That is something I am concerned about, I do clean it between hatches but don't know what to use for disinfectant. So far I have two hatched one of which died the next day from I believe mushy chick syndrome. It hatched early with no assistance but the yolk sac was not absorbed. Thanks for any...
I have a reptipro 6000 with one egg turner that holds 16 eggs. So far it has worked well but I wish. It had another egg turner. For larger eggs I put them on the bottom. I also use a little giant styrofoam incubator that I use for hatching. Also works well but have a harder time controlling...
I have eggs pipping in the incubator. I am so excited. I miscalculated and thought they had another week to go .they were still in the turner so had to scramble to get them ready for hatching. I can hear the chick peeping! Pray everything goes well.
Thank you so much. I have had other chicks hatch normally and I thought this was just a problem with my du'ccles. Two days ago I had a call duck egg, just one egg that I had been praying over and anxiously waiting for to hatch. It pipped normally and started to unzip but just in a few places not...
I am a new member to this site although I have been a visitor many times. I have barnyard chickens ducks, 2 normal geese and one that is blind. Most of my chickens are bantam and americaunas and I have a trio of porcelain du'ccles. I also have a trio of call ducks that my husband bought that I...