#incubating

I am new to hatching bobwhite quail eggs. I thought this whole hatch was going to be a dud because they took 4 days to arrive in mail and it was freezing out in Alaska. I’m seeing development at 4 days of incubation in almost all 43 eggs after setting for 24hrs. I’m curious if I should be seeing...

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...

Good morning! First time incubating momma here and it's technically day 18 still on my incubator (after much deliberation, i decided on the dry hatch method). We went into lockdown yesterday and already have 2 chicks! It was determined earlier in a thread I posted that my roo is a mutt, but a...

So I've been breeding seriously now for about three years, which I know is nothing compared to many people here. However one thing that never made sense to me about incubating eggs was the three-day "lockdown" period where the eggs just sit there "moving into position to hatch". Hens that are...

Hi I’m incubating duck eggs and they are on day 23,I self made an incubator and the ducks seem to be thriving however one of them looks like this? I’m trying not to worry and hope it’s still going to hatch I’ve never incubated eggs so I’m not sure. I also don’t see movement :(

Hi so I started incubation on my Rouen eggs. I started with 24, candled day 7…discarded any that were duds and now I’m left with 7. Start date was Dec 28. It’s Jan 25. No hatch. I did put them in lockdown a few days ago but why haven’t they hatched yet? I did candle today to make sure they’re...

Hello, Im the proud owner of a hybrid chinese x canada goose (whom i hot from a farm as a egg & have confirmed to be legal). After a LOOOONG search and wait i am finally getting some Canada Goose eggs from a legal breeder. Now, with all the effort & $ i have put into finding these guys, i am...

So I just sold my 2 crested pullets and have 4 remaining cockerels that I'm planning to harvest. Decided it was time to do a batch of Snowflakes eggs, she's been consistently dropping jumbo eggs and I want to retain that quality. 10 egg total and hoping for all pullets. My Rooster,

I always feared to touch chickens and organize their nest I want to know if it is normal to move them from one nest to another I want to know if I can add eggs underneath a chicken so that she incubates them How many eggs does a chicken lay daily and can she lay without a rooster How can I...