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  1. M

    Day 27 duck eggs: do these look right?

    Hi guys! This is my first time hatching duck eggs and I'm currently on day 27. All five of my eggs are still alive, with two having broken the internal air sack yesterday, and two beginning to pip. The one with the shell missing a bit began pipping yesterday afternoon, but I'm a little nervous...
    • msshalom
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    • dry membrane duck egg duck hatching hatch advice hatching help help! i need help incubate incubation
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  2. B

    My first eggs are incubating!!!

    I picked up 12 Jumbo coturnix eggs yesterday afternoon and put them in the incubator (brinsea mini II EX) this morning. The eggs have come up to temp and the incubator keeps them at 99.5 surprisingly consistently for it being small, as long as I set the incubator to 1.9-2 degrees higher. The...
    • birdnoob
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    • egg incubate quail
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  3. M

    Hello!

    Hi all I’m a midwife, wife and mama of four kiddies now living in Ireland. Love chickens- discovered their awesomeness when living in Australia the past 7 years and have just moved back to my homeland. Setting up a homestead currently (that is the dream!) with garden/veggie planting and starting...
  4. J

    Chick stuck while hatching

    Help needed! I have a chick that started hatching yesterday, April 10, around 0900 (the initial pip), it started to zip in the evening, now it is the morning of April 11 and no progress. It appears the membrane is drying out, making is more difficult for the chick to emerge. Should I intervene...
  5. EggsNchooks

    Incubators: ins and outs

    Hey everyone, happy Easter 🐣 I’m new to chickens, incubating and brooding. just wanting to know how to start my journey off on the right foot and raise healthy happy chickens. I’d like to buy an incubator around $100. Can you recommend a good trustworthy brand? Is it good to have one that...
  6. M

    Looking for Mille Fleur D'uccle and Silkie hatching eggs!!

    Hey there! I was planning on getting some chicks this spring (the aforementioned breeds), and when I went onto the hatchery website, it said it was sold out until June! :barnie :he Soooo....I am looking for good quality (but not necessarily show quality) hatching eggs. I would need them in...
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    • #millefleurd'uccle hatching incubate mailing eggs silkie
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  7. Aaron nassery

    Need help!

    I had a baby chick that had a crack on its shell . The crack was it getting ready to hatch, it hasn’t zipped or anything only popped for a little and I was opening the incubator to fill some water and my little flash light fell on the egg and cracked it. It was a very very light fall and the...
  8. Aaron nassery

    I got a issue ladies and gents that I need your help with.

    I was looking at some incubators and I kept seeing the same ones over and over and I was wondering if any of you guys/girls had any experience with them and if you can possibly tell me your thoughts on them. Which on is worth it? Which one would you buy? How do they hold temperature/humidity ...
  9. Myrshine

    Best incubator that works?

    I’m looking for suggestions of the best incubators that are sturdy and work properly from experience. I got an incubator that was faulty last year, killed most of my chicks (43/50 of them died from it) and I’m looking to find something different that (hopefully) won’t cause this again. Pictures...
  10. B

    Hello from Texas

    Hi everyone! I’m new here. I’m a middle age guy that live near Houston, TX. Trying to build up a new flock. Pesky raccoons destroyed my last flock. Incubating new light Brahmas, even bought a cabinet incubator that’s way fancier than I needed. Found one very cheap, need to find a way to build or...
  11. LizzzyJo

    Poll: What do you do with all of the cockerels you hatch or get?

    When you hatch or buy straight run - what do you do with all of the boys? Do you come in with a plan or is every time different? Just curious.
  12. Spicegirlfam

    New to Hatching Eggs

    hi all, In spring I am thinking about buying and hatching fertile eggs due to losing some chickens in the previous year. This will be my first time hatching eggs. I currently have 3 laying hens. I haven't decided if I should hatch them with an incubator or with one of my hens. what do you...
  13. C

    how often do you candle you're eggs??

    Hi, Im hatching 2 eggs (only 2 of them were viable when I candled day 10) and I was just wondering how often y'all candle you're eggs and what you're hatch rate with how often you candle you're eggs is. I have candled mine on day 2 day 10 and planning to candle day 13 (today) and then right...
  14. F

    Ruptured egg sac?

    I usually had one chick in each batch with this condition, but this batch I had 2 so far. The chick will hatch covered in a gooey yellowish substance, when it dries it’s very hard to get off and pullling it off really hurts the chick. I’ve had chicks that let this substance dry when hatching so...
  15. DelR

    Should I help??

    So I am on Day 21 and when I woke up this morning, I saw an egg had pipped but nothing has happened in about 4-5 hours. I know I’m supposed to wait but I noticed a yellow/clear liquid that had come out when it pipped. I heard that it may have been too much humidity, but I have 1 chick going at...
  16. DelR

    No progress on day 23

    Help!! I am raising 7 silkie eggs. I put them in lockdown on day 18 and everything seemed fine. I left them in there besides when I needed to put more water in there. Yesterday, we were getting concerned because it had been day 22 and there has been no rolling of eggs, no chirping, no pipping...
  17. Z

    Should I remove the hatched chick from the incubator?

    Hey. Just hatched a baby silkie chicken. He keeps knocking over the eggs that haven't even started to hatch and he is trying to jump over the wall that protects him from falling into the water compartment. He hatched yesterday at night and he is not completely dry yet but I was thinking of...
  18. Z

    Egg candling day 3

    Hello, I just started incubating silkie chicken eggs 3 days ago and attached is a picture of the candling. Is this normal? I feel like the darker spot should be on the bottom no? Thank you!
  19. Steph21

    Incubating Duck Eggs (need help)

    I have a Janoel 12 and I have been incubating my eggs for about a day now but I'm having a lot of trouble with the temperature and humidity. I have 4 hygrometers and all 4 are giving me different readings. I have 2 inside the incubator against the side of it that are saying 84%,80° and 65%,88°...
  20. - Serama Mama -

    My first perfect hatch; 7/7 Silkies!

    Howdy BYC! Tonight was hatch day for the last set of shipped eggs for the year. I won an auction I didn't expect to win for some bearded silkies and, after using HatchBright liberally almost every day when I opened the lid, I had a perfect hatch in my incubator, my very first ever! I am so...
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