I have a second time mama who is laying on eggs. Tuesday, June 7th will be day 21 from when we believe she started laying. I moved her into a dog crate within the coop in the same spot she was nested down to try and keep her from stealing eggs. We did this last year when she went broody and it...
Is it ok to put this egg in incubator to hatch? It is from my rir hen and rir roo, but it's so long. I didn't know if it might not hatch out a good chick. Or if the chick would have any problems. Any help is appreciated!! Thanks in advance!!
We raise thousands of quail and currently candle each egg by hand. We are trying to make a candling box we can put a GQF tray of 120 eggs on and pick out the bad.... Does anyone have any suggestions?
I had told a story here on BYC about God showing me where Iizzys (my favorite Chick! She was a Silver Duckwing OEGB) nest was, TRUE STORY-I knew she was laying but it wasn't in the nest or coop or any of the known spots they hung out. One day as I searched I asked God to help me, (some may think...
Hi all! Last night I went to a local fair...and I ended up coming home with 6 free eggs.
At the poultry exhibition, there were many exhibitors selling fair-hatched chicks, young hens, etc. There was also a table covered in fertilized eggs that had been exhibited over the week. One of my Buff...
I started 9 emu eggs in a little giant foam incubator. They spent a week in there before my cabinet incubator arrived. The temps and humidity were all over the place. I calculated the desired weight loss per week for each egg based on a 15% total weight loss over 55 days. None of my eggs met the...
I have one egg that was finally layed by my hen, but when i went to candle it before incubation it had little, tiny specks:confused:. Can this egg still be hatch able?:idunno