hatching and incubating

So this all begun last night... well this weekend sorta. I bought a new incubator from rural king and brought it home so I could have a “lockdown bator” and keep the ones that still needed turning in the turning bator, soooo I put my egg in the “lockdown bator” last night and the temp got...

Hello, I have raised chickens for w years and have never incubated eggs before. I was wondering what incubator to use and which ones don’t cost to much but still have good hatch rates.

I have a trio of Phoenix chickens. They are very happy and healthy. I am getting an egg a day (neither of my hens are clucky) so I have been incubating their eggs.. but no success at all. I’m really losing hope. I have incubated Isa brown x eggs before with a high hatch rate but havnt had a...

I’m located in Mercer County, NJ, and am the proud owner of a new Incuview incubator. Unfortunately, my enjoyment of incubating and hatching far outstrips the number of chickens I am able to keep. Right now, I’m still a rookie so would be willing to do it entirely for free while I master best...

Aye, I've been trying to get some rarer breeds and have decided the best option is probably to hatch them in my incubator. I have some local breeders I've been communicating with but how do I know (or can I know) if they are are actually fertile and not just selling me regular store-bought eggs...

The first chick is out...and so tired. Just 17 more to go. :wee

Hi, Iv been raising backyard, small farm flocks ever since I was a little kid. Iv raised flocks of Turkeys & chickens. Right now I have chicken, ducks, and peacocks. My chickens have mainly reproduced on their own and kept my flock at an acceptable number for my family. I recently bought a...

Hi everyone! I'm on day 19 of my bantam eggs and yesterday was lockdown, I have a separate homemade still-air styrofoam incubator for lockdown. I moved them from my HHD forced air incubator to the homemade one. The temperature and humidity weren't going up before lockdown. So I changed the...

Hi BYCM! I'm looking to gain as much knowledge as i can about hatching chicks, I'm not sure if theres a word for it but im interested in letting a broody hen do it. I dont know how to set her up or what exatcly is my role but id love to hear your stories in hopes of doing it properly and knowing...

Hello! I am new to the forums, and while I have other chickenanigans going on, I am hoping to get some tips and advice for my first incubation adventure! I have twelve silkie eggs coming within the week. I have an incubator arriving tomorrow. It is a Mini Advance Automatic Egg Incubator by...

Hello, I'm in desperate need of some insight, I'm pretty heart broken because this morning we had our 5th duckling die during hatching. We hatched eggs about a month and a half ago and we lost a couple which I understand that the mortality rate during hatching for ducklings is roughly 20%, but...

First time hatching and one of my EE/Cochin babies hatched this morning and I notice there is like a wash of blood inside the shell and a little bit on the chick. The chick hasn’t really “fluffed up” but the daddy is a frizzle so it’s possible that’s just the way it’s “fluff” is going to look...

Hello everyone! I am new to hatching chicks, I do not have a hen looking to hatch for me so I am using a little giant still air incubator with forced air fan kit to hatch. This is my 4th round of eggs in the past 5 months. The first 2 hatched went great 85% hatch rates and pullets are ready to...

Hi all :) I'm in the midst of hatching serama, started with 24 eggs and 9 have made it to today, so I'm really hoping to end up with at least 5 lol... they were shipped, which was mostly the cause of loss. But anyways, I have one with a very bad saddle air sac, 8hours ago I candled her and she...

November isn’t the best time to be hatching but this mama is broody hahaha This is my third attempt Our first attempt at this little incubator was with some eggs collected after a frost. They could have been polish eggs, Orpington eggs or sexlinks. Although it’s not freezing in our barn or...

We recently had a tragedy and lost our favorite hen to a hawk. She laid an egg the morning before she was attacked so we decided to incubate some eggs including her last one in her honor. I am struggling with what the humidity level in my still air little giant incubator should be. All forums...

I'm using a janoel 12 incubator and on day 26 trying to hatch my duck eggs. I checked the humidity last night and it was fine at 70%. I just checked it again and it was down to 50%. So I added warm water to the bottom. I can't seem to get it to stay up. What do I need to do?!

Hi again, we once again rescued some fertile eggs for the cold outside after some tragic events with the neighbours ducks. Is there any tips in ensuring humidity stays high during lock down and anyway to help the ducklings with out effecting the temperature and humidity. Also what temperature...

Seen them rocking 2 days ago, Now nothing! Air cell is still there the rest is very dark! Should I be seeing movement? Is there anything I can do to see if they are alive! Losing hope :(