incubating help

Hi guys, it’s my first time incubating goose eggs and when I candled one of my eggs today it looks almost perfectly normal like the other one that is closest to hatching, but when I turn it slightly it’s got something that sort of jiggles inside that wasn’t there last candling. Last candling...

Ok so I made the mistake of not writing down the dates of key times like starting incubation, lockdown, and hatching. I wanted to hatch them close to a shipment of chicks I will be getting on the 10th so all I know is that the hatch date is within a week after the 10th of June. How can I...

Hello All, I'm a new (and accidental) chick mama and am freaking out. I posted this in the "incubating and hatching" board but, again, I am freaking out. (Sorry in advance.) Yesterday, after having our young hen successfully hatch 10 eggs, we found another three left. One was a a successful...

Hi guys, noob first time quail (anything actually) incubator. Today is day 14 and we will be going into lockdown. I do not have faith in my ability to candle these little spotted eggs effectively so my question is: Do I not candle, not float, just put the eggs in lockdown and pray for no...

Q: Is it best to HATCH eggs with attached, though saddle shaped air sacs on their sides, or upright in egg cartons? Pros and cons of each? I am on day 18 of incubating 5 bantam eggs. All eggs are thriving well, though 5/5 eggs have fairly severely shaped, though normal sized saddle shaped air...

As of a week ago, I got my first incubator and I've had eggs in it from day 1! I've read a lot on here and on other websites but I keep hearing from others in my family/friends that I'm not doing it right. Some info on my incubator: I got it from the farmers market in my town, it's a Little...