I can see darks spots in the air cell of my duck eggs and the air cell has shifted. Does this mean that there has been an internal pip?
Also, is it normal for ducks and chickens to pip a few days before the hatch? Even a day before lockdown?
Thanks.
My first chick just cut it's toe in the fan in my incubator! I put Neosporin on it's toe and the bleeding has stopped but I think it might be broken because the chick doesn't curl it with the other toes.
Is there anything else I can do?
My chicken eggs are rocking, is this normal?
Also, how do I tell if there has been an internal pip?
And if there has been an internal pip, how long before they hatch?
So lockdown is Monday for 8 of my chicken eggs, am I supposed to increase the humidity then? Because there are other eggs in the same incubator that don't go into lockdown until Friday.
So lockdown is Monday for 8 of my chicken eggs, am I supposed to increase the humidity then? Because there are other eggs in the same incubator that don't go into lockdown until Friday.
I recently converted my Little Giant still-air incubator into a forced air incubator. So just to be sure, do I have to lower the temp a bit since before I converted it, it was at 102F?
I recently made a fan for my still air incubator using a PC fan and a 5.8 volt AC/DC plug.
I put it in my incubator and it was working fine, but after about an hour I noticed that the plug was warm to the touch.
Is this something that I should be concerned about? I really don't wan't a...
Day 3 may be a little too early to see any developent. I usually wait until day 7 before I candle them and then I can see really well which ones are growing.