incubabtion

  1. M

    Age variances

    I am hatching some eggs given to me by a friend since her current mother's aren't willing and I own an incubator. However, the ages are unknown. I candles them and I believe majority are early on but that one will hatch very soon. With in a few days. So what do I do about temperature and turnin...
  2. T

    Pipping early!

    Help! This is my first incubation. I’m not going to be home today or tomorrow so I took the eggs from the turner last night and added more water to raise humidity (day 17). This morning I checked on them before leaving and one is pipping and chirping. What do I do? If anything? If/when it...
  3. Reawsphant01

    Problems with Brinsea OvaEasy 380 floor

    Hi guys, It been a while, unfortunately I sold all my hens and my hatching business because I had to focus on my Alevels. But I still have my Brinsea OvaEasy Incubator in my garage sitting there collecting dust. So I decided to sell it, upon doing so realised that the metal on the floor of the...
  4. T

    Need help figuring out what went wrong

    I am new to incubating chicks and had a first batch come out decently so I am on a 2nd batch now. Its almost lockdown time but when I went to check the eggs that were alive almost a week before, half of them were not developed almost since then. The eggs were accidentaly stored blunt end down...
  5. D

    Chick hatched 1.5 days before others

    Hi all! I had a chick hatch 1.5 days before the others, now followed by 6 others and now another is just coming! I know I cannot open the incubator while the one is hatching out and drying But I am wondering if there is any concern of the one who’s been now without food/water since hatching...
  6. SaltLakeChickenMama

    Eggs on the way- getting cold feet

    Ok, I was super confident in my ability to hatch some eggs. I hatched a quail in a cheap incubator as a kid so I figured I could do it - but after reading Gail Damerow’s book on Hatching, I’m super worried I’ll mess things up (unhealthy chicks) or get no chicks at all. I’m ready to give up...
  7. mews

    More Bruising Appearing On Duck Egg, Need Advice!

    Hello all, I've been stressing over this egg, as I'm a new hatcher and had became concerned as I noticed more bruising has started to appear on the membrane end of the egg. I'm growing nervous, as the duck is positioned awkwardly, and I'm unaware if he/she could be malpositioned and is...
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  8. Goosey Girl

    Indian Runner ducklings: Blue female x Fawn & White male ducklings

    I haven't seen any photos or much discussion on colors of mixed Indian Runners. Of course they won't be pure, show birds. But, thought others might be interested in seeing the variety. I'll post more photos when they grow their adult plumage.
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    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Ducks
  9. Reiki Rooster

    Goose eggs

    I am getting a couple goose eggs, I have had zero luck hatching ducks with my incubator but great success with chickens. My question is should I incubate the goose eggs like a chicken in my incubator or would it be best to put them under my broody muscovy duck? My muscovy just went broody...
  10. Bertram

    Which is worse: humidity too high or too low

    I was wondering what would be worse for incubating chickens, having the humidity too high or having it too low. I know that they both present there share of problems but I didn't know if one was worse than the other. Right now my humidity is around 68-73% and I didn't know if I should try to get...
  11. Featherss

    Incubator at 120

    I came home today to our incubator at 120 degrees - the temperature knob had gotten bumped and was at the highest setting. I immediately opened the incubator and got the temp back to 100. My partner had checked it a few times throughout the day and said the temperature was good٫ but it could...
  12. lmadeline146

    Help- NR 360 water overflowed onto eggs!!

    Today is day 18 so i was preparing my eggs for lockdown and the water underneath the eggs overflowed and got half of them wet. I had a paper towel under the eggs and it spread the water. I saw immediately and got all of the eggs out. Are the eggs going to die? Please help im so worried.
  13. S

    Help, I opened the incubator.

    We are hatching quail for the first time and they started yesterday morning. We have a timer set to take them out, but I noticed one was stuck where the egg Turner used to be so I got the others to move to the other side (they follow the light) and opened the lid about 2 inches and got baby...
  14. Cocohens

    Does .5 make a difference in incubation temperature?

    Hi all, My incubator is sitting at 37.7 degrees on the outside but the little temp gage on the inside is sitting at 37degrees. Should I add temp so that the inside says 37.5 degrees? Im on day 4 of the incubation and want to make sure that the .5 degrees doesn’t ruin my hatch? Thanks so much
  15. Isabella Mcadams

    It’s been 24 hours since internal pip. Should I make a safety hole?

    Hey all I need some advice, It’s day 29 of incubation for my khaki Campbell/pekin mix eggs, and only one duckling (as far as I can tell) internally pipped about a day ago. Should I wait a bit longer, or go ahead and make a safety hole? I can hear more than one duckling tapping on the inside of...
  16. Isabella Mcadams

    Is this a normal sized embryo?

    Hi there, I’m incubating duck eggs, and today they’re at day 25. I’m wondering if this is normal: (#2 and #3 are of the same egg) Both embryos are still very much alive and move around a lot. Just wondering if the size and orientation is normal.
  17. Wrenshensffe

    Trio Cottage Incubator- First Time Hatching

    Hey everyone! I’m new to hatching chickens this year. I have my own flock now, and have been raising chicks since 21’. I’ve decided to try to hatch a few of my own to add some egg color variety. I’m wondering if any of you have successfully hatched out of a Trio Cottage incubator? (Listen, I...
  18. J

    What is your method for incubation?

    This is our 3rd time hatching eggs. The first 2 times were much more successful than this last time. The first 2 times I quickly pulled the chicks out after they hatched. I was worried about the chicks bumping the other eggs around and delaying them or causing them to not hatch. I understand...
  19. alluzivesducks

    URGENT DUCK EGG ADVICE PLS

    Ducky had started to externally pip 24+ hrs ago and made some holes! When i could finally see his beak through the hole i noticed the membrane still covering most of it. I decided to peel back more of the shell and use a wet Q Tip to damp the membrane and move it so the duckling could breathe...
  20. Isabella Mcadams

    Not a really a question but an observation

    Hello all! I’m currently incubating 5 Welsh Harlequin/Pekin duck eggs and I’m curious about success rates for everyone else. I hatched a batch of 6 a few years ago with a 100% success rate, and so far, with the five eggs I‘m incubating now everything is going along very smoothly; they are in...
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