incubation

  1. L

    Air sac confusion?

    Hi, I have 10 eggs in an incubator currently on day 23. The ringed teal eggs are doing great and the air cell is the right size. The wood ducks are way too small for day 23. More day 10. Confused as they in the same incubator. Any help or ideas on what I could do this late on?
  2. F

    1502 Sportsman Incubator not keeping high humidity

    So I bought the 1502 sportsman incubator a few weeks ago and I have guineas hatching right now. Keeping the humidity up has been a constant struggle, once I finally get it up it goes right back down. My Guinea keets are pretty much all stuck inside the egg due to low humidity and I’m having to...
    • Fowl0909
    • Thread
    • gqf sportsman 1502 humidity control humidity help humidity issues incubate incubation incubation and humidity incubator advice incubator chicks lockdown sportsman 1502
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  3. C

    Brooding hen running away from eggs

    Recently got a flock of 10 chickens and a rooster, a week has passed now I believe one of my hens have gone broody. She sits in the nest box all day, when I get close to her or open the nest box she runs away and clucks non stop until she goes back in. I’ve been told that broody hens are usually...
  4. BekahHah

    Confused!! Dead embryos??

    Hey! I rescued 6 wild geese eggs and I believe they were day 4 of development when I began incubating. It is now day 9. I think most are dead but I need confirmation and what might of occurred. I will send pictures of day 4 and pictures of day 9. Day 4– 6 pictures
  5. BekahHah

    Idk Viable Goose Eggs?

    Hello. I discovered 6 abandoned wild geese eggs scattered around the nest. The parent birds are gone and there obviously was a battle with some sort of predator, feathers everywhere. Went back the next day and no signs of parents. Took back the 6 eggs, put them under a heat lamp. How do I go...
  6. BekahHah

    Please give me advice

    Hello. I found Canadian goose eggs scattered around a nest with the parent birds killed by a predator of some sort and I collected the eggs. I want to save them since I saw embryos in there(a blue lil dot). However, which side do I place them on in my incubator? Please give me any advice. Temp...
  7. Firsttimecrazychicklady

    Day 21 1 hatched no more pips

    So we had a powercut in school so I moved the incubator to my house on Day 17. I had to drive them for 20mins in my car and when I plugged the incubator in the temp had fallen a few degrees but I got it back up quick enough. Eggs went into lockdown then. One hatched last night Day 21 and I...
  8. Firsttimecrazychicklady

    Powercut on Day 18

    So I have been hatching eggs in an incubator in school. I was told by the caretaker on Friday that the power would be going out at the weekend. I had just put the eggs into lockdown Day 18 that day but I had to unplug the incubator and take them home so they wouldn't be affected by the powercut...
  9. K

    Rotten/oozing egg?

    Please help! Is this an oozing rotten egg? Today is day 21 and I have three chicks that have hatched, waiting on three more. None have pipped from what I can tell. Got home from a morning out and noticed this color in the incubator tray, thought maybe the chicks had started pooping. Chick...
  10. Cloverr39

    What causes these problems in newly hatched chicks?

    Almost every time I hatch chiks I get at least one with splayed legs, bent toes, sideways feet, etc. I've heard they can be caused by the incubation process. I mean splayed legs would be after the chick hatches and slips. I'm aware that for example bent toes can also be genetic or caused by...
  11. 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
  12. IvysAnimals

    Incubator Ideas and Chick Brooder - A Question For Bigger Breeders/Farmers

    Hello. I have a question for those who hatch a more significant amount of chicks/ducklings/goslings. What brand of incubator do you use? I am interested in purchasing an incubator that can hold 100+ eggs, I'm curious about what brand works for you guys. Second, what style of brooder do you have...
  13. Alpine Bobwhite

    Our assorted quails incubation

    Hello!:jumpy Not sure if I'm doing it right, but we'll see! Right now the incubator is full, an Osindii 8 eggs incubator. We have 2 bobwhite eggs in there and 6 coturnix. 5 were put in on the 15th of Feb. 2 on the 16th and 1 on the 17th. We turn them regularly and their humidity seems to be...
  14. Cloverr39

    Help me with my school project! (Incubator vs broody hen)

    I have a school project in biology about hatching chiks. I'm looking for some information on these topics. The topics are: 1. Hatching chicks with an incubator 2. Hatching chicks under a broody hen 3. Comparing the two methods I would love some basic info as well as pros and cons of both...
  15. Alpine Bobwhite

    Any tips on hatching eggs?

    We have some quail eggs that we would like to incubate and hatch. They are all from the quails that we have in the garden and so might not be fertile. They are all in an Osindii egg incubator and are upright, pointy end down - wondering they need to be turned. Also just give any tips on eggs.
  16. A

    Day 7 - any hope?

    I bought 18 hatching eggs and picked up locally. I have been incubating them in my nutureright360 at 99.5 with a dry hatch method ranging humidity from 20-30% validated with a salt calibrated hygrometer. One egg had a crack and was discarded on day 5 and so I candled a few eggs on that day to...
  17. WhistlePig

    Are my eggs too old?? Hatching storebought duck and quail eggs...

    First post!! Hope this gets some notice... thanks in advance to all who reply. I recently got interested in incubating eggs from the grocery store. In short I went down a rabbit trail on Youtube and came out desperately wanting to do this strange thing, filled with hope that I could be...
  18. 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...
  19. Q

    Can quail eggs be moved while in lockdown after they have started moving inside the shell?

    I am incubating my quail eggs and it’s day 18. They have been moving in the shell on and off but then stopping completely so worried the humidity was to low my partner put a wet clothe in the incubator and when they did they moved almost all of the eggs. I am worried he might have accidentally...
    • Quail333
    • Thread
    • incubation lockdown moved quail
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  20. F

    Day 20 Silkie eggs! No movement!

    Hi all, I am new to hatching chicks and I have two left of my 6 shipped USA Silkie eggs. Candled on day 17 before lockdown and both were moving well. One has a saddled air sac but hasn’t seemed to cause problems so far. I’m now on day 20 and can’t hear any cheeps or rocking of eggs. I managed...
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