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| Posted: Thu Nov 24th, 2011 11:19 am |
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I know what you mean. I have not hatched myself in about a year and swore I wouldn't but here I am with showgirl eggs in the bator! You are right, I can't sit there and do nothing if they are struggling and I do help but it seemed not all that I helped had problems but it seemed all that had problems were ones I had helped. Some made it and some didn't.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 24th, 2011 04:29 pm |
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vebyrd36 Country GURL!! MOD ;) 
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You to are so right, I can't watch them struggle either. I would go to my brothers house to see the new fuzzy butts and my Sister-in-lw would just let them struggle and die. I would say if as nurses I did the same to people? She would just look at me an walk away.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 24th, 2011 07:36 pm |
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Yes I can't stand there and not help. But I try to do as little as possible. I usually just try to make sure they can breath if it takes long from that first pip. I'll make the hole open. I think oxygen helps, LOL
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| Posted: Thu Nov 24th, 2011 09:12 pm |
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vebyrd36 Country GURL!! MOD ;)
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I had to help my fuzzy about an hour ago.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25th, 2011 01:57 am |
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 ya know of all the times iv helped a chick hatch, i got to wondering how many of those chicks were off/not normal or weak.....id have to say at least 75% of the time.....
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25th, 2011 02:11 am |
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vebyrd36 Country GURL!! MOD ;)
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I haven't really tracked it, but I'm gonna start to see what the results will be on this end. You have me thinking more about dry incubation. What do you think??
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25th, 2011 02:27 am |
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stephenzon "Fledgling"/Mod Asst- 
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There is slim chance of them making it after being helped it seems. I`m like you I usually do it only as a last resort. We have a thread on dry incubation if you haven`t seen it. Compliments of Hencackle. Never tried it myself but it is an interesting article. The Dry Incubation Method by Bill Worrel http://www.chickenchatter.org/view_topic.php?id=1077&forum_id=5&highlight=dry+incubation
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25th, 2011 02:33 am |
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vebyrd36 Country GURL!! MOD ;)
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I'm thinking I'll try this on some mixed eggs just to see if it works in my still air.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25th, 2011 02:51 am |
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Lisa Member
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I had done this exact method last year. I was having horrible hatch rates. My last couple batches I tried the dry method and my hatch rates did increase tremendously! I do not have a humidifier at the moment for the room for this hatch so I have been adding a little water and not letting it go above 35% and only adding a little when it goes under 30% But I do wait a bit before adding so we will see how this hatch does. I just candled today and all that were fertile to start with are still hanging in there! Keeping my fingers crossed!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25th, 2011 03:16 am |
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vebyrd36 Country GURL!! MOD ;)
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So let me know how it goes please. As to the humidity in the room I have a pan of water on the heater to help with my asthma. So the humidty runs about 30 % in the house.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 25th, 2011 11:01 am |
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Lisa Member
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I will! You will be bombarded with pictures when they hatch! LOL The only problem I noticed with the new bator is that the temp tends to creep up on me. I am hoping that doesn't hurt my hatch more than the humidity. It is a hovabator. My old one was an LG and it held the temp great but humidity was all over the place and that is when I decided to just run it dry and adjust the room humidity and it worked so much better. I did add water for the last 3 days though to bump it up.
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