incubation help

  1. L

    Air cell size and humidity d25

    I’m having a terrible time figuring out what to do with the humidity for my 3buff duck eggs and 2 call eggs. Struggling to tell if the air cells are too big or too small so I figured I’d just post here and ask what to do. 3 buff eggs are in the same incubator, 2 call eggs are in the same...
  2. T

    How long should I wait to remove chicks

    Hi there! So I have around 21 eggs in the incubator and 8 or 9 have hatched. They began hatching on day 20 very early in the morning. We're now early morning of day 22. Im wondering when would be a good time to take out the chicks that have hatched. I still have 11 eggs left but I know if I open...
  3. Jme2283

    Incubation Help

    Hi there. So I assume I'm on Day 30 on incubating Rouen duck eggs. I started Dec 28th. You start the day after you put your eggs in correct? Or do you wait to see fertilization signs? I started with 24. I think by day 7 I weeded out the duds. Should I have started incubation count then? -issue...
  4. Stefankeyes

    Incubation of other poultry

    Hi, While I know the title of website is Back yard Chickens. I was wondering if anyone has incubated duck eggs? Unfort I bought a batch of eggs labeled as fertile for Aylesbury breed, However after 10 days no development was seen and the temps where kept at 37.5 Celcius and round 55-60%...
  5. ChickChicka

    Humidity issues with incubating

    I need some help! I am using Brinsea Mini EX and set quail eggs yesterday. The temp and humidity was stable (settings: Temp 99.6F, Humidity 40%) until after I placed eggs in the incubator. The humidity dropped to 35% and remained there overnight even after I closed the vent and raised the...
  6. A

    Incubation help needed

    Hi I all first time poster and first time trying to incubate. I brought an eBay incubator and were I live the humidity is around 58%outside my incubator, inside my incubator I have the temp set at 37.6 and the humidity level is around 57% inside the incubator. Now I need to bring it down to...
  7. J

    Choosing an incubator..

    hi again all, about two weeks ago I posted about hatching Runner Duck eggs. Yesterday my boyfriend put an external temp. gauge in the incubator and it read 60*C and we have realised the incubator is very, very broken. We are looking to get a new one and you experts should be able to give me the...
  8. Farmer In Training

    Cracked egg in incubator?

    Okay so I have a deep love for animals. SO, when I was storing eggs for my incubator and only needed one more, The one I got had a teeny tiny crack on the very top pointy end. I didn't know what to do, however, since it was SO small, I decided to roll with it and popped them all in. Do you think...
  9. Farmer In Training

    incubation advice

    Hello! Just joined and I am so thrilled!!! Anyways, I have 18 chickens, (three being roosters) And we have one batch of 8 that is around 7 or 8 months and then we have a 5 month batch of ten. I have a incubator coming and have researched like crazy about it and so I now know all the details (...
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