Yesterday morning (now it's late night one day later) I found an egg, it had fallen recently and had a small hole at the top. It was not leaking and I tried to cover it anyways. The membrane has now closed part of the hole (I doubt it will fully heal), I've been keeping it warm and tried to set...
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So I only have one egg in the incubator, and it was mishandled and has a tiny hairline crack that I covered up with wax. It looks fine, except now when I candle the egg I can see two little bubbles - presumably air - inside, is that ok? It is a new egg - when I candled it before you can just...
Hey I am completely new to hatching eggs. I attached a picture of 2 2-3 day old eggs. I am not sure if they are fertile or the yolk is just very large. Can someone help me identify them?
It’s hard to see but it doesn’t look like the egg is fertile to me. I’ve been trying to hatch several eggs from this pair and I haven’t been able to figure out if it’s my homemade incubator that’s stopping development or if they aren’t fertile to begin with!
They sleep next to each other, they...
Hi, I've just started breeding ducks and i have one male and two females, they started nesting about 3 weeks ago and one of my females leaves the nest all the time and I'm afraid they're getting cold, because her eggs have all gone black and she started with about 15 eggs and only has 3 left. I...
So, I have 10 coturnix quail. They will be 8 weeks on Friday. I had them inside and 3 were crowing. I put them all outside in one pen, at 5 weeks- it is quite hot, so I knew they would be ok. 2 are obvious males. They are the only 2 golden colored ones, and both were crowing. I have separated...