Update: I did end up flipping my upside down egg and it hatched fine. I ended up with 16 chicks from my 19 eggs. One died today though, suddenly. Poopy butt.. I had to read up on that... Had never heard of it before. So much to learn!
I didn't weight them to start. All the air cells are about the same size but I don't have anything to compare them to to know if they are the right size for day 7. I have 3 thermos in there and no water. Not sure how to lower humidity if there isn't any water in there to start with! I was...
Okay. Newbie here.. I posted this on a new thread but I think it got lost. Can anyone advise me with this?
I am incubating my first hatch of my own chicken eggs with a Farm Innovator 4200 forced air model with automatic turner. Today is day 7, so I candled and I have found one egg is upside...
I am incubating my first hatch of chicken eggs with a Farm Innovator 4200 forced air model with automatic turner. Today is day 7, so I candled and I have found one egg is upside down! Ooops.. the shape was hard to tell the fat end when we put it in. The air space is on the bottom and the moving...
I'm just South of Blanco and a chicken newbie. No waterfowl. Do you have chickens yet? I'm looking for local fertile eggs because all my hens are molting right now and I got an incubator for Christmas! ~ Amy
I'm a chicken raising newbie in Blanco. I got a fancy incubator for Christmas that I'm a bit overwhelmed with! Also, it appears 9 of my 10 hens are molting so I don't currently have eggs to incubate! Is anyone nearby to mentor me?!!