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Hi everyone. I read that guineas incubation period is 28 days but a lot of experienced breeders are saying they tend to hatch around 25 -26 days. Not sure when to set for lockdown based on the differing info? I'm on day 23 now and wondering if it would hurt to take out the turner today?

Hi everyone. I had a hen raise some guineas who are now 12 weeks old. I have some more due in a week that I'd like to pop under the same hen (she's broody again and a super mum) but the older guineas are still hanging around, snuggling up with her at night. My worry is, are they likely to attack...

Hi guys. I have a young broody australorp x maran. She's never hatched chicks previously. She sat on infertile eggs for just over three weeks and last night (12hrs ago now) we placed three, two day old chicks under her. I removed the eggs I could but I didn't want to disturb her too much and she...

Hi everyone! I've had this chick hatch out of a batch of mixed breed eggs. I was wondering if it might be a splash but I didn't think splash generally hatch out looking like this? Thanks for any ideas

Hi everyone. I have a batch of eggs at day 20. Four or five of the 20 have just started to pip. However one pipped early and was very fast to zip. Consequently its up and about and incredibly unhappy about being the only one. I know they tend to move around and knock other eggs but I've never...

I have a 11 month old wyandotte hen who took over my duck egg nest and I had heard hens will raise ducklings so I was happy to leave them under her. But then they started pipping and peeping and she started decimating them! Pecking at their shells and breaking them. There was shell and blood...

This is one of those cheap janoel incubators. I recently managed to hatch 6 out of 24 posted chicken eggs in it. All live chicks ended up roosters btw (rolling eyes here) I was blaming the postage factor on the low hatch rate but now I'm wondering if the temp and humidity are completely out...

Hi all, this will be my first attempt at hatching duck eggs. I had an idea I had read somewhere that duck eggs need a chance to cool down for a few mintues each day but I cant find the thread. Does this sound right? any advice on incubating ducklings would be appreciated thanks :-)

Hi everyone. Can any of you clever chicken people take an educated guess as to what breed this boy is? (second photo to show size). He was dumped.

Hi everyone. Does anyone use one of these incubators? I am trying to raise my humidity for lockdown but even with water in all the trays i can't get above 60 -64% humidity. Adding more water just has it running out the overflow :(

Hi everyone, I've been incubating shipped eggs for 18 days now and I was told I should hatch them in an open egg carton with the bottoms cut out to help them pip in the right place. (They have saddle shaped air cells). I've been looking online and some articles say you should put them in the...