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If you ever get geese, American Buffs are the way to go. So personable and docile compared to other breeds. Their gorgeous feathers are merely a bonus!

I gave a brahma X Wyandotte hen duck eggs last spring, she did not do well with them. May have partially been because she was kind of a dumb mother.... Eating her unborn children and all... However after I rescued them I did manage to hatch a few of them in my incubator. My American buff goose...

Anything with feathers! Parents brought home chicks when I was little, and I fell in love. They never expected their daughter to bring home quail, ducks, turkeys, geese, pigeons, and ring neck doves... Also dont think they ever foresaw a duck in the bathtub, washing doves in the sink, or being...

Interesting! I honestly do not think I will do hay however, as I have a 1602N Hovabator with heating coils on the top. Id be too worried about a possible fire, especially with the incubator being in my room (teenage poultry enthusiast with few other places to put an incubator. Only real downfall...

I have found my eggs roll a lot in my incubator, wondering if securing the eggs better during lockdown would reduce the amount of re-positioning they need to do. Maybe i'll do some experimenting next spring...

I have this happen to a lot of my ducks, it is very frustrating. I am wondering if there is anyway to prevent these "bruises", or anything specific that triggers them. Happy that you had a good outcome with your hatch!

I have come to refer to these spots as the black spots of death... Sounds terrible but every time I see one on an egg, it fails to hatch. My guess is they are signs of blood or fluid build up under the shell. They may have tried pipping at the wrong spot and broke a vein, or maybe even broke...