Hatching+Chicks

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I tried to hatch 40 eggs in a Hov-A-Bator incubator May 2011. The eggs came from my sister's farm in the Adirondacks. The egg turner didn't work. I called the company that made the egg turner and they sent me a replacement motor. I replaced the old motor and Eureka! It worked! In the meantime, I began to incubate the eggs. I turned the eggs at least twice a day and the custodian turned them on the first weekend. This was a challenging hatch. It was challenging to keep the temperature within the safe range. Perhaps there were too many eggs for the incubator. On about the 20th day, the chicks began to hatch. They hatched on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. In all, there are 11 surviving chicks. They are yellow, black, brown, gray, and striped.

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