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Hi, well I tried to move all the eggs around the incubator so they weren't stuck in cold spots, maybe I missed that one. Ok I will try for higher next time round, I did fill up all the water trays but the humidity just wasn't going up enough so I sprayed a little water in too and if any eggs...

Somethings gone wrong again I had 8 lovely bantam cochins developing really nicely until day 21, 2 hatched fine then nothing... Opened them all up today and heres the lowdown, one was underdeveloped, one was upside down, 4 were perfectly formed and they're beaks were ready to pip but they never...

It is now nearly day 24, still no popping from these two eggs but they are still alive and wriggling around

Sorry, * why haven't they hatched already, there's no pipping or anything but they are still alive

Well I got a new hygrometer/thermometer. The humidity naturally sits at about 35 % and the temp is 38.5C. Set a new lot of eggs and at day 8 there are 14 fertile so fingers crossed! Meanwhile I have a problem with some other eggs. I set 12 ebay eggs 3 weeks ago and only 2 made it to lockdown so...

A couple of deficiencies that stood out to me have eggs as a natural source for hens. Should I feed it raw or boiled and just the yolk or the white as well? :)

Thank you, ill look up some vitamin deficiencies! Sounds very similar to my chicks although mines never managed to walk and doesn't have curled toes

Yes, I thought about that and tried nipping its toe a little, it can feel it!

Hi, I have 2 day old chick that hasn't learnt to walk yet, I think it had a bit of a splayed leg so put a hobble on it and it doesn't make a difference. Its hard to describe how it moves, it basically puts all its weight on its haunches and kind of waddles, using its wings like front legs?

Ok thank everyone! I will buy a new thermometer and hyrgrometer, look into getting a fan and up the humidity at hatch time and see how the next hatch goes in 3 weeks time :)

My calibration is not going well, I tried boiling water and it was 2.5 F over and then tried freezing water and it was about 1.5 - 2 F below? might be easier for me to buy a new thermometer, can anyone suggest reliable ones that aren't too costly?

Thank you for all the info! I will have a read through those links and hatching 101. I will try and calibrate by thermometers this afternoon and I have found an old cheap hygrometer so ill put that in and see what it is reading. By dry hatching I meant that I don't add water at all, but maybe I...

I don't have a hygrometer anymore because I don't change the humidity any more I just leave it dry. I haven't calibrated my thermometers, how can I do that? I keep it at 38.5C according to my thermometer. It is a still air Hovabator 1632 with auto turner

Thanks , ill send her a message :)

Just looking for some advice with my hatch rate. Fertility is fine but hatching seems to be the problem. Ive used my own, local and ebay eggs so far this year and had problems with most of them. So heres a quick breakdown of my hatches so far. I do dry hatch except for the duck eggs where I put...

I will put a photo up so you can see what I mean, the scabbing has gone away a lot since I first looked at him but there is still a bit there and the worse affected foot is still quite a lot bigger than the other

Ah I never thought about that, I assumed it was bumblefoot from the black scab and limping

My cockerel has developed a bad case of bumblefoot, the black scab covers nearly the whole of the pad of his foot on one leg and a bit smaller on the other foot. I read that once a black scab develops the best thing to do it cut it out, get rid of pus and bandage it. Can this really be done at...

We just bought a trio of runner ducks yesterday from an auction. We got them home only to find this morning that one of the females has a problem with her balance. She stands up but her tail swings back and forth and she struggles to stand still and when she is rushed she simply falls over and...