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Hi so Im not really sure how but my 3 week old ducklings got out of their run( probably me a or one of my siblings left the door open) while I was gone for a couple hours today and my dog must have been "playing" around with them. I have 7, they are all alive but their fuzz is ripped off their...

Bachbach1 thanks so much for the link I think I have an old computer somewhere so I'll see if I can get the fan from it. If not that fan is a good deal! 19 dollars cheaper than what I played for mine!! Ozexpat- I agree with you that a fan shouldn't be generating that much heat, but I know it is...

Hi so I bought a fan for my incubator, and I didn't realize it would raise the temperature so much. It completely cooked like 30 of my eggs that were supposed to hatch tomorrow. :( So it raised the temp. to about 120, and I have the incubator on the lowest temperature possible and I cant get it...

Hello! I have a very beautiful 10 month old rooster(his birthday is on September 14th, 2012). His dad was a frizzle polish and his mom is a serama. He is the perfect rooster but sadly we cannot have roosters in our area. He is a frizzle, with black, gold, red, and green hues in his feathers. If...

well my chickens eggs are pipping on day 19, but I think they are supposed to since my chickens(the parents) were incubated under a hen and they hatched on day 19 with no issues, and they are a mix breed serama-polish. The quail's feet seemed perfectly fine(and the ducklings) they just couldn't...

thanks for the reply and I will keep your humidity preferences in mind. I'm doubting the chicks parents are unhealthy since they are from three different species of birds, all from different people and my chickens are only 10 months old. But I never thought about the temperature being too high...

From what you guys have said I have an idea of what could be the problems: I will see about getting a fan for regulating temps and helping with ventilation I don't always wash my hands before handling the eggs so I think that may be one of the issues, and not disinfecting the incubator...

Hi, so I have a pretty troubling problem here that after searching online I haven't found any results. I have so far attempted 4 hatches with my hovabator 1062N, 2 chicken, 1 quail, 1 duck. I am extremely frustrated because I have wasted over $100 on eggs. I have kept the conditions as stable as...

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I think its okay to wait, they're just not as cute that way! haha. Likely it wont be affected as long as there is no sticky stuff covering its eyes, beak, or bottom. But if you do want to get the gunk off the chick as long as the water is warm and they have a warm enough spot under the heat lamp...

I would if you don't see any movement

luckyfan101, don't worry sometimes eggs will hatch a day late with no issues. 2 of my 11 ancona duck eggs hatched early at day 25 yesterday and they seem to be pretty normal, slightly weaker than ducklings hatching at the right time but its pretty clear that they'll make it. if your eggs are...

haha thanks for the reply!

I feel like a huge idiot right now, LOL.. So I set my duck eggs 9 days ago, and for some reason I forgot to plug the turner in. I just realized it today! I've tried searching forum posts but the most time I've seen people forget was for a couple days, so I am asking you guys to see if anyone...

Okay thank you! As you probably know I'm so inexperienced with colors! So his white spots will go away with age?.