hatch advice

  1. lena_

    ARE MY DUCK EGGS DEAD OR ALIVE?

    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...
  2. Marynnaaa

    Hatching chicks in egg cartons.

    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...
  3. AMcDaniel02

    Unhatched Egg

    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...
  4. lilcavwife

    First time hatching eggs

    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...
  5. Carlswani

    2 bodged hatch attempts need advice!

    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...
  6. K.Riggs

    Please tell me your shipped egg experiences!

    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...
    • K.Riggs
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    • cayuga ducks chicks ducklings hatch advice hatch rate hatching hatching assist incubating lockdown shipped eggs
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  7. Spiderduck

    How to save eggs

    My broody hen was sitting on eggs and she was found dead today morning. Can i save her eggs that she was sitting on??? She has about 14 eggs under her and she was cold when we saw her no apparent cause of death. Her eggs are cold to can i save them if so how!!!!?? Or are the eggs goners...
  8. happarose

    Overdue Egg - any advice?

    This is my second time hatching bought fertile eggs under one of my broody Pekin bantams. With the first, all six hatched no problem at all at 22 and 23 days. This time I've had nothing but issues! Half the eggs either didn't develop or failed by 15 days. The first pipped two days late in the...
  9. Zinja

    Rcom 20 incubator, can i open lid on day 15?

    Hey there, I am about to hatch my first batch of eggs using an rcom 20 (and only third hatch in total - last two were in a brinsea mini advanced). I have the eggs in dividers but they are on day 15 and I am about to raise the humidity. however I am thinking to open the lid and remove the...
    • Zinja
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    • day 15 hatch advice incubator lockdown quail rcom
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  10. E

    1 out of 16 eggs....?

    Hey everyone! We are hatching chicks and have been doing great with 16 showing activity and blood vessels as of day 18. Last night around 6pm we hit the "day 21" but only 1 chick has hatched?! Temp and humidity have stayed strong. What time frame are we looking at to hatch other eggs? Any...
  11. WildCHILD400

    Incubation question

    can you incubate an hatch eggs that aren't fertilized? Just curious
  12. A

    Why won't my chicks hatch?

    I'm so confused as to why my chicken eggs aren't hatching. In the beginning, the humidity was around 40% humidity, and the temp has always been 100 F except for one day it was 96 for a while. Once day 18 came along I added water and the humidity has been 60-80%. I candled them so they are...
  13. Poppylu

    Yolk sac not absorbed

    Chicken friends, we are seeking advice and moral support! Yesterday was hatch day only we already knew we may be in for disappointment. We had a dozen chicken eggs shipped USPS and the breeder did an awesome job of packing and labeling the box. However the box was damaged and came off the truck...
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