egg development

Hi everyone! I’m currently incubating 2 white Chinese geese, and have some concern about their air sac development. I’m incubating them at 100.5 (still air) and at 55% humidity (ranges between 50-60% at times). I marked them on day 10 and 15, but compared to research I’ve done they seem to be...

I have 2 three year old Call ducks one male and the other female, and 1 five month old male Mallard duck. The coop I have for them has two compartments, 1 with a house with a nesting box and the other has a run. It's just about spring in Australia, and my 2 calls have started to mate. The female...

The candler that was used is a Magicfly Egg Candler. Why Candle? Candling allows you see the development of eggs from day one to before hatch, remove possible exploders, rottens, and eggs that stopped development. It also allows you to see cracks in eggs before incubating, (which should be...

I am about to put 7 bantam eggs into lockdown on day 18.5, 6 of the eggs are of normal developement for day 18 (the fetuses fill all “non-airsac” egg space), but one of the eggs appears to be developmentally behind, as if it were on day 15 or so, with the fetus only filling 2/3 of the...

Hello! I have a hen that has been sitting and was due a week from today. I came home from work to discover her off her nest and her eggs cold. How long can eggs go cold this far into developing? I'm hoping they can be salvaged. :hit

Hi, This is my first post here. I have 6 cinnamon Queen chicken hens, 2 guinea fowl males, and 2 guinea fowl hens. That being said I've had a broody cinnamon Queen sitting in a nest if eggs for awhile, so I decided to do my own batch of guinea eggs in my incubator. I put them in my incubator on...

Hey All, we a gaggle of 24 geese. We're on a farm that has a 2 acre pond that the geese live by. 4 are older geese and the other 20 are 7 month old White Chinese. They're getting frisky and we're wondering how long it takes an egg to develop and laid. We've looked all over the internet but...

This virtual Chicken shows you the inner workings of the chicken reproductive system and the formation of eggs

Eggs are amazing things. We often take them for granted, but you won't after you read this article! By Mrs. Mucket, Feb 22, 2012 | Updated: Mar 27, 2012