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  1. TheBirdBabe

    Alive or nah?

    How long do you give eggs to hatch? 🤔 On April 6th, I found a secret nest under one of our mowers. There were nine eggs that were "good", I candled them & saw something in most of them... so I put them in our incubator. Fast forward to April 26th. I hadn't forgot about the eggs (I've been...
  2. BlackRaven27

    Goose Egg Size Differences - underweight?

    Hello all! I have 4 beautiful Pilgrim geese, nd this is their first year laying. They started about 9 days ago. I have a serious difference in egg size between them and I'm worried about incubating the smaller eggs. When I originally hatched my 4 girls, their eggs were larger like the ones in...
  3. PioneerChicks

    (Poll) What humidity do you keep your incubator at?

    What do you generally try to keep your humidity at? What is your average hatch rate?
  4. Pandang81

    Day 15 of incubation. Are these air cells too small or just right?

    I started with 30 eggs & after removing the yolkers & quitters I am on day 15 with 21 eggs growing. I’ve had humidity pretty high during first several days due to large saddled air sacs in several of these shipped eggs and they have been growing well. Now that we are in day 15 I’ve brought down...
  5. piggyinthepink

    emergency incubator question

    So I rigged up an incubator using a heating pad in a plastic tote lined with hoodie and potty pad for insulation and have been hand turning multiple times a day. about 60-70 percent of eggs seem good at this point. My PROBLEM is lockdown...I worry the eggs may overheat on one side from not...
  6. F

    When is it humane to euthanise unwanted eggs?

    Hi there, I’m hatching a few Muscovy Eggs. Currently have 6 going but I’ll only need about 4, I’ve been wondering to what point it is humane that I dispose of any extra unwanted eggs if too many develop? I read it’s up until 80% of growth, on what day of incubation will they be 80%? I would hate...
  7. B

    Hatching only 1 Egg? Advice needed

    EDIT: Thank you all for your responses! I didn’t really know how controversial this would be, but I’m glad to hear your opinions. I understand all your concerns and I will not go ahead because I can see the overwhelming opinion is that they might not be happy. If anyone does have suggestions for...
  8. S

    Is this air sac too small?

    Hello! This little duckling has been in the incubator for 21 days but I’m worried about the size of the air sac. It’s my first time hatching eggs and it will be my first hatching - any advise on if this is too small and what I can do? Thanks!
  9. Tea_Birbs

    Baby quail falling down/unbalanced..? Hen has the same problem too.

    Hey, we recently hatched out a batch of quails in two incubators. It was around 60 eggs and only 25 hatchings, we had a few casualties along the way. The chicks are about 3 days old and we have noticed one particularly wobbly, he has 0 coordination and doesn't walk. His legs seem perfectly fine...
  10. piggyinthepink

    Best incubators as of 2022 ?

    Looking for a quality QUIET(no humming or ticking) incubator that can hold at least 20 eggs. Any suggestions?
  11. Reebz

    Low-budget EMU egg incubators? :)

    Hey guys! Hope you’ve all been well and had great Xmas/New Years! Now is my fave time of year because of EMUUU season! Yay! :yesss: Does anyone have any recommendations for some LOW-BUDGET incubators (around £250 max!) as much as I drool over the Brinsea Ova-Easy’s, £700+ is maybe a lil bit too...
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  12. Joyfillednomads

    Ducks pipping!!! Day 32

    Omg. Day 32. Had given up hope. Thought I heard tiny chirping yesterday...today I saw piping and slightly louder chirping. YAY...
  13. MoxxyMay

    Incubator out for two hours on hatching day (quail)

    Hi guys, I had four hatch early but none have hatched overnight despite this being hatching day for my little quail eggs. (Day 17 ticked overvroeg day 18 at 6pm so about 12 hours ago now). i discovered on waking that my incubator was off and cold - I must have stepped on the powerboard switch...
  14. J

    Any experienced incubators in Austin, Texas?

    I lost my favorite duck today to a predator. I have about 9 eggs, 3 should be from her, and was wondering if anyone would want to take on incubating some so that I could try to get her offspring(s). I would just want two ducks at the most, so you can keep the rest or we can work to sell them so...
  15. L

    Incubator broke help!

    Hi everyone, Incubator fan broke on day one on lockdown and may have boiled an egg or two. Still have some viable is there any diy trick with a broken incubator to get me through hatching. Have a heat lamp and going through a heatwave if either of those will help
  16. MotherDucker3

    Air pocket in duck egg day 20, humidity issues

    I’m on day 20 of incubating my duck egg. Only one developed out of the 4 unfortunately so I’m very nervous. I’ve been having issues keeping humidity consistently at 55%. It’s usually 60% and then will drop down to like 25-30%. Where I live is very dry so I have to add water a few times a day. I...
  17. F

    PLEASE HELP TURKEYS GASPING FOR AIR

    I’ve had problems with humidity in the incubator but overall it hasn’t been too bad until now. 9 out of 11 turkeys hatched fine but I have two that are gasping for air, every time they breathe it makes a sticking popping sound which I guess means they have some sort of fluid in their lungs. I’m...
  18. B

    Dead in egg

    We were on day 19 of incubation and the night before the chick started chirping. It was always chirping but then today (day 19) after and hour or two I realized I hadn’t heard any chirping i checked the heat and humidity everything was fine. I thought maybe the chick drowned and couldn’t get...
  19. Ari_m

    Cream Legabar Delaware Cross Results??

    I just got this Delaware rooster and plan to hatch chicks out of him later this summer or next spring. One cross in particular I’d like to try out is my cream legbar hen. She lays a nice blue egg, is a very productive layer, good size, and has an all-around great disposition for free ranging...
  20. MartinFamilyHomestead

    Buying incubator for duck eggs

    Looking into an incubator for duck eggs. I obviously want something that will work and not break but I also want to spend around $100 or preferably less as we are just starting out and will only be using it for our own purposes and not constantly having eggs in it. Does anyone have...
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