i set 77 eggs, 12 pheasant and 65 chicken, in two separate incubators. One incubator had an automatic turner which was great and carefree, one didn't have a turn which I was used to and turned them myself like I have in the past years. My incubator with the turner started melting and I had to...
These two girls are the strangest birds I have ever seen. The little brown wanted to start going broody in late January by hiding a nest and I said no way, to early. In April I put two nesting boxes in the barn to see who wanted to go broody, these two girls decided to team up on a nest instead...
My incubator has 27 eggs in it right now and they are on day 16 and I just bought 12 polish rooster eggs that are ready to go in the incubator should I just wait for the eggs in the incubator to do what they are doing or can I add them? Will the humidity bother the news that I am adding? Will...
hi everybody I have a nest in my hen house with two chickens on it and I found a egg that was pushed out of the nest I am not a hundred percent sure on how far along the eggs are so I cracked it open to have a look and this is the picture I have I am guessing it is around 16 or 17 days old. what...
I had my first duck egg roll out of the duck house this morning, and I do not know what to do with it. I know it has potential to be a little one so I'm stumped. My husband suggested for me to put it back in the house. The house has 7 ducks in total in there so I have no idea who laid the egg...
I went and checked on my broody Chinese Silkie and when i wiggled her around and what not I noticed a dead chick. When I took it out it was full of MAGGETS!!! What should I do? Should I move her and put her in a different nesting box and clean that one out? Also she is still in the big coop with...
I have four eggs on lockdown starting today I rolled them last night never candled them. But i candled them a couple days ago and seen movement. Today is lockdown so I never rolled them, I have had two chicks fail so far from me opening the lid to much, this time I am going to walk away and only...
I get to put four eggs on lockdown tomorrow, I candled one today when I turned them and I think I saw a shadow of a foot or a wing it made my heart jump....my first two eggs were unsuccessful one was a sticky chick and the other one looked like the humidity was too high at one point and drowned...
I did a float test this morning on one of my eggs that is three days over due, it floated with about a 1/4 of the egg out of the water....is it still alive? will it hatch?
Hi everybody my name is Chantel and I am a stay at home mom to one child. I have a rooster and a hen that act like teenagers together, and three month old chicks, a Gander, a gosling, and two ducklings, also an incubator full of fertilized eggs. I am new to this so I may have tonnes of questions
I made a stryofoam incubator, I have the temp/humdity correct, and I am now on day 21 with one of my eggs and it is rocking and rolling from time to time, I checked last night for an internal pip, but I never saw anything, put it back in the bator (in the same position) it still R&Rs. How long...