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  1. Brianna245

    What Rooster should I pair with my pure Lavender Orp hens?!

    I am looking to get into breeding healthy, ideal lavender Orpington chickens. I have two beautiful 6 month old pure Lavender hens, who hatched from both Lavender parents. I have read breeding two Lavenders can introduce poor feathers and health, so a lot of times people breed back to a split ( 1...
  2. TeresaW

    1st Hatching Journey - Little Giant

    This morning, I purchased a Little Giant incubator with a fan. This is what Zack from MyShire recommended to me when I asked him about it during his live stream last Sunday. I also bought the quail rails for it. However, I did not purchase the auto-turner. So how's that going to work, you ask...
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    • hatching incubator quail
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    • Forum: Quail
  3. Emrosenagel

    Is this egg dead?

    Hello! This little guy was moving a few days ago and I went to do one last check (day 18) and he’s not looking too alive anymore. I can’t see any veins, only bloody looking spots; no movement (today, the other three eggs all moved into position and he hasn’t). Now I’m noticing the air sac is...
  4. Emrosenagel

    Is this egg dead?

    Hello! This little guy was moving a few days ago and I went to do one last check (day 18) and he’s not looking too alive anymore. I can’t see any veins, only bloody looking spots; no movement (today, the other three eggs all moved into position and he hasn’t). Now I’m noticing the air sac is...
  5. J

    THEY ARE HATCHING

    Two of three eggs have externally pipped and I can see the beaks gulping away at whatever it is they're eating. My question, I'm keeping my humidity up 70%-75% but will the membrane dry out because it's now exposed? Should I do anything to stop it drying out? What is it meant to look like...
  6. K

    Urgent Help Please - Prolapse umbilicus stuck to egg still

    We've recently had 5 little Call ducklings hatch, we're nearing what would be day 31. All ended up as assists as they were shrink wrapped. I took my time and seems most are good. 3 of 5 in brooder now, getting about, eating drinking. 1 was tipping over so have been keeping in incubator in a sock...
  7. 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
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. 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
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    • Category: Incubators & Brooders
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
    • tolmema
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    • austra white breeding designer chickens dominant white hatching incubation lavender ameraucana lavender gene
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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