incubating and hatching

My parents surprised me last week with six Ayam Cemani eggs. I put them in the incubator last week, and I candles them on Friday. One was not fertile. I’m down to five eggs. I also put two of my Easter Egger’s, Bolt, eggs in. They are fertile so far. I am going to candle them in Thursday or...

Hello. Last year I made my own incubator. When I tried incubating first round of eggs 9 of 30 were fertile but all except 1 died around day 10. This little guy hatched on day 23 but he died when he was 2 months old. Than I did some upgrades on temperature sensor and I tried again. 20 out of 20...

So I have a bunch of eggs (25) that I’m trying to hatch. I have a few questions and concerns. Starting off last Wednesday (Aug 31) I tried to keep the eggs warm via candles until I could get back power. The ones I could transport I took to my aunts who has a generator. So they weren’t without...

Wanted to post this since there may be others who have a thermal camera. I can’t believe I haven’t thought of using it for pulling dead eggs out of an incubator until today. The dead eggs will have a noticeable difference in thermal temps compared to the live ones. The pic attached is of a...

All of my eggs hatched and I removed my chicks after about 5 hours. They ate and drank but I am worried that they needed to be in the incubator longer. I put them with other chicks that hatched 6 days ago. They just seemed to want to sleep so I put them back in the incubator. Do they need food...

Hello, I’m new here and new to hatching eggs in an incubator, I’m finding it all a little nerve wracking. I realize already I’ve made my share of mistakes but would welcome your more informed input too. I’m on day 22 with 3 eggs. Started with 8. One of them was an “extra” the breeder sent that...

I've got 4 Muscovy eggs on day 29 in the incubator and I noticed two of them wiggling. I removed the automatic turner and checked back about a half hour later and one of the wigglers moved a couple of inches and had spun around 180 degrees to point in the opposite direction I left it in and I...

I have these wood ducks who consistently come back every year to lay their eggs, this year the mothers eggs fell into a lake and she was gone from afternoon till around 10pm when I decided I was gonna go ahead and take them in as it was cold outside (50-60F degrees ). Out of 10 eggs 2 were...

help!! Day 6 or 7 and this little “girl” is really slow. Didn’t see any signs it was a good egg until day 4 and it was very faint veins. I have what looks like a blood ring in the side. You can see a little heart flutter when looking very closely. Is this viable?

Hi, This is my first time incubating eggs. They're Coturnix Quail shipped eggs. From 41 eggs I started with I'm now left with 19 developed eggs that I have just put into lockdown. The rest didn't develop or died at day 5-6. We're at day 15 right now. It's the first time I do this, I started...

If you see a circle on the egg in the video thats because I marked it for turning purposes. It looked like this Wednesday (check inserted photo below) and now it looks like this in a video yesterday (July 1st).

Hello everyone, My wife and I have been visiting this forum for the past 6 months, since we began our journey of incubating and hatching eggs. We have benefitted tremendously from all the great ideas and vast experience found here. So, I would just like to share how we are doing now, posting...

So to start off this was my first time incubating eggs, I’ve had broodys this year and normally I let them hatch. But I wanted chicks that were more unique breeds you don’t find at the feed store and my last set of shipped eggs (Red blue laced wyandottes) I had under my broody, she abandoned...

Hello everyone. This is my first time attempting to incubate quail eggs. My quail are almost 7 weeks and the female started laying eggs. She’s in with males so I’m curious if the first eggs when this young are usually fertile? Or if I have to just wait and see? I’m keeping them room temperature...

Hi. I want to ask for a little guidance on the hatching eggs please. I received more eggs then I ordered from AlchimistFarms. I still tried to put them all under my broody silkie. Sadly they don’t all fit. I ordered an incubator that will be here tomorrow. I believe it’s recommended to have the...

Hi, I've been incubating some duck eggs. They are on day 20 now. I noticed something weird when candling to check they were all still doing fine. One egg has these strange black spots floating in it and at first I thought the egg must have gone bad but there is movement. Does anyone know what...

Sooooo... if you are a new to incubating, this might help to learn a little more about how it all works! I'm very new to incubating as well (in fact I am incubating RIGHT NOW), but I think I have learned a few things that others might need to know! If I am wrong about this, the pros can call me...

Hi all, I just wrapped up my first ever hatch on Tuesday, and I'm already planning the next one. I only have two hens whose eggs I will be incubating, so gathering enough eggs to fill my 28-egg incubator is not a realistic goal. However I would like to maximize the number of eggs that I put...

Hi all, I tried posting this a few days ago but didn’t get a response. I am now on day 17 with my 21 hatching eggs in the incubator & I really hope they hatch well. They are all developing wonderfully. These are shipped eggs so came with large wobbly air cells , large saddled air cellls & some...

Hi all! I’ve looked at other similar threads but wanted direct advice. My duckling externally pipped about 40 hours ago but has not started zipping yet. I haven’t seen the egg rocking and am not sure if it passed away inside. The other duck externally pipped 24 hours ago and seems like it’s...