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  1. Southern Chickens

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    I am so upset!!! I have had 5 grow to a chick, but they never peep! I don't understand what I am doing wrong. I have my new thermometer/hygrometer, and it's very humid in there. I just can't figure out what I am doing wrong! I just hate that I am killing these little guys. Why will they...
  2. Southern Chickens

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    Well, I had 3 eggs grow a chick but, they never peeped. I went in to check on them after day 23! They were dead! I have eggs still in the frybator. Let's see, I just put in 6 on the 23rd, and I have 6 more due to hatch between Thursday and Saturday. I only have a fish tank thermometer. I...
  3. Southern Chickens

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    Thanks so much for your support. My hubby thinks I'm crazy too! He keeps saying that he's going to turn it up to 400 and eat them! I am very impressed with the experiment. I didn't think that it would work. I also put little drops of water on each egg after I turn it. My mother was raised...
  4. Southern Chickens

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    I have corncob bedding in the bottom. The humitity stays up pretty good. The corncob did start to grow mold after a few days. I changed it like 3 times and then I saw that some people hatching lizard eggs used perlite for plants, so that's what I have in there now. No mold and everyone is...
  5. Southern Chickens

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    Quote: It wasn't my idea, I found another person who had pics, somewhere online, when I was looking for coop ideas.
  6. Southern Chickens

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    Will do, they should hatch this weekend. I did have one die in the shell at about 8-9 days:( I wantted to incubate eggs and can't afford a "real incubator", as my sister calls it.
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    Hi, everyone in the chicken world, mostly my twin sister laughed at me, BUT!!!!! I have my eggs in an electric skillet!! I am on day 12 and everyone it growing nicely in their shells. I can email you pictures or you can visit my group on Yahoo. It's called southernchickens, all one word.
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