first time hatcher

Okay, so I have a Serama I gave 6 eggs to (all have survived thus far🎊🥳) and are due this weekend. I. Am. A. Nervous. Wreck. Obviously I have been reading, doing research, watching YouTube videos, and reading threads on here but I'm so happy, and excited, and utterly terrified/worried. I'm so...

Hi everyone! I am SO EXCITED to be preparing for my first incubator hatch, and will be involving my students! I am setting 18 EE/OE eggs on April 19 when we return to school after spring break. I know it is early, but I have LOTS of questions and want to make sure I am prepared to make this as...

Hi All! Been several years since I posted (when I first got chicks) but I figured I’d add catalog my experience of trying to hatch incubator eggs. I have a roo, so I let my Cochin sit on a clutch of 12 in spring of 2020. We ended up with 6 chicks! I didn’t separate “mama” so I think most of...

My silkie hen (Choji) is currently hatching eggs! 1 chick came out yesterday, and another was fresh out of the egg this morning (haven't gotten a pic of the second one yet). Both parents were pure white when we got them, but the papa turned into a splash variant with brown on his head.. both...

Hey! My names Shelby! I’m from Texas and I’m hatching from an incubator for the first time. I followed directions to a t but on day 21 when I was going to start lockdown 4 of the 5 eggs were rolling around and 3 had already externally piped! Today’s day 22 one has hatched and seems ok, I’m not...

Hope everyone is doing well today! So after many days and hours of anxiety, stress, and all around going nutty, I am now staring at 17 beautiful baby Barred Holland Chicks🥰 Heres the thing..I have four left in the incubator with not so much as a teeny little pip! Should I leave them for a few...

This is my first time incubating chicken eggs. I am currently on day 14. My candling has seemed to go very well up until today...my eggs seem very “full” and the movement seems very faint. Is this normal?

I bought a LG 10300 I am giving up on it after reading how bad these are I can no longer keep trying. I was so excited because it will be my first hatch of chicks ☹️ So what’s everyone else using? Pros and cons? Please help me I’m in desperate need I have 30 beautiful eggs waiting for me

Thank you so much @RainForestBird ! My shipped eggs arrived today. They were packaged beautifully. Unfortunately, USPS not only took them on a scenic route, but they also bounced them about a bit. Even though they only had to cross one state line, it took them four days to get here. They were...

Hi everyone! I am brand new here so I am still figuring it all out. I have so many questions as I prepare for my little babies! Tomorrow I am receiving my duck eggs. I have a Janoel 12 incubator and I am pretty sure the tray is not turning like it is supposed to, so perhaps I will just manually...

I have chicken eggs in my brinsea maxi 2 ex, should i stop the turning on the 18th day or after the 18th day? Also, when the chicks hatch, when will i give them the medicine to flush off the yolk and when will i give them something to eat? i am a first-timer so need help please....

don’t know what happened at night, either the electric socket plug got loose or something and the incubator got off for don’t know how many hours. When I came to see the incubator in the morning, it was 23.7 degree Celsius temperature. Have I lost all my eggs ? I am so upset and worried