egg advice

  1. 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...
  2. 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
  3. 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...
  4. 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
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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
  10. 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?
  11. 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...
  12. 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
  13. 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...
  14. 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
  15. 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...
  16. Starrponies

    Two chickens born last fall just not right any ideas why? What did I do wrong?

    I purchased a silver laced Sussex and a sapphire gem last fall as chicks I took care of them just the way I have any of my other chicks over the years but they were my first fall chicks ever. coming this spring they both produced eggs early and both produced extremely large eggs. the Sapphire...
  17. Goose in the snake room

    Advice for late hatching geese eggs

    I’m currently in lockdown with 2 white Chinese geese on day 32. Before I put them in lockdown I noticed their air pockets were a little smaller than I would have liked to see. Now I’m worried they won’t have enough oxygen from their internal pip to their external. So far no visible movement or...
  18. S

    How to get my girl to start laying again

    Quick question. My girl just turned a year old and has had her first molt like maybe 1 or 2 months ago. It's somewhat chili still but after her molt she went right back into laying eggs. However I want to say she's stopped laying for a whole 2 weeks now or just about. I've been feeding...
  19. M

    Darkish spots on eggs?

    I’ve noticed several of my hens are laying eggs that have some darker spots on them. It almost looks like the marks are inside the shell. I noticed this seemed to start around when the weather got colder. Could it have something to do with condensation maybe? The eggs seem normal when I open...
  20. Lauren84

    Laying eggs unusually

    Hello all, On Tuesday when I came home my 8 month old Indian Runner Custard seemed very quiet and still. Not her usual cheeky self. Shortly after this she laid an egg without a proper shell, it had a sort of soft membrane. Now this was unusual because Custard has been laying 2 eggs a day for...
    • Lauren84
    • Thread
    • @ miss lydia egg abnormalities egg advice
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
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