Hi there! This is such a helpful place to be! I just joined a few minutes ago. We are just about at the end of our first incubation run. I posted in Incubation & Hatching as I have lost quite a few chicks...now on day 26!
We have 6 ducks and 5 other chickens on a different note. I'm addicted...
We started with 16 eggs in our over 50 year old incubator. The incubator was, at first, very inconsistent with the temperature. After candling around day 13, 4 were not viable eggs and 12 were. All 12 eggs were progressing nicely. I candled on day 18, before "lockdown". 5 eggs had embryos that...