incubating

Hi! This is my 5th year of incubating duckling eggs but the earliest I’ve done it (usually do it in April/May, but had to do it early this year because I’m travelling). I’m worried that the eggs I have are not fertile as when I candle them I don’t see development. I’m on day 5/6 today (they were...

I have two duck baby ducks that hatched this morning just a few hours apart. I have three eggs in the incubator and two of them have pipped (one yesterday and one today). The two that hatched this morning is being pretty “rowdy” in the incubator. The incubator isn’t that big to start with...

I have a few questions about our new babies. I have a 2-day-old female duckling and a 1-day-old male duckling. They have slowly started to drink water. Both pooping and seem healthy. The female chirps a LOT more than the male. Is that normal or could there be an issue (cold, hungry)? The...

Just put 6 eggs into a bator, this time a pen of two flocks together. Due to hatch on the 3rd of November Pen consists of - Buff Silkie rooster Buff Silkie hen (bearded) White Silkie hen Paint Silkie hen (bearded) + Buff polish rooster Buff polish hen 2 x frizzle Buff laced polish hens Gold...

Hi, so I want to preface by saying that I'm not normally a chicky person. A friend brought over farm fresh eggs but when I was making my breakfast yesterday one of the eggs was too fresh if you know what I mean. I felt really bad about killing an egg that had a viable embryo in it and so I...

I've been fighting lice for the past month or so its been a long go. Well I plan on using ivermectin pour on for cattle dosage is 3 drops on the back and 3 by the vent is what I've read. Then a week long egg withdrawal. Another dosage and another egg withdrawal. Can I utilize these eggs for...

I was candling my Pekin duck eggs on their 4th day. They all looked amazing with veins and a healthy shell, but I saw a floating mass in two of them, that floater to the top no matter where I turned it. What is it?

So previously i’ve posted about my first time hatching ducks. When i posted the photos of my duck eggs i was told that only one of them was fertile. I cracked the eggs (exept for the one i was told is fertile) and yep, no baby. So it’s day 29 of this fertile egg being in the incubator. We can’t...

Hello I’m currently incubating 6 eggs, 2 of which hatched yesterday morning, my 1 svart Hona egg pipped about 24 hrs ago and is still slowly working it’s way out, another pipped about a hour ago and the 2 others still nothing, is it normal for the hatching to be so staggered? And when should I...

I am currently incubating mallard duck eggs and are at day 24, their air sacs match around day 21. Should I be worried when going into lockdown tomorrow? I am also curious about how the air sacs grow in the last days before hatching. Since the humidity is increased for the last 3 days what...

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I’m worried about this little chick in my incubator. Today (5/24) is day 21. First chick hatched at 530Am and 4th chick hatched at around 5pm. This little one has been in this position for a couple hours now. I know it can be tiring for them and they take breaks but I’m concerned with it’s...

Hi everybody! I just got a kebbonixs 12 egg incubator and I am attempting to hatch duck eggs. I put 2 eggs in yesterday morning and hopefully two more this morning. (If both ducks lay.) So 4 eggs total. The incubator temp says 101 and my other thermometer says 100.6. The humidity says 54%. I...

So I’m incubating Turkey eggs for the second time. I put 24 eggs in 10 days ago and took 4 out on day 7, as they were not fertile, but all the other eggs had veins yet I couldn’t see and movement inside the egg. I did some research and read that I should check the eggs at a later date. So today...

I was given 23 chicken eggs and 1 turkey egg to hatch for someone. Once the chicken eggs start to hatch how should I turn the turkey egg? For now I'm just thinking of speedily opening up the incubator to turn the turkey egg, but I'm still a little worried. I have the little giant incubator and...

I had a second lavender Orpington go broody the last week of March after my other Orpington was raising chicks. I quick bought eBay eggs (Red blue laced Wyandottes) to put under her. They didn’t ship for a few days and I didn’t receive them till April 4th. My bad mistake for first time shipped...

I'm hatching 4 eggs that are currently at day 6. The temperature has been really consistent at 99.5 and the humidity has been at 50-51%. I just candled and weighed them (to see if they're losing the proper amount of moisture). 2 of the 4 eggs are clearly developing, 1 I'm pretty sure has veins...

My incubator has 4 rows of 3 eggs for a total of 12 eggs, it is 37.5 in the center, around 38.5 on the left side and around 36.3 on the right side. I am day 6 and all eggs are developing nicely when candled. My question is should I swap the eggs on the left with the eggs on the right or should I...