Something got into my coop this week and killed my momma duck that was sitting on a full nest of eggs. We gathered the eggs that weren't damaged in the attack and immediately put them in an incubator. I candled them and we have 5 for sure alive ducks but I have no idea how far along they are...
I went to put my duck eggs on lockdown this morning and and i was candling and checking them 2 had already pipped. I immediately removed the Turner put them all on the bottom sprayed the 2 eggs that had pipped and added water to raise the humidity. Of course everything had dropped and now im...
Ok so not sure if I'm putting this in the right place but.... I put on 18 Ancona ducks eggs last week I candled and they are all fertile so I am super excited!! I am using a little giant forced air incubator with the automatic turner my temp is at 99.5 and my humidity is hanging between 48 and...
I know that this question gets asked a million times but this is only my 2nd time incubating eggs and the 1st didn't goes as well as I hoped.This time I had 26 eggs at lock down which I did Wednesday morning, today is hatch day. Well I have already had 5 hatch yesterday and last night and 1 more...
I have had chickens for about 5 yrs but I just got incubator for Christmas and my eggs ha e started to hatch the first came out great the 2nd struggled a bit and has a sack hanging off it rear is this normal and will it be ok??? Also the chicks have flipped my other eggs over that have pipped...
I have had chickens for about 5 years. I have 13 hens and a rooster of mixed breeds. I found this sight looking up new info on my chickens. I have 2 boys, dogs, cats, pigs, chickens, and cows. I own a dog grooming business and help run a family greenhouse. I am glad I have a place to ask my 100...
So this is my first time incubating my own eggs. The first one hatched this morning. I have another one that had pipped and it's active I can see the beak coming in and out however the 1st chick flipped the egg upside down. Should I flip it back over. I don't want to mess up the humidity.