#eggs

So I have 3 eggs that are about to hatch today. They were under a broody hen, but she got sick so I had to withdraw them from her & put them in an incubator. Here’s my dilemma, I was given a bad batch of eggs that infested my incubator with mites a few weeks ago. I took it apart throughly...

Hey guys I heard dry hatching has more of a success rate? Is this true? I am trying dry hatching for the first time, and I’m just asking if yall could tell me about your experiences with dry hatching and if yall like it better or not. (Maybe leave tips if wanted)

My chicken s'mores was brooding when I'm assuming her egg got crushed by something because there is eggshells and egg yolk stuck to her fur and feathers that won't detach, help to remove it?

Hi there! I am a first time hatcher and I have four fertile silver-laced wyandotte eggs that haven't hatched on day 21. I am using two broody hens to hatch them and have been trying not to touch the eggs as much as possible to increase the chance of them hatching. i’ve heard that it’s normal...

Hi there! I’m a first time chicken hatcher who is hatching four eggs across two broodies. They are due to hatch TODAY, so is there any tips and/or do or don’ts when hatching and raising chickens? Also, if there are any recommended chick feed that is available in Australia, please let me know. We...

Egg Bowl

Hello! just wondering, I have a blue egg laying breed (devon blue rooster) and pekin Bantam pullets, will the chicks lay blue or brown eggs and if so what will be the overall egg production per year and egg size?

1/23/2023 Day 2 The yolk is darker and the germinal disc grows 1/24/2023 Day 3 I can see a little dot! That is where the heart is starting to develop 1/25/2023 Early day 4 You can now see more clear development! I will post another update tonight 1/25/2023 Late day 4 Spider veins are visible...

Hello! I was curious at what age to chickens slow or stop laying? At what age are laying hens considered old? My oldest hens are 4 and they have slowed down in laying even this past summer they do not lay as much as they used to. My husband said its because they are older now and we need to get...

I had someone check my quails sex a month ago and she said all 5 of them are female(Though I have my doubts because she isn’t a professional). They started laying eggs 1-2 weeks ago and after that for 3 days I would always find 1 or 2 eggs in their dust bath. Though after that they stopped...

My beautiful chicken eggs! Spring is finally here!!!

NEED HELP WITH CHRISTMAS GIFT! Y’all, I kinda goofed. I just purchased 2 dozen eggs as a gift for my mother, they’ve not been sent out yet. Just got informed that someone else got her a dozen eggs as well! 😬 I need another incubator ASAP. We’ve purchased new ones, bad luck. Does anyone have a...

Hi everyone! 👋 I just bought an incubator last night from my local TSC, and I have no idea where to put it! My living room and kitchen is attached and there are lots of windows that light up my space. It is a very small house with no basement or spare bedroom, so I don't really have an area...

Hey everyone, I have one Rhode Island Red hen and two Crévecœurs one of which is a rooster (they are separated from my other hens as of now). My RIR hen just started laying eggs at about 6 months old all of them are the same age btw. My parents have told me we canNOT have anymore chicks (I...

Hello everyone, I have been seeing some broken chicken eggs outside & inside the nest boxes for the past 2 weeks or so. I didn't think it was serious until I had enough of all the broken chicken eggs I saw. I usually collect my chicken eggs daily, but sometimes if I do forget, 1 skunk (I think)...

I currently have 3 hens and 3 nesting boxes. 1 is recovering from worms and still isn’t laying yet and the other 2 lay in seperate nesting boxes. However, I have 10 ISA brown chicks still in the brooder who are around 6 weeks (I know it’s time for them to start going out but I’m postponing it...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Have had my chickens for over a year now. Does that still make me new? Lol (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 13 and counting if my eggs hatch this week. But im an idiot and positioned most wrong so, idk if they will...

Do the embryos in freshly laid eggs develop faster than the embryos in eggs that were laid days or weeks before? I've noticed that an egg laid yesterday develops faster than eggs laid last week. Does anyone know if there's any science to this? Or am I just imagining things?

I have a mallard thats a year old and that I’ve noticed has gone broody. I noticed since about Tuesday she has been laying on eggs. I did a little research today and waited for her to come out of the coop and went to look at her eggs with a flashlight. I don’t think the eggs are viable but I...