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  1. C

    Incubation Question

    Ok, so yesterday I was given 6 Blue laced red wyandotte eggs to see if the rooster was doing his job. But I have eggs already in the incubator that will be hatching on the 13th. I am doing dry incubation so will the three days of 50% - 60% and then back down to 20% hurt the eggs? I have never...
  2. N

    To mist or not to mist

    I have a brinsea automatic incubator which holds seven duck eggs. It says to let the eggs cool for thirty minutes but then it can take another thirty mins to get up to temperature again so do I just cool for 10mins say? my other incubator is an et 12 super and that says cool for 15 mins so I’m...
    • Nf1236
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    • ducks incubating mist
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. N

    Ducks

    Just joined as incubating duck and goose eggs for the first time. Duck eggs on day 6 and goose eggs on day 3. Any tips appreciated. Have just candled duck eggs and think one has gone wrong but will check again on day ten.
  4. Missy020219

    Incubating duck and turkey eggs

    So I’m planning on incubating turkey and duck eggs in a few days and was wondering how some of you incubate them together?
  5. Chickenwingwing

    Candling day 3 are they dead

    hi this is my first time incubating using the brinsea mini incubator. I know #3 is prob dead, but what about the others? They have been in there since Tuesday. Thanks for your help
  6. Crazy Duck Lover

    Good layer feed?

    Hello everyone! Currently I have a few sets of duck eggs incubating but I was wondering if y’all could help me pick out a good quality layer feed for top notch eggs. I plan to sell eggs once my ducks can lay! Also, what would be a good food for drakes? Can they eat what the ducks eat, or do they...
    • Crazy Duck Lover
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    • drakes ducks feed incubating layer feed quality eggs
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    • Forum: Ducks
  7. Katiewshrum

    Day 20 and not a pip

    Currently halfway through day 20 and there are no pips in any of my 9 eggs. I candles before lockdown and all 9 had progressed beautifully. I have had difficulty regulating the humidity. It’s dropped as low as 65%. Temp has stayed steady at 38C. I know the chicks will come if and when they are...
  8. meepANDpeep

    How/when to add humidity to shipped eggs?

    I have 3 shipped silkie eggs and one shipped turkey egg. I let them rest for 36 hours, and they've been in the incubator since Wednesday... I didn't start turning them until Saturday and I have been turning them very gently in the upright position at a slight angle clockwise then counter...
  9. JoshuaBurke

    My chicken hatched!

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  10. damicochickens

    Is this the umbilical cord??

    Hello! This little guy just hatched and were wondering if this is the umbilical cord?
  11. Z

    Dirty egg

    Hello, I have been incubating silkie chicken eggs for 8 days now and I just read something about not putting dirty eggs in the incubator. I already put a dirty egg as shown in the pic and was wondering if it would be fine. I candled them yesterday and everything seemed to be fine with the embryo...
  12. Bird_Lover_17

    Incubator for a hatching newbie

    hey! So I'm planning on hatching some quail eggs this spring, (but I need to save up the money for an incubator now). Does anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking the Brinsea Mini II incubator for size... Just so that you can get an idea of what I'm thinking of: -Automatic turner -Not a...
  13. Z

    Temperature and humidity for hatching chickens

    Hello, I am hatching Silke chicken eggs and I am very confused on what the temperer and humidity should be for incubating them. I am keeping my temperature at 37.5 Celsius and humidity at 50 to 55. Whenever the humidity goes below 45 my incubator beeps. are these the right settings? On...
  14. Ravenlover

    Hatching A Pet new eggs

    well eggs arrived Monday around 7pm let them set till about 4am when i woke up made sure incubator was at 99.8 then loaded it up and waited and watched as tempt slowly crawled back up then i been checking and adjusting as the day got hot \o.o/ humidity is steady at 41% with no water added and...
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    • button quail eggs hatching hatching my own pet incubating king quail king quail hatch pet quail eggs
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    • Forum: Quail
  15. Lpskitfit

    Incubating Duck Egg with Insulated Lunch Box

    Hello all! My ducks are not being broody at all and I've finally decided to try and incubate them myself without an incubator. I've got an insulated lunch box, a heating bad, and some warm wet wash rags with an egg. My mom put the mallard egg we had in the fridge so I've been left with a large...
  16. BantyChooks

    Ended Official 2020 BYC Halloween Hatch-Along

    # Contest Name Host 1 Official 2020 BYC Halloween HAL Egg Decorating Contest! TwoCrows 2 Official 2020 BYC Halloween HAL Pumpkin Carving CluckNDoodle 3 Official 2020 BYC Halloween HAL Fall on the Farm Photo Contest jolenesdad 4 Official 2020 BYC Halloween HAL Poultry Pumpkin Eating...
  17. K

    DUCK EGG CRACKED WITH NO PIP (MAYBE DEAD)

    Hi! This is my first time hatching duck eggs - I have two duck eggs that I’m incubating right now, both of them were a week old and fertile when I got them. Today is around day 26. One of the eggs might be dead now because I didn’t see any movements/there was a lot of air sacs that were moving...
  18. Dfarago

    Bleed out in eggs

    I have Muscovy ducks that lay and raise their own eggs and ducklings. My ducks have both successfully hatched and raised clutches separately however out of this clutch only one egg hatched out of about seventeen eggs. I candle every so often (not consistently but every two weeks) and out of...
  19. V

    Hatching Guinea keets. Help!

    Hi I am hoping someone can help me. This is my first time hatching Guinea keets and I am now on Day 28 almost 29 the first one pipped start of day 24 I have 6 keets alive and 1 pending. I Also have another 11 eggs in the incubator I candled them all before lockdown it looks like they were all...
  20. totribet

    Not sure what to do

    Earlier this week I was picking up eggs in the coop that the broody had abandoned. One of them started chirping at me so I took it quickly to the incubator and it hatched a couple of hours later no problem. A second one was candled and there were veins and movement so it’s currently in the...
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