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Our broody hen, Goldilocks, has been setting on 5 eggs for two weeks and today one of our other hens brutally attacked her and broke all of her eggs! Is this typical? Our poor broody hen is injured. Her one eye is damaged so bad it's sealed shut!

Our 20 babies that hatched unassisted! These are all a barnyard mix from 5 different roosters and 25 variety hens! Any guesses on what breeds or mixtures they may be?? We are so excited! My other two "assisted" chicks are drying off and quite active in the incubator! This one ^^ was the sticky...

Thank you for the link!! I was panicking and finally found it when I entered the right search criteria. It was a bit shrink wrapped but moist under the shrink wrap. Apparently the yolk had dried up and glued the chicks head to the wing and stomach. For the pipped chick, I followed the...

Hey! I have a sticky chick. He's fully zipped and has been for 24hrs but just can't get the shell off! I just opened my incubator to see if I could help him. The egg is completely stuck to him! The humidity in the bater has been stuck at 70% since lockdown. Can I help this chick??? It's...

We have tons of chicks! But one had zipped all the way but the shell was sticking to it. Is there any way to save the chick and get the shell off?? It's been 24 hours since he started hatching and he's basically glued in there! I can't see the head yet. We hadn't opened the incubator yet in...

Our first chicks! Our third chick! So happy to have our peeps!

We hear peeps and have one egg with a beak poke in it!! Oh my goodness! Parties are about to happen! From me, my husband, our 5y/o, and the 22mth old, all are EXTREMELY ecstatic about this. Chicks news! We just started lockdown and found out all of this! They weren't technically due to hatch...

Hey! I'm joining late in the game. We had a failed hatch of shipped eggs last month so I was holding my breath on this one before getting excited. Our most recent bath of mutt eggs have been in the incubator since 11:30pm on Friday the 27th of May. According to my newbie calculations, they're...

Hi! We have a batch of chicks that are due to hatch Friday and Saturday. I just went to check on them and found a foul smell and this egg... Any ideas what's going on? It doesn't quite smell rotten but doesn't smell cooked either. Our incubator has been hovering around 99.5 but has gone down...

We purchased the Hovabator deluxe set from Amazon and proceeded with our first attempt to hatch a batch of chicks. Unfortunately at least half the batch must have not been fertilized because they failed to develop even slightly. The rest of them, I am not exactly sure. Of the fertile eggs, 3/4...

My hubby fiddled with it for quite a bit this morning. It needed the arms to be unstuck. I think it's back to working. Will keep track of it. Maybe when our life is a little less rushed we should try turning then ourselves. We also discovered that the eggs needed to be spread throughout the...

We started our first batch of eggs ever in a Hovabator 1588. We purchased Swedish Isbar eggs from a lady who sells them on eBay. I ordered 18 and she sent 23. One had a detached air cell. We started the eggs on April 12th after letting them sit for 3 days. We just found out last night that our...

Tuesday evening we started incubating a batch of 22 shipped eggs. Last night my DH and I realized that we haven't seen the egg turner move. After reviewing the forum for similar issues we decided to set the alarm and check it again in 2 hrs (at 12:40am). I just checked and the eggs have not...

I just got my HovaBator and am planning on starting my first batch of eggs on the 13th. What median temp did you have it set to? I just finished reading the "Hatching Eggs 101" article and I'm more confused than ever. Do I need to weigh all my eggs prior and at different days to make sure they...

Hello! I've been following this site and all the incubator advice for several weeks and just purchased a Hovabator Deluxe Egg Incubator Combo kit and the HumidiKit to start our own chicken flock. When I was in highschool we borrowed an incubator and hatched out our own eggs. Those chicks...