egg advice

  1. ECrow

    Help! Hatching/pipping egg with no incubator - how can I jury rig one?

    I found a chick in my coop this morning that had hatched and died, and I suspect my broody hen had something to do with the death, so I took a pipping egg from her to try to hatch and save the chick on my own, but I have no incubator and have never hatched eggs before. I’ve been sitting with a...
  2. F

    Help with molting

    I only have one laying hen that I bought a few weeks ago that laid two eggs for me then stopped laying! I thought maybe it was the stress of the move being with all new chickens but it’s going on too long for it to just be stress. My guess is molting since she’s missing some feathers around her...
  3. HennaPenHollyPol

    Isa brown egg progression

    Hi all, I have a 2.5 year old isa brown that will still lay 5 days a week. About once a week she will lay what I call a rubber egg. It will usually crack inside and she will have the white first followed by the collapsed egg shell. Is this a normal progression for her breed of bird? Also, the...
  4. tifaus

    Help!

    I had a hen become broody and she ended up collecting 12 eggs. When I discovered where she was and she was definitely broody, I did candling and we were going to have 10 babies. Well, yesterday they all decided to hatch. One of her eggs pipped but has not zipped or made any improvement since...
  5. J

    Help! Whats in my chicken egg?!

    I just cracked an egg and this what inside. Never seen something like this before.
  6. Mmsorg

    Questionable Egg

    Has anyone seen an egg like this? We have no roosters all hens and this was our first lay from this one. Still trying to figure out which hen it came from. It’s the bottom reddish brown egg.
  7. S

    Help! Need advice!

    This is my first time using an incubator. Out of 8 eggs I’ve ended up with two that are developed. They weren’t due to hatch until tomorrow and locked the incubator down yesterday afternoon. I’ve had both eggs start to pip at 8pm last night. One has hatched over night. I’ve kept the humidity up...
  8. C

    eggs with white cast?

    Hi All, I am new to raising Coturnix quails - we just acquired 4 hens that are actively laying (~3 months old) this past Monday. They seem to be settling into their new digs okay! Today one of the hens laid an egg that has a white cast on it? It almost looks like the egg was dipped in whiteish...
  9. 5

    Fertile or Not 3.0

    Hellloooo again😜 I am very excited to get some fertile eggs, so, I have to ask again….Is this fertile?
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  10. 5

    Fertile or Not Fertile 2.0

    Hello again fellow chicken lovers! okay, so I think I have a fertile egg, since I witnessed one of my hens mating with my young roo yesterday. I believe the egg to the far right is fertile…?
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  11. 5

    Fertile or Not Fertile? That is the question!

    Hi again😄 Just wondering if these two eggs are fertile….I don’t think they are, but just wanted to be sure. Thanks for your time🐓
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  12. E

    Shell-less Egg with Cartilage

    Found this odd egg in the laying box this evening. Anyone have any suggestions as to what it could be and what could be causing it? The solid bits felt like cartilage after further inspection. Newbie here but thankful for this community! - E in NC
  13. Sbutler2006

    I just got my 1st egg… what should I expect?

    So excited that we got our first few eggs. Not sure who’s laying them, but what can I expect? An egg a day or an egg every few days? What’s some treats I can feed them to reward them?
  14. B

    My Duck stopped laying

    Lmk if this should be posted somewhere else! :) Context: I own two female ducks, one (Shortcake) a khaki campbell and the other one (Muddy) I believe a khaki campbell and rouen mix (her feathers are almost exactly like a rouen except without the patterning around the head, and as a duckling she...
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    • Forum: Ducks
  15. XoWillowXo

    Are my eggs fertile

    I went to check my girls lay box and she had two eggs as I’m still unsure weather or not her and my male have been together I wasn’t sure if they would be fertile and I read if you crack open an egg you can tell by a white spot on the yolk so I cracked open the older of the two eggs and I’m...
  16. lunahills

    Oddly shaped egg

    I have read through some other posts about odd shaped eggs but have not seen any that look like this. I have an 8 month old Orpington that I got about a week ago. In the past 4-5 days she has been laying eggs with this odd bulge around the middle. Her eggs always looked different from my other...
  17. M

    Help me please!

    Hi guys. I need some advice please. A friend had gave me bird eggs they found earlier. We don’t know how far along they are. I did the float test on both of them. One of them sinks. However, when I did the candle light method on it, I saw veins. It appears to still have a yoke inside so maybe...
  18. M

    Egg Quality Issues

    I’ve had some problems with egg quality in my flock recently, and am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. First, one of my ameraucanas started laying eggs with lots of calcium deposits on top a few months ago (I haven’t actually seen anyone lay, but I’m 99% sure it’s her). She’s...
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    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  19. Oldegarlicshnapp

    Is my egg okay?

    I took this photo yesterday when I was using a heating pad and towels to incubate it. The veins can easily be seen and there’s no doubt it’s alive. then I got this cheap little plastic incubator, it has me a little worried. It says on the instructions to put the pointed side down, so it looks...
  20. C

    Who laid the egg?

    Finally! I got my first egg with my new flock, but it wasn’t what I expected. I thought my French black copper maran would be the first to lay. But this egg looks like a Silkie egg. I do have a bunch of silkies but most are too young. I do have a full grown silkie that I rescued from the co-op...
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