As these will be dual purpose crosses for processing, let's give them a fairytale!
Set some eggs Sunday. Have 16, am watching closely, have tested turner. When I candle day 5-7 I'll know better if I have duds. But it's a trial and error run.
Have used this incubator before. Kebonnixs. Really...
I have scoured the search.
How long would eggs still be able to survive with a power outage?
Day 5, transformer blew in neighborhood. Four hours estimate to be on. Hopefully sooner.
I know with a broody they can still be viable with her being off up to 8 hours. Does the same hold for...
So, I was reading around BYC and I found a couple of posts that said the earliest you should candle an egg was day 4 or 5. So, me being the impatient person I am, decided to candle the eggs on day 5. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to wait 7-10 days to be sure the eggs were fertile, so I made...
Hey everyone! So today is day 5 for my duck eggs. Tonight I am going to candle them and see if there is life😬 I have that excited, terrified feeling everytime I think about it! My question is, if I don’t see any veins inside the eggs today does that mean they’re all dead/infertile? Or should I...
It's currently Winter in New Zealand, and my top hen Marielle has gone broody. Well, she's been broody since mid to late Autumn(Or Fall) and I finally gave in and let her incubate. She has two eggs on day 5 both with lively little spiders in them. However she has gotten off the nest three times...
Hi, I am incubating chicken eggs that were shipped. Lots have detached air cells and whatnot. I see very clear embryos and veining in about 10, but a few look like this, where it appears there's only veining and I cannot see an embryo. Are these good? They just started day 5.
Example of...