hatching

  1. Pearlescent

    Baby Turkey still absorbing yolk trying to hatch

    I have a poult who has no egg tooth, but it’s pip was enlarged by its mother, who is also the cause if the missing egg tooth, and it wants freedom from the shell. I was going to let it do that, but then I saw a decent amount of un absorbed yolk still in the egg. How do I stop it from hatching to...
    • Pearlescent
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    • hatching hatching early poult turkey turkey poult yolk yolk absorbing
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    • Forum: Turkeys
  2. dracquailys

    Hatch Thread! (Celadons, Banded Blacks, Silver/Andalusians)

    Hey! I saw many people do this and thought it would be fun. My SWGB red range & tuxedo celadons are going into lockdown tonight, and I have some banded blacks and silvers/andalusians that will be hatching soon too. Here are some pics of the celadon eggies. I’ll follow up weekly, but I’ll take...
  3. RossAcres

    Your Favorite/Least Favorite Incubators

    Good morning everyone! I jsut wanted to know, what is your favorite incubator so far? Any incubators you don't like? Tell me your experiences and pros and cons. I will start: Favorite Incubator: HatchingTime CT60 Pros: excellent temperature and humidity control Most accurate temp and humidty...
  4. T

    Bantam Chicken Question

    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...
  5. M

    Tissue stuck on Chic

    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...
  6. RossAcres

    Ross Acres (Ross Bantams) Exhibition Call Ducks

    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...
  7. RossAcres

    Colors of Call Ducks!

    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
    • RossAcres
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    • bantam breeding call duck color drake ducks hatching hen identification waterfowl
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    • Forum: Ducks
  8. Post-Hatching Season Clean Up

    Post-Hatching Season Clean Up

    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...
    • Arial P.
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    • chicks cleaning ducklings eggs hatching incubator incubator advice
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Incubators & Brooders
  9. RossAcres

    End of Incubation Season To-Do's

    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...
  10. H

    First eggs!

    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...
  11. T

    challenging spring and summer

    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...
  12. bellalovesducks

    Shrink wrapped duckling? Passed away?

    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...
  13. S

    Advice please, pip 26+ hours ago, no progress.

    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...
  14. F

    I lightly hit an egg that is 23 days along

    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...
  15. P

    Peafowl Hatching/Walking Issues

    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...
  16. PerturbedPanther

    Wantage, NJ - Dutch Owlbeard Hatching Eggs

    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.
  17. Muser

    First time hatching eggs

    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...
  18. K

    help! my duck is hatching infertile eggs

    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...
    • kln
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    • duck duck eggs duck nest duckling advice hatching hatching advice laying eggs pekin duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  19. C

    Uneggspected hatch

    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...
  20. P

    GQF cabinet incubator for sale

    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...
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