Recent content by mialoveschickens

About slightly cracked eggs, if you're feeling a bit too lazy to reach out for the wax, melt it, etc, etc, the easiest option to patch up that egg is to apply nail varnish on the crack and just hold it for a few minutes to dry before putting it back in the incubator. In case you're wondering if...

Don't candle until day 7, don't touch them, don't giggle them, just leave them alone. That way the air cell can heal: as the chick develops inside, there is a membrane that inflates like a balloon inside the egg, pushing the air cell in place and stabilising it. If you constantly take the eggs...

From what I read on the internet, you must place the eggs upright rounded end up in your incubator cells or in an egg carton if it's a manual incubator and NOT TOUCH THEM OR TURN THEM AT ALL FOR A WEEK! You may be curious about what's going on in there, but you must leave them alone and not...