egg advice

  1. quails4lyfe

    What’s wrong with my quail egg?

    So Ive currently got 7 quail eggs in an incubator and i was checking all of the embryos but I noticed one of my eggs have little dot/texture on it and inside there’s nothing except for like something?? it’s a bit hard to explain and then another one is lines
    • quails4lyfe
    • Thread
    • egg abnormalities egg advice
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Quail
  2. Pathetic gay

    Raised cracks in eggs and dark lines on the inside of egg.

    I tried searching all over but couldn't find anything describing this. I'm worried they might be cracks or micro cracks and bacteria that grew around them. I'm a first time hen owner and my chickens just started laying. I found some of these on concrete and it seems like they are cracked, they...
  3. V

    Looking for first egg free ranging

    My pullets are 15 weeks old and some are starting to get bright red/bigger combs and waddles. (Mainly my cinnamon queen a couple silver laced wyandotte.) They normally free range all day, but as they get closer to time to lay their first eggs, I would like to know! Should I keep them in the...
  4. Lady207

    Help with young Brahma that is struggling to lay

    Hi everyone. This is my first time posting but have been reading here for a few months now. I’ve tried to find a solution for my current problem but am still not sure what’s going on. This is my first time owning chickens. The problem lies with one of my brahmas. She is roughly 4 months old...
  5. J

    Anyone pleasr advise?

    I am candling brown eggs on day 7 and I can barely see anything at all. I think I can see veins and there is 100% air sac development but it's a very dark yolk. I can see maybe some dark spots where development would be but why are the yolks so dark at this stage? No blood ring etc just very...
  6. C

    Blob layed in nest D:

    Hello! So long story short, I went to lock my Chooks up this evening I noticed this blob in their nest box, i'm a bit nervous, because I've heard horror stories regarding "lash" eggs, I'm hoping it's just a soft shelled egg instead. I didn't touch it at all so don't worry about that. I have...
  7. J

    Duck Eggs day 23

    Hello I am new to this and need some advice. I have three duck eggs which are all growing perfectly - apart from the air sacs. Temp has been 37.5°c since day one and iv had issues with humidity but it's steady now between 50-55%. Out of the three duck eggs I have one with a normal sac, one...
    • JmzMc
    • Thread
    • #airsac abnormal aircell advice and help please air cell assist a hatch egg egg advice newbee sac
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  8. floridawildducks

    Egg check please

    Hi! How are these Pekin Duck eggs looking? Wondering if the darker colored ones might end up being bad eggs. For reference - This is a neighborhood Pekin duck nesting in my bushes. I don’t touch the eggs or disturb the nest. I’m just trying to protect her and the nest from predators. She...
  9. Horou

    About Egg Laying (Boba’s First Year?)

    Hi Backyard Chickens, earlier yesterday, we woke up to Boba’s first egg that she rolled to the front of the pen door and waited for us to pick up the “foreign object”. I’ve dubbed her eggs as “foreign object” only because when she was younger, I tried giving her plastic colour eggs, and she...
    • Horou
    • Thread
    • egg advice laying pekin duck
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. bellalovesducks

    Shrink wrapped duckling? Passed away?

    So our welsh harlequin hen incubated eggs on her own. They were doing perfect up until the external pips. One egg ended up pretty smushed because momma got nervous and stepped on her. This is our first time hatching eggs so we figured to just let her be and she would take care of it.. well it...
  11. PantherWaltz

    Is humidity a worry when using a broody?

    Hi, there! One of my hens went broody, it's her first time, and we decided to give her some fertile eggs to hatch. The eggs are do late next week to early the week after. We've never used a broody, and I've never successfully hatched on my own to begin with. So my question is do I have to worry...
  12. M

    Stopped Laying

    Hello! One of my chickens stopped laying last winter, however she never started laying again in the spring like the others. She is only 2 years old so it seems early for her to stop laying. I’ve tried changing their feed last week. They are now eating Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve. But she’s...
  13. S

    Odd eggs - help I can't find the answer

    I'm fairly new to chickens but recently our eggs seemed to have changed. I've spent time on here and elsewhere trying to find the answer but I'm at a loss. Our main flock of 6 hens (1.5yrs) recently grew with an addition of a new roo and two silkie hens. Everything seemed great for a couple...
  14. M

    Egg rocking then nothing

    Hey there this is my first time hatching chicks and I was almost at 100% until I saw an egg was rocking like it wanted to hatch… then no movement. It was doing this for two days. No pip. Should I pip for it? Or just cut my losses?? I really have no idea what to do.
    • Maka
    • Thread
    • chick stuck in egg egg advice egg help hatching hatching assist hatching help what to do
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  15. M

    Half dark half light

    I have an egg that’s half and half. When I move it a small amount moves. Like fluid the size of my pinky but the black blob is almost stuck. Is this a dud?
  16. M

    Help! - Eggs Smell Like Rotten Fish

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, as I'm new here, but need help. I have about 23 hens and 2 roos and they're about 1 year old. When they first started laying I was buying a feed store feed and found that their eggs smelt like Sulphur or stinky fish. Long story short, I...
  17. SolarDuck

    Soft egg binding

    Hey all long time no see, 4 days ago my ducko pipsqueak laid a pretty nasty looking soft shell egg in the pool so I've been giving her daily calcium supplements since, but the next day I noticed it looked like another egg was in her chamber and after feeling it through her it is clearly another...
    • SolarDuck
    • Thread
    • egg egg abnormalities egg advice egg binding soft shell soft shell egg
    • Replies: 117
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. B

    Give the girls a break for the winter?

    Getting ahead of myself for this, I have 1 and 2 week old chicks and I'm a first time chicken owner in MA. I know chickens lay little to no eggs in the winter, but is it "better" to give them the heat and light so they lay throughout the colder months, or to go more natural and let them to have...
  19. S

    Abandoned goose egg

    Can you tell if this egg is good or not the light doesn't show well enough when I look at it it looks different than what the camera shows I can't see good enough to tell
  20. C

    Eggs not getting fertilized?

    I’ve been incubating quite a few eggs from my silkies. We should be on day 15 so far but when candling over 75% show no sign of development. I’m not sure why this would be. I have my one roo in with 6 hens. Is he just not getting the job done? I don’t think it’s an issue with my incubator as all...
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