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  1. TiaM993

    Help!! Incubating duck eggs!!

    Hello! I bought a dozen Welsh Harlequin eggs from a local breeder. We are on day 18 now and I only have 6 left in there. I've had 3 that started cracking and were rotting and another 3 that stopped round day 10. I'm pretty sure this is something on my end and I believe it's my humidity. I have a...
  2. H

    Baby duckling is upside down in the egg, yet broke the shell

    Hello, I have been incubating eggs and this egg is weird. At first I didn't understand what's happening but then I realised the air bubble was still not opened, yet I can hear the duck whistling. I went to the university then returned, and I found that the duck still didn't open the shell but I...
  3. A

    Incubating hen infested.

    Hi, I'm new to the whole raising chickens thing, and one of my hens has been incubating 8 or 9 eggs for maybe 2 weeks now, but yesterday i found that the little critters that since 4 or 5 days ago have started to appear in her feathers, the eggs and my hands when i check that there are no broken...
  4. newchickychick

    Shipped eggs in incubator

    So, we took the plunge and have 20 shipping eggs arriving Saturday! My plan was to immediately (carefully) unpackage them and set them fat end up at room temperature next to the brooders in an egg carton for 24 hours. My question is: to help continue to let the air cells reattach, do we take...
  5. SegiDream

    Heating Question about the Nurture Right 360

    We finally broke down and bought a nurture right 360 to replace the old incubator which got fried by power surges/storms in May. I have eggs from regular chickens plus eggs from some big brahmas already started. The big brahmas tend to hatch up to a day later than the regular chickens. My silly...
  6. saving grace

    Eggs Hatching Day 18!?

    One of my eggs pipped today, at day 18. Then three others pipped right after they reached day 19. I was definitely NOT expecting that first chirp. :lol: I've incubated twice before with this incubator (it's a Hovabator) with great success, though both times they hatched early, late day 19 to...
  7. R

    Duck Egg — Day 30

    My son found this egg on the sidewalk at our city park. We wanted to give it a chance, so we incubated it. It seemed to have been developing appropriately—based on what I read online. However, today is either day 30 or 31 and it stopped moving as much. From what I could tell, there was no...
  8. A

    HELP! What is this in the egg? Is this the air cell of the egg?

    Hi, so I am incubating eggs and I got this egg that was alive but I checked it today and it was dead. I noticed that something at the bottom moves. Can anyone tell me what that is? I've got another live egg that has that same thing move but less and I am worried for the live egg now. I recorded...
  9. A

    How should I incubate my eggs without an actual incubator?

    I've got a small problem about incubating eggs and I'd like other people's advice as I am unsure of what to do. So, one of my hens went broody a couple days back, but just 2 days ago she decided to quit, now I don't know how long it has been since she started incubating. I didn't pay much...
  10. Y

    Egg pipped 24 hours ago

    So im incubating chicken eggs and I had an egg pip almost 24 hours ago now and it still has not hatched. Should I be concerned or should I wait? I’m not home and I wont be home until tomorrow mid day but I had my brother who is home, check for me if the chick had hatched yet but it still hasn’t...
  11. K

    Is there a such thing as “too much candling”

    Is there a such thing as candling too often? We are have some eggs incubating and we are on day 6. Just want to know if there’s a such thing as candling too often? I know that you don’t notice a huge difference within a day, but didn’t know if it “hurts” anything to candle more than just once or...
  12. K

    Adding eggs after beginning incubation

    Hi there! I’m a new chicken mama. A month ago, I bought two silkies, 3 jersey giants and 3 cream legbars. They are all thriving and doing wonderful. I’m jumping on the hatching wagon now as well. Today, I picked up 12 eggs to begin incubating. Some Serama/bantam mixes and some colored layers as...
  13. F

    Is turning my eggs every 8 hours, 3 times per day enough?

    Hello everybody! I'm about to start my second incubator journey. Last year, I managed to have a ~90% success rate with my bator, of combined duck and chicken eggs. First time was rather lucky as far as the incubating went. Back then, I had more time on my hands since I did it on a school break...
  14. B

    Is 66% Humidity okay for lockdown?

    Hello everyone. I’m incubating eggs for the first time ever and my eggs are due to hatch in 2 days. I had put 16 eggs in the incubator. 8 were infertile, 2 were found to be double yolkers (discarded before incubation) and 2 others weirdly passed at day 14 and 16. So I’m left with 5 and the last...
  15. Y

    tiny project

    So a year ago, I bred my kikiriki hen with my silkie rooster and I got one chick which is this rooster. His name is blue and he is half silkie and half kikiriki. As you can see, he has regular feathers like his mom but a comb like his dad, an extra finger on both feet like his dad, and feathered...
  16. A

    Muscovy incubating question! 🙋‍♀️

    Hi! I’m hatching Muscovy eggs for the first time with a borrowed incubator (and it’s been a long while since I’ve done any hatching) and looking for some advice- though I’m sure this is a dumb question I want to make sure I get it right! I found the guide by yinepu when googling and I’ve decided...
    • amhall
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    • ducklings ducks hatching incubating incubating and hatching muscovy muscovy duck muscovy duck eggs
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  17. D

    Can eggs start developing after day 7 of incubating?

    I got shipped eggs, did everything I read on here to do and also some advice from FB I believe… out of 14 eggs, only 4 are developing. This is the least I’ve had develop from shipped eggs and I did things a little different, left them without turning for a week, among other things. I’m wondering...
  18. feathryfrnds

    First time incubating

    Needing some advice! Incubating 4 duck eggs, only one has pipped so far and we're on day 29.
  19. DIYGuy24

    First hatch-a-long!

    Excited to try my hand at incubating eggs, but this is my first time and after doing my research I finally feel the timing is right. I have 11 eggs that were collected from Sunday -Wed. 3 cream eggs are Belgian Bantam aka Millie fleur 3 blue eggs are Araucana (low hatch rate) 5 Brown eggs are...
    • DIYGuy24
    • Thread
    • hatch a long hatching a chicken incubating
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    • Forum: Hatch-A-Longs
  20. AZHomesteadPoultry

    Small home hatchery Setters and Hatchers

    Hey everyone. I've Recently Started down the road of hatching Chickens for side income, and progressing my duel purpose chicken project. I'm gone working in Alaska May-Sept fishing, and have a dream of working for myself while taking my turn as stay at home parent here in Southeast AZ Sept-May...
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