I'm just starting a batch of 33 eggs in my incubator and I have one that looks like had another egg dropped to heavy on it when was collected and dented/cracked the shell. Its not leaking or anything so my question is can I trust it and put in incubator too ?
I have 12 eggs all seem to be alive and developed except for one. It looks pretty empty except for the air sack. I layed them down so they can get in position and almost instantly they start wiggling. So excited this is our first incubation batch! Anyways, for the lockdown phase what do I need...
I noticed I kept having eggs that hens were sitting on disappearing. So I finally got the smart idea to put my cheap game trail camera in the coop and low n behold it actually caught some action. The hen in the pictures survived and is still alive but the eggs she was sitting on were due to...
I was walking around my yard today hunting eggs since my hens have decided to lay them in the bushes now. Anyways, one of the eggs I found right away I could tell looked odd. I picked it up and my thumb nearly went right through it. The shell was so thin and flexible I barely could hold it in my...
I've kept my eggs on 60% humidity and 100F. I candled last night and not entirely sure but I think the egg air sack is half of the egg. Today is the 4th day, if I need to tonight I can try and take a picture. I have 4 different gauges in my incubator 3 of which also tell humidity and they all...
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I'm looking at buying this hygrometer on Amazon. Seems to have great reviews. I'm starting to get the feeling the 2...
This morning I started my first incubation batch but I did not buy the automatic egg turner with my incubator. I've heard I can hand turn them every 8 hours ? Is this long enough to wait or to long ? Open to suggestions.