hatching

Hi, after some infromation on Bantams - I have googled but can't find what I'm looking for. We were gifted two bantams that have never been humanised, so they won't come near us like the other hens will. Not 100% sure of age, but we think they are reasonably young. One has just hatched 3...

We had a friend take over while we were on vacation and ran into incubator issues. Only one chic hatched and it was on day 23. Then stayed in incubator to avoid taking lid off and messing up others in there. We waited a few hours to be safe then removed the chic. This is dried and stuck to it's...

Stole this idea from The Moonshiner! I show call ducks and absolutely love the breed. On this thread, I will be sharing pictures of my call ducks and stories of my adventures with them. At this point in time, I have white, pastel, and snowy call ducks. Follow along to see what it's like raising...

Hello everyone! I wanted to share these photos with you all. These are pictures from The National Call Breeders of America website. You can purchase actual posters of these! Hope this helps you :wee

As the hatching season comes to an end for most of us, there are some things I like to do to ensure easy startup for next season. 1. Clean ALL the parts and pieces of the incubators. I used two incubators this Spring. A Hatching Time CT60 and a NutureRight360. I start by completely...

Well would you look at that?!?! While we were removing 6 roosters from our original flock we found these! Our chicks are 16 weeks old and these are the first 2 eggs. One was on the ground and the other was in a nesting box. These are small eggs, but it's early, so I was expecting them to be...

I've had an unusually challenging spring and summer hatching chickens out. My egg collectors were refrigerating the eggs in the beginning and not placing them correctly for incubation 😭 We've had horrible power surges and brownouts all year, especially during critical times like lockdown and...

So our welsh harlequin hen incubated eggs on her own. They were doing perfect up until the external pips. One egg ended up pretty smushed because momma got nervous and stepped on her. This is our first time hatching eggs so we figured to just let her be and she would take care of it.. well it...

Hello, I’m relatively new at incubating (this is my second round). I have 3 eggs on day 22, 1 chick has fully hatched (it went from first pip to hatching in 18 hours). The other two chicks pipped 6 hours before that chick (who has now hatched), with very little progress over the last 15 hours...

I have broody mama on eggs, and half have already hatched.... she moved off the eggs so I gently transported them from the old nest to where she was currently on the way I bonked an egg... what could this do to the chick? Would it be ok? Also can spinning a chicken egg on hatching day hurt the...

Hi gang, A month ago I bought 4 peafowl eggs from a lovely guy near me. I put them in my (very cheap) hobbyist incubator with little hope but and interest to see what happened. This morning we work to one hatched and two pipped which was exciting! By late afternoon, it was clear that the...

Would anyone be interested in Dutch Owlbeard eggs? My breeding stock is from Greenfire Farms. The hens are lemon, the rooster is a lemon/gold mixture. They are pickup only, since I am not NPIP certified. $7 each or $75 for a dozen.

Hi All, I have a big broody Orpington/Brahma and she's super keen to sit on eggs. Been trying to break her for a good week, she's currently sat in chicken jail and I just feel terrible for her so having second thoughts about maybe putting some eggs under her to hatch. I was going to order...

hello! i have a female duck that has been laying an egg per day for almost 2 years but on May 8th she began making a nest and laying all of her eggs there… none of them are fertile since i don’t have a drake, but it’s been over a month and the last few days she’s been refusing to move so now i...

hen hatched one baby chick last Monday. Separated mom and baby and they’re doing great. Unexpectedly had another egg hatch today in the main coop with 2 hens laying on top of it. When I moved them to collect eggs I saw it and one of them protected the baby and the other looked like it’s shoving...

I have a GQF cabinet incubator for sale. I believe it is a 1200 series. It has 3 egg trays, holds 290 chicken eggs, water reserve system with bucket, auto Turner, 6 adjustable vents on back, high volume air circulating fan, newer electric thermostat, and backup wafer system. Works great, I've...

I've been getting into raising rarer breeds of chickens/poultry, so I'm looking for breeding pen/coop ideas. I have lots of groups/pairs I would like to keep separate so I was wondering if anyone had any info/ideas to help me out. I found a few double decker cage ideas online, which seem very...

When to go into lockdown? Egg #1 and 2 have been wiggling, and Egg #3 has been just no movement of any kind. Egg #1 & 2 are in an incubator together, and Egg #3 is in an incubator by itself. It's Day 25. We tried to candle them with a heat lamp ontop, and flashlight underneath, to keep the...

I’m at a loss on ideas i tried looking up what could cause this and can’t find anything. the eggs are rested a few hours before put in and put in pointy end down humidity on lockdown is 70% and temperature is 99.5 this egg was doing fine moving when i put it in the incubator for lockdown on day...