I had a broody hen leave her nest early. I made a make shift incubator with a heating pad and tub as soon as I realized. She has successfully hatched one chick and was taking care of it but left the other eggs too soon. This one has a pip and I could hear it chirping when I found it. I patiently...
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I have been incubating duck eggs for the first time. I placed 6 eggs in the incubator, 4 were fertilized and 2 were not, and then later one of the 4 died, so I am currently left with three eggs.
Yesterday was day 28, and all the eggs still didn't do internal pipping yet. I also realized...
Hello, sorry about all the threads I’ve been posting, hatching chicks and ducklings has me worried about every little abnormalities 😂 I have a duckling hatching right now, it pipped probably about 24 hours ago, maybe more, and it’s made a little progress but it’s not zipping. It’s beak is...
After losing 6 eggs and 1 chick, I wanted to give up on this incubator. Something isn't right with it. But sadly either I lose the eggs or try at least.
So in an effort to save 2 turkey eggs, I've been constantly checking this incubator. The heat and humidity were all wonky, and our turkey...
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I have some eggs soon to be set into the incubator but I am a first timer and I have a few questions that the internet just doesn't seem to have a direct enough answer for. Firstly, If I do open the incubator in the last three days, is it really as bad as I have heard...
hi I have one call duck in the incubator, along with two swedish eggs, one which is pipping internally and the other is about to as well. The hatch date was supposed to be on the 18th, but I think my temperature has been a little low. I candled the call duck egg last night and saw movement...
Hello Everyone! I was wondering if there is something besides straw that I can use on the bottom of the chicken coop to keep my chickens, comfortable and warm? Straw is very messy! I'm thinking there must be an alternative that would work better. Thank you so much for any suggestions. :)
Hello Everyone!! I was wondering if anyone knows why the white part of the egg tends to stick to the shell when they are hard boiled? Doesn't seem to happen to store bought eggs, which I never like to buy anymore. Is there a secret to keep the whites from sticking? Thank you so much and be good...
Hello Chicken Lovers, I am fairly new to this site, so I hope I am posting in the right area. Posted previously and included my location and my thanks to the individuals that contacted me. Still looking for someone to build (or finish an existing) an insulated chicken coop. If you read my...
Hello Everyone! I am new here and this site was recommended to me to help find someone honest, kind and experienced with building chicken coops. I had one started but it has been a nightmare. The person that I hired didn't make the coop the way that was agreed upon. Let him know what I wanted...
I put 3 khaki kampbell/mallard eggs on lockdown a few days ago but I need advice in wherever or not to intervene. (This is not my first time hatching ducklings but my first time with this particular problem). I live in South Georgia so the humidity has been ridiculously high this summer so in...
help I assisted and the chick seems to be dead, I out oil so it doesn't shrink wrap. There's no movement or anything I'm so scared please help guys like right now!!!! What should I do? I put it back in the incubator
Need some help guys! How do I assist a chick? When should I do it? I think my chicks that haven't hatched might be too weak to hatch by themselves. Candling on day 17 showed perfect development so they should be fine. If they haven't hatched by day 24 dinner time I'm going to assist. So how do I...