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Sorry to hear that things are not going as planned. That can be frustrating.

I allowed each of the eggs to settle between 12-30 hours, depending on how bad each air cell was, to give the air cells time to reattach before placing under the broody or in the incubator. So, by time they were placed under the broody or in the incubator, the air cells all looked much better...

Thought I would give you an update on my little "experiment". My broody hatched 6 out of 8 eggs. The incubator also hatched 6 out of 8 eggs. Hence, my experiment ended in a tie. I told myself I would be happy if only 3 of the 16 hatched since they were shipped eggs. With 12 having actually...

Just like with so many other things, everyone has their opinion as to what works best for them. My broody is quite experienced and has a good hatch rate, but I also did not want to leave everything up to her, just in case something went wrong. Likewise, I did not want to leave everything up to...

Wow! Your eggs did travel far. What is that, about 2,000 miles? You can check on this website for advice about Coopers Hawk if you have not done so already. Typically, we have just kept our birds locked up for about a week and the hawk eventually moves on.

Following in the hopes that you share your hatch rate. I ordered one dozen fertilized eggs off eBay. They traveled approximately 800 miles. 16 were sent. None were broken. 9 arrived with big end up, 5 were packaged on their sides and 2 was packaged upside down. 6 had decent air cells, 10...