Thank you both.
I’ve got the incubator up and running and although ideally it would run empty for 24 hours to avoid temperature fluctuations, I’ve put the egg in as it’s got to be better than on top of the Aga.
I haven’t made an air hole on the basis that the oxygen shortage triggers the...
Hi we have hatched 4 out of 5 bantam eggs under a broody hen. The first hatched day 21, eggs 2 and 3 on day 22 and a fourth egg hatched on day 23 leaving egg number 5 under the hen (who has not moved, bless her). We refreshed bedding when the 4 had hatched by quickly lifting her to the other end...
I have just done the most stupid thing. We have successfully hatched bantams well over a week ago and had two other eggs in the incubator which were added 3 days in to replace the non fertile eggs I removed at day 5. When they were overdue I candled for internal pip and there was nothing, nor...