hatch advice

hey y’all, i’ve ordered quite a few eggs, 27 to be exact, and they are about to come in the mail. i’ve received my incubator, and will follow the instructions for setting it up. i’ve never hatched eggs and am brand new to the whole process. i would love any advice about rotating, candling...

Hi I'm new to hatching eggs. I lost my first batch and now my second batch is on day 22. There is no sign of pipping or movement that I can see. I bumped into the bator and a few eggs rolled around. Do you think there is still a chance of survival. The temp has been on 37.7c and humidity is now...

Hi I never hatched an egg before so I just saw my rooster mate with one of my hens and I wanted to know wether he mated with them before so I wanted to know how to determine if they are fertile. I looked up some videos and most people had them incubated for a few days does that mean I incubate...

Hi I'm getting 12 shipped fertilized bantam eggs in the mail today. I did not want to hatch out that many eggs. I only wanted 2-3 at this time. Is there any way I can store these eggs to hatch out down the road? Any ideas with refrigeration etc?

I just recently started keeping chickens, my desire is to grow and become big in this business. I recently bought an egg incubator unfortunately the first eggs I set in which where 60 only 10 hatched, so I was searching for answers on the internet that is how I landed here. I'm very glad to a...

I'm on day 23-24 with a batch of Marans eggs I had shipped and I'm at a loss. I currently have about 12 eggs in a large gqf sportsman incubator of my father's. (I've recently ordered an incubator of my own but it hasn't arrived yet. :( I've hatched several small batches of eggs over the last 3...

So my 6 year old asked me when i was collecting the duck egg, why we cant incubate the smaller ones and have to wait for them to be bigger.. Tried to do some quick research, but couldn't really find an answer. Does anyone have one? I am figuring due to the size of a duck, but would a smaller egg...

I set four fertile eggs under a broody hen. She rolled one egg out very early on. I only candled today and yesterday. I believe I set them on the 19th of December, BTW New Zealand time is one day earlier then american time, (so it's the 9th here) I believe today is meant to be hatch day I knew...

I just hatched my 4th batch of chicks this morning and there is something hanging out two of their bottoms, I don't think it's the umbilical, it's too thick, it looks like an earthworm. I'm afraid it's the intestines but two of them have it and I've never had that happen. See pic below, it's not...

Hi i'm planning on doing a natural incubation that is if one of my hens go broody and the egg is fertilized and i am asking for any advice or tips.

So I have never had quails before and I have an incubator on the way so I ordered some eggs that were supposed to be shipped after the New Year, but they were shipped before and somehow the postal service got them all the way here already and my incubator is still on is way! I believe its going...

Hi guys this is my first broody hen and she has a staggered hatch trouble ik 1st chick came 3 days ago 2nd chick 2 days ago broody was leaving nest all the time to look afta babies she has another 8 eggs under her. They keep going cold bc the babies which have hatched keep venturing off bc shes...

Hi all! Ok, so I've scanned the forums finding bits and pieces of information but thought I'd ask directly as this is my first real go at incubating a lot of chicken eggs. I'd like to gather some thoughts on what's going on. Here's a break down: 1) Temp has been consistent and accurate. RH...

About two weeks ago I found one of my ducks had gone broody. I had been monitoring her for that time. Anyway one morning I went to check on her, and one of the eggs had broken.I lifted her up and she went crazy. The nest was quite a climb uphill, she got the egg in her beak. Lodging her beak...

Hi I was wondering if I could keep my silkie chick eggs upside down in an egg carton throughout the whole incubation process not just the last 3 days. And would i have to flip them or just tilt them in the carton. In the carton will they still rotate up towards the air cell, or will them...

One of my hens surprised me with babied and I noticed one out of 6 eggs has not hatched so I left it for a couple more days since mama kept going back. Since it didn't hatch I took it and put it in my incubator for a couple more days. Since nothing happened I turned the incubator off. I forgot...

Help Accidently cracked egg on day 20. Anything that could go wrong has gone wrong. Hen stopped sitting on eggs on day 18 watched for hours and she just would not go back. I candled them and They are developed so brought them in and made a incubator out of cardbox lamp and even added mason jars...

i purchased a cheap Chinese 56 egg incubator with built in chandler which turns out after the first hatch attempt is running around 3 degrees cooler than the thermostat says. To combat this I’ve put my own thermometer (which also measures humidity) in and a second one for good measure. The...

OK, I know a lot of people have a lot of trouble incubating shipped eggs. I got 12 Cayuga eggs. One was smashed on delivery and went in the bin. One was infertile. So I now have 10 of 10 fertile eggs on day 18 moving vigorously. The air cells aren't good some worse than others and I even...