incubation advice

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    Help! My incubator got switched off for about an hour on day 28!

    This morning, on day 28 of my runner duck eggs incubation the power was off for around an hour. When I noticed, they felt cold (its not an insulated incubator so there was no heat in there). Have they died? :( Or do I still have hope? :) No pips seen yet either. Thank you (can't believe I got...
    • Allercott farm
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    • ducklings hatching incubation advice power outage runner duck egg
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. R

    Approaching the end of day 20 and… nothing

    My last hatch began to hatch day 20, I did the exact same thing this time and there is nothing! No pips and not peeping. Day 21 is starting in a few hours, I’m not positive what time I set these. These dang eggs are going to give me grey hairs -_-
  3. R

    Blood Ring, Possibly Still Alive?

    It’s day 17 and I have three eggs with a blood ring. The first one I saw when I checked goes all the way around the egg in the middle. When I checked it the next day the blood ring is like it’s not attached to the shell and moved around when I turned the egg unlike the day before where it...
  4. Cocohens

    Is this a spoilt egg?

    Hello, This is an olive egger egg in my incubation? It’s the only clear one right now? Is it a dead one I can’t tell? It’s day 6 of incubation? Thanks
  5. Jester57

    My rant

    Let me start off by saying I am far from an expert; I've been keeping chickens for about a year and a half. I've been a reading BackYard Chickens during almost all of that time. I've learned a few things along the way, mostly enough to be dangerous. But it's that learning curve that I really...
  6. Drex Chick

    Incubating eggs lid off for idk how long!!!

    HELP! This is my first time incubating eggs, well long story short I tried to have a humidity thermometer in there with them and the egg turner knocked it over it jammed up and the lid popped off sometime in the night, the eggs still felt warmer than room temperature and this was within the...
  7. Cnjecker

    Incubator Help!

    Hello! On day 14 of our attempt to hatch eggs in a borrowed incubator. We started with 6 eggs and are down to 4 that are alive and showing very promising signs (air cell growth, movement, etc.). The incubator that I have doesnt have a humidity setting so I’ve been guessing. As hatch day was...
    • Cnjecker
    • Thread
    • hatch hatch a chick humidity control incubation advice incubation and humidity incubation and temp
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  8. Qui1980

    Please help!! Day 21. Movement, but No internal pip. All other have hatched in incu!?

    Hey there! Please advise asap. I got some bantam eggs from a Friends farm, stuck them in incubator. End of Day 20 6 out of 7 eggs have fully hatched. Still no sign of internal pip for the one that is left. There is definitely movement though. Any suggestions?? Thank in advance!
  9. P

    Hatching

    I had 2 chicks hatch and are still drying. Others don’t look to be piping or hatching. Humidity dropped to 53% do I need to get the humidity back to 70% for the others or should I just leave it? It’s been at 53% for a few hours.
  10. achiapponi

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  11. jcamacho

    Homemade incubator help!

    Hi all, Over the weekend I decided to build myself an incubator out of ply wood. I've tested out different bulbs to see which wattage gives me the temperature that I need to Incubate the eggs properly. At the moment, I am using a 100 Watt ceramic heat bulb. This so far has been the best option...
    • jcamacho
    • Thread
    • incubating incubation advice incubation and temp incubator advice incubator build incubator troubleshooting
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  12. B

    Sugar like crystals growing on eggs suddenly. day 16.

    I check my eggs twice a day and this morning I realized there were crystals growing on three of them. What could be the problem?
  13. K

    HELP! Blood Ring or Blood Island? :((((

    Hi everyone! It's my first time to incubate chicken eggs and I'm working from home so I can't help but think about the eggs all the time. I tried candling one of the eggs on Day 2 and I found a circle of blood at the center. What do you think is it? I need your opinions.
  14. m1chelle1

    Complex Multi-Egg Incubation Advice (Duck, Quail, Chicken)

    Hello BYC Fam :frow:frow:frow So I *usually* only set like with like when incubating. But I want to try to set duck chicken and quail eggs together today. I have a new GQF cabinet incubator, which is AMAZING btw :love. Its been running for over 24hrs now, and is holding steady at 99.5 F...
  15. W

    Coturnix quail hatching

    Hi everyone, just looking for some advice! I’ve done lots of research and now I’ve confused myself! 🤦‍♀️ Our quail chicks hatched at 3 pm and I’ve read a lot that you should take them out of the incubator by 12 hours old as they’re small and have smaller reserves to chicken chicks. However 12...
  16. I

    Muscovy Eggs Won't Hatch

    Looking for the duck hatching experts! I have scoured the internet and can't find a reason that makes sense why my Muscovy eggs aren't hatching. Our own eggs are definitely fertile, we let a mama hen hatch out a clutch and she hatched 11 out of 12 eggs. The trouble comes when we incubate them...
  17. K

    Chicken or duck??

    Hi guys! First time incubator here! So I was given some eggs by a friend of mine. The first batch had one fertile egg, I went off what the lovely lady told me that it was a duck egg, well I waited and waited, stopped turning on day 24 and by day 29 I candles the egg and noticed the ‘duck’ was...
  18. pteroo

    Help with magpie duck eggs

    (Re-posting in this specific duck forum)
    • pteroo
    • Thread
    • air cell duck eggs ducks incubation incubation advice magpie duck
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. 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...
  20. sjhart18

    Incubator temp vs independent thermometer temp

    Hi All! I'm hatching Coturnix quail for the first time and the built-in thermometer and the separate thermometer/hygrometer are saying two different things. I'm not sure which one to trust so I've kinda compromised... The incubator thermometer is set to 38.8C (101.8F), and the separate...
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