dry hatching? I am currently doing around 100.5, but is that the proper temp for dry hatching? Also, is it okay that my...

:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot Sweets-themed hatch-along is FINALLY here!!!!! I am setting 24 eggs chicken eggs (they will be "mutts"), 7, 11, 13, 8, and 9 and are already claimed by my family, but all the rest you guys can name! There are several people who...

Hi guys, yesterday I put my eggs in the incubator, and I also put my hygrometer in just in case the incubator was reading it wrong, but the temp keeps on fluctuating. The lowest it's been is 97 degrees, and the highest was like 100 maybe. Most people put hygrometers in their incubator to see if...

Sorry, I have another question, I feel like I'm bombarding everyone with questions 😬 After I post a thread asking something I feel like I have more questions, so that's why I keep on coming back with more. Okay...I heard that you have to sanitize the incubator to prevent bacteria from the...

Hey all!:frow I couldn't find any sapphire gem threads, so I decided to make one! The sapphire gem, aka the blue sapphire or the sapphire blue, are a hybrid consisting of a blue plymouth rock and a barred rock that originated in the Czech Republic. Sapphire gems have definitely gained in...

Hello, I have a few questions regarding dry incubation.... I'm curious about what temperature works for you for dry incubation. Also, do you put the hygrometer inside the incubator or outside on the counter to measure the ambient humidity? On this thread, people say that for dry incubation...

Okay. So here's my plans, please tell me if they won't/will work. I am getting 2 chicks very soon at my local hatchery, one maran and a silver laced wyandotte. Well, I also want 2 cochin bantam chicks (they are my dream chicken.) I have a big coop and a small coop. The big coop is 23 ft long...

I've always wondered what mix my olive egger rooster, Benny, is. He has some very cute traits such as a little "mohawk" right behind his comb, which has me thinking, since cream legbars have crests could he be part cream legbar? I have no clue for sure, but maybe you guys could tell me? Just in...

Hi guys:frow, well I'm back with another question. So all of my eggs are the same exact shade of brown, which is a light tan. Apparently there are 10 possibilities of who laid them. I don't want to accidentally incubate some of my new chickens' eggs because their father could have mated with...

Hey all..... Well I'm about to start my hatching in a few weeks (~2-4 more weeks) but I'm kinda on the fence about what type of hatch I should do. I heard that with wet hatching (normal hatch method) the hatch rate is lower and more chicks get splayed legs, whereas if you do the dry hatch...

Hello, there wasn't really any section to put this thread in so I just put it in incubating and hatching eggs. I might want to sell hatching eggs sometime, but I did a lot of research and didn't find the info that I was looking for. I wanted to know, do you just grab eggs from the nesting boxes...

Hello I was just wondering what everyone's favorite temperature and humidity is in order to get the most successful hatch rates. There are so many mixed results out there on the internet that I am just not sure at all which temp/humidity levels to go with! I've read somewhere to go with 60%...

Hey fellow chicky nerds!!!! I've always found hatch-alongs super fun and I finally decided, well, I should do one! I am doing a semi-large batch so that a lot of people can contribute! I am not going to be keeping them, if any, maybe 1 or 2. But hey, it will still be fun to name them and see...

Hi all!! Yesterday I had to do a little clean-up outside, which then of course led to me getting off track and renovating the chickie's run. So this is what I did. I added more dirt to their dust bath which they love, it is literally just an old kiddie pool filled with regular 'ol dirt, not a...

Hi I was just curious about how I could get olive eggs, I heard that you can cross a brown layer with a blue layer and you get an olive egger, but last year my sapphire gem roo bred with my easter egger hen and their daughter just lays easter egger light blue eggs, not olive eggs. Does anyone...

Hello everyone! I don't think there has ever been a thread like this one before, so I made one. What you do is you post one or more separate obituaries for your passed on loved ones (your chickens) or any other kind of poultry for everyone to see and read. This thread is meant for you to share...

Hi everyone, I want to hatch chicks out of my own flock here in a month or two, but I am having some troubles with my incubator (and it's too late to return it.) The brand is called MeeF and my first impression was that it was super modern and nice-looking, and I was super excited about the egg...

If your chicken has something going on with it, this is the best website to use to find out what exactly it has. Hopefully none of you will ever have to use this! It's simple and easy to use: 1. go to this link 2. select if your affected chicken is a rooster, hen, or chick. 3. select all the...

Hey all, I've been wanting to start a small chick hatchery and have been wondering how exactly to advertise my chicks for sale? Well, here you get to vote on your favorite way to advertise. You will have 2 weeks to vote. (This is the 1st time that I'm doing a poll so I might mess it up :lau)