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  1. S

    Quail egg candling not looking great.

    Hi everyone, I'm completely new to birds and have never incubated anything before. I recently got quail eggs locally and put them in the incubator on 8/31 about 1-4 days after they were laid and they're now going on day 9. I made a massive mess up in the beginning and the eggs had way too high...
  2. Oxydziedhens

    Australian show quality Orpington breeders

    Hello! I am a show quality orpington breeder in Western Australia! And I am looking to introduce some new bloodlines into my current flock. What are some good orpington breeders that sells fertile eggs and is willing to post them to me in rural WA? (Bunbury region) I am mainly looking for blue...
  3. A

    Help with hen incubating eggs!

    Hello! Our stubborn hen would not get out of her broody spell (over a month)and nothing worked to break her, gal was determined to be a mom lol so we ended up caving and giving her a two eggs. They were laid a couple days apart. I’ve candled them off and on through the weeks and both seemed to...
  4. T

    hatching eggs and rehoming roosters?

    i want hatching eggs and i have the incubator already, but i'm afraid of having to rehome roosters. there's a few animal sanctuaries near me, but it depends on their capacity whether or not they can take them. but there's also just no sexed chicks near me at this time. i also don't want to...
  5. J

    Need some help and advise as its my 1st time

    Hi can someone please help me this is my 1st time incubating and I'm sure my duck egg has died as there was a power cut last week in my whole area for 4 hours and the incubator switched off after that I noticed a red line inside my egg and there has been n9 change, there is a air sac and a...
  6. newchickychick

    Fanciful Frigid Fall Hatch-Along

    We wanted one last hoorah as we go into the autumn and stop hatching until next spring. Most likely. Probably. (My husband is an enabler. We're building more coops, got an extra new brooder... 🤭) The naming theme is Fall/Autumn or Winter themed. (Avalanche, Flurry, Pumpkin, Samhain, Leaf...
  7. A

    Forever a broody hen

    My girly Ramona has been broody 3 times in the last year. The last time she was broody (end of May) I gave her day olds on June 2nd. She happily raised them and at about week 5 ish she was done with them and they have intergrated the flock wonderfully. Welp fast forward to a few days ago… she is...
  8. R

    Peeping early

    We’re trying our hand at hatching Guineas and they’ve been in the incubator about 22-23 days. (I lost track of days honestly) Yesterday I candled the eggs and saw what I thought was abnormally large air sacs. I was worried because it seems the eggs were either farther than I thought or the...
  9. Ambshp

    Hatching Rings to hold an air cell upright during incubation

    I have designed a little gadget (hatching rings) to hold an egg in an upright position during lockdown phase of incubation. This comes in handy when you are hatching small or hard to hatch eggs. Especially if you incubated in the upright position for the first phase. I created these while...
  10. Apolinne

    Broody hens with leg mites - When to treat ?

    Hello friends, I need some advice. I have two broody hens sitting on two fertilised eggs each, which I gave them because I don't have the heart to break their brooding, especially because one of them is 10 years old. They still have 10 days to go till the eggs hatch. Problem is the flock has...
  11. newchickychick

    Nature-Themed Hatch-Along

    I decided to do one final hatch-along for the summer! Hubby was more than supportive of me turning my half of our gaming room into an "incubation station" and there was a deal for 48 eggs for $47, so I decided to jump on it! 🤭 It ended up including purebred Ameraucana and we even got an...
  12. Artistickatt

    Welcome #2 & #1 (in that order) - and a cautionary tale of eggs and chicks

    Well it was a long day yesterday, but I have two new chicks (one hatch went bad). The 30% hatch rate was right on point and against all odds. I decided last minute not to go with local Wild Type eggs and instead ordered eggs. I received 7 and they ended up being delayed two extra days (thanks...
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  13. D

    2 broody hens pooping in their nest, one with chicks. Help

    Okay, so we came back from our vacation and we had 2 broody hens both sitting on 12 eggs. I checked, they were fertilised and around 12 - 18 days between them. I never intended to hatch chicks this year, but we decided to hatch them anyway because they were so far along. I was told I needed to...
  14. B

    Cracked egg accidentally on day 17 😭

    The egg rolled out of the incubator while I was removing a hatched chick. Any chance it could make it?
  15. MyLittlePetShop

    Chick breed

    Guys this little guy hatched from my breeding pair but none of my chickens are Amercuana breed, I found out that my hen’s mother was a amercuana breed. But for some reason, I’m mostly getting those kind of breeds. I thought I would get mostly same genetics from the parents but for some reason...
  16. C

    Broody hen advice

    Good Morning all New here today. Looking for some advice. I have three hens, and one has gone broody. She has been broody for a couple of weeks, so I have given her eight fertile eggs to hatch. if they work..... Now I plan to raise the chicks within my existing set-up. Has anyone done this...
  17. newchickychick

    Big Dessert-Themed Hatch-Along

    Here we go, round 2! The others have under 2 weeks left, and I'm excited! We had ordered 12 ultra rare potluck eggs from Cackle. A few were broken in transit (poor Silkie, 55 Flowery, Black Copper Marans, and... either a B or an R labeled on the last egg, I couldn't tell). But thankfully with...
  18. T

    Hatching Olive Egger

    Hello all! This is my first post here so hello :) I currently am in my second year raising chickens, my sister in law actually started first and has helped me learn a few things plus my own research. She has a lot of typical brown egg layers in her cup(ISA Browns, Barred Plymouth Rocks) she...
  19. N

    Muscovy Duck Eggs

    Hey I currently have a broody muscovy duck laying on almost 20 eggs. I have to leave town for a few days on July 12th so I decided to candle a few of her eggs. Any idea when these will hatch? I want to make sure I am here when they hatch so I can move her and any babies into a secure coop with...
  20. newchickychick

    My First Hatch-Along (Character Themed)

    Hello everyone! I was originally going to wait until Day 5 in case absolutely none of these end up viable, but I'm hoping by committing now means there will hopefully be lots of life waiting in these sweet eggs. This is my first ever Hatch-Along. I was wanting to plan, and prep, and wait for a...
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