incubation advice

  1. Justagoose_18

    Help! Humidity problems with chicks!

    Hi everyone! I need some help with some incubation issues I'm having. Today is day 22-23 for these chicks, which are Buff Orpington and Wyandotte mixes. The cabinet incubator I am renting/using is a GFQ 1202, large and holds temperature steadily but requires lots of water because of the fan...
  2. Zen Wildlife Rescuer

    Temperature Spike during Duck Egg incubation

    Hello. I recently picked up 3 duck eggs from a nearby poultry pet shop. We aren't sure if they are fertile yet as they were laid yesterday. I put them in my homemade incubator and while we had some issues getting the temp high enough at first eventually we had it at a good 37•C-38•C the whole...
  3. M

    Duck Egg Help!

    Hi all, This is the first time I have posted on here. I need some advice about some duck eggs that I am currently trying to incubate (in a box with lots of radiators around it and damp towels). A duck nested in a flower bed on the train platform where I work during lockdown (was so quiet she...
  4. Britt712

    Very tough membranes!

    I have coturnix eggs in lockdown but I'm afraid they wont be able to make it through the tough membrane. I don't know if this is normal for quail eggs but when I cracked open some quitters beforehand the membrane was very white and tough. Kind of had a leathery feel to them. When I carefully...
    • Britt712
    • Thread
    • egg abnormalities hatching help ! incubation advice lockdown quail
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  5. Bird-Whisperer

    Call Duck Incubation Emergency!

    Hi Everyone, My call duck hen (Pretzel) made a nest in our yard with 9 eggs and had been sitting for a long time (I don't know when she started sitting, but when I candle the eggs they look very close to hatching). I just went out to check on her nest and she's gone. I can't find her anywhere...
  6. L

    Different due dates in the same incubator???

    We got 6 Call duck eggs and put 3 in the incubator, a family member also wanted some as well so we put another 3 eggs in the incubator not thinking it through properly. The first eggs we put in are 18 days old so not long until lockdown. Anything we can do?
  7. Justagoose_18

    Candling Eggs

    So I’m on the last few hours of day 17 now, approaching day 18. I candled a few eggs today just to see the progress. When I candle, a lot of the eggs are empty on the bottom/pointy end, or there is a wavy network of veins. However, when I tap the shell, the dark mass moves. These eggs are Easter...
  8. Reebz

    Goose egg CHIRPING when I TURNED it! Advice/Help???

    Hello, my name is Rhi. Thank you for letting me be part of this community :) I am completely new to incubating eggs. During this UK lockdown I thought I’d try my hand at some Embden goose eggs I got given. The first batch (just two eggs) I unfortunately had no success with. However, my...
    • Reebz
    • Thread
    • chick incubation goose egg hatching goose egg incubation goose egg question hatching goose eggs hatching help incubation advice
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  9. S

    Need help with quail eggs

    I am including one quail egg at the moment as our hen stopped all of a sudden and she was only successful with one egg out of 12 so are not sure how far long it is But we saw quite a big chick when candling it and it was moving a lot so a day later we put it in lockdown because we guessed from...
  10. amynw

    HELP! Newly hatched gosling behavior.

    Help! I am completely new here, but reading forums on this site throughout my incubation period was the only reason these babies all made it. So I'm reaching out for help. I had 4 goslings hatch on Wednesday. One egg did not hatch until TODAY! I waited and waited and finally it hatched. My...
    • amynw
    • Thread
    • behavior brooder box chick duckling goose gosling hatch a goose incubate incubation advice
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  11. sjango

    Help ID Reattached Air Cell

    I've hatched plenty of batches of eggs in my incubators before, and even shipped eggs once, but they were handled with great care. This is my first time handling shipped eggs that had severely detached air cells. I'm on day 7 and most look like the picture below and the lighter area on the...
  12. F

    Should I go by %humidity or weight loss during incubation?

    I'm currently incubating 4 pilgrim goose eggs that I ordered online. I had an issue with my scales at the start of incubation (whoops) and so have to disregard my initial weights on arrival unfortunately. Since resuming weighing at Day 9 each egg has lost approx. 1g per day, and I've been...
    • FarmWheeler
    • Thread
    • goose egg incubation humidity incubating goose eggs incubation advice incubator humidity
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Geese
  13. F

    Incubating Goose Eggs - eggs increasing weight?

    Hello! I'm incubating a clutch of four Pilgrim goose eggs for the first time. I ordered the eggs online from a breeder so don't know what their storage conditions after laying were like. I'm using a River Systems ET Super 12 Incubator (Semi-Auto) from Brinsea. On the instructions it says to keep...
  14. LAChickens

    Help! Low 25% hatch rate - only 12 of 43 eggs

    Hi, I'm using a new forced air auto-ambulating incubator from China. I live in Los Angeles and we have had overcast fairly damp weather for a desert area but humidity here is generally hard to control when it comes to hatching. The evening of March 12th, I started with both my eggs and a...
  15. richardbim

    Still Air Incubator Questions

    I started incubation last Sunday and I started out with the recommended temperature (99.5) l’m using the 9200 Little Giant incubator, I had it at that temperature for around 2 days. Then I started searching up the ideal temperature for a still air incubator, I read that some ideal temperatures...
    • richardbim
    • Thread
    • advice needed chicks eggs haching eggs help ! incubating incubation incubation advice still air incubator temperature
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  16. M

    Humidity for hatch and Little Giant...

    Hi all! Brand new to the boards. My sons and I are incubating eggs right now. We got a little extra temp and humidity gauge to go with our Little Giant incubator. The humidity from the incubator reads in the high 40%s, and the other one reads 11-12%. Are Little Giants often off? Do I need a...
  17. Justagoose_18

    Internal Pip for more than 24 hours?

    Hello everyone!! A week back I had a chicken who was sitting on a mixed batch of eggs...I’m pretty sure when she got off her eggs to eat and drink water, other chickens came and laid more eggs in her already developing batch. So when it came to hatching time, only three of hers hatched and the...
  18. tifaus

    Help! I have a broody hen....

    Hello all! It's me.. again. Lol. I have a two year old bantam hen that has been sitting on 7 eggs that are due to hatch on October 2nd. However, where she decided to be a broody momma is less than ideal for her new babes. We moved her into our isolation coop this morning and she has not went...
  19. philosophiexo

    Abnormal air sac placement

    Heller. This is day 10 of my first incubation and I noticed a couple of my eggs have air sacs sort of up the side of the egg instead of on the blunt end where they typically are. I’ve heard air sacs changed size over the incubation period but do they ever change location? Should I be concerned...
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