dry incubation

Hey all..... Well I'm about to start my hatching in a few weeks (~2-4 more weeks) but I'm kinda on the fence about what type of hatch I should do. I heard that with wet hatching (normal hatch method) the hatch rate is lower and more chicks get splayed legs, whereas if you do the dry hatch...

This is my very first time hatching Cotournix Quail and Im worried these may have stopped developing. It's day 15 (lockdown day). I ended up with 4 that developed to this, the air cells seem worryingly large. And one egg that's too dark to see through. Will these likely not hatch? I have a gut...

Hello, readers! I just wanted to share my first time incubating story. I ordered 6 Serama eggs from eBay. I received 9 all in great shape. I thought my broody Silkie hen would do the hard work for me but she changed her mind. So at the last moment I bought a Little Giant incubator from TSC. This...

Happy New Year Everyone! Can someone help me with any tips on hatching shipped eggs thru mail? I received the eggs I purchased on EBay 2 days ago. This is my second time hatching shipped eggs. Obviously, my first try was a disaster. I followed some tips I gathered online. I managed to hatch only...

Hi there! I need help with my experiment of dry hatching . since 14 hours these two chick have their shell crashed on their own but won‘t get any further. The Marans shows it‘s beak from time to time - but the flower hen hasn‘t showed it for a long time now . Do I need to help them? Are their...

Today I rotated my eggs and candled, seeing a lot of movement from each. A few hours later, went back in to manually rotate the eggs again, and noticed a dark spot on one of them. Candled it and theres no movement at all. AT ALL. I separated him out from the others and put him in a different...

So I have been using a farm innovators styrofoam type incubator and have been using the dry incubation method. I have had 100% fertility with all my own eggs and About 98% with bought or shipped eggs. They develop beautifully with the dry incubation method BUT for some reason at hatch only about...