incubation

  1. OfWolvesAndHen

    Introducing my new babies

    In my most recent incubation, only 2 eggs ended up developing. I was really hoping hatch would go smoothly and I wouldn't end up with a lone chick, or no chicks. Thankfully, both had a fast and smooth hatch! Of my six silkie eggs, only one developed. These eggs were older so I was a little...
  2. B

    Muscovy duck egg in incubator: turning or tilting? What about weight loss of the eggs?

    Dear muscovy duck owners, after several successful batches of chickens, I will try to hatch muscovy ducks. However, I am not sure if I can put them in the automatic egg turner which only tilts the eggs 45 degrees or so. Does this work with muscovy duck eggs? And so far a have not found anything...
  3. The ChickInn egg supply

    Dead egg/embryo? Infertile egg?

    Hey all, this is my first time incubating eggs, and I have a few questions. I candled them today, day 7, and found one with a red ring all the way around a dark spot. I’ll add a pic? Did this embryo pass away? Also, another egg is freckly and hard to see but has what looks like a yolk, with no...
  4. OfWolvesAndHen

    Hatching eggs that were stored upside-down

    I recently got some eggs from a family member. She's not a breeder, but she has a rooster and a decent fertility rate so I decided to try my luck with incubation. She had these eggs for about 10 days before I was able to pick them up and when I got them, I realized they were stored with the air...
  5. V

    Day 23, no chicks yet--teacher looking for advice!

    It's day 23, and there's no sign of life. I just candled them to see what's going on, and it seems like there's no hope for 3 of the 4. Here are some pictures. Would appreciate any advice! Is it worth leaving all 4 for another day or two? Just the one with the large air cell, which has grown...
  6. BookThief

    Quail eggs stopped developing, what could be wrong?

    My partner and I got 12 quail eggs to hatch, and 6 chicken eggs. Of the quail eggs, all but 1 began to develop, then they all stopped. They haven't been growing for a while, then we realized they had all died. The chicken eggs are still doing perfectly fine, with no issue. We have the chicken...
  7. Claudine19

    Help!!I have an egg with two air cells

    I've got 9 duck eggs going on day 19. Tonight, I candled the eggs to make sure all was well and as I was doing so, I noted the biggest egg in the bunch had two big air cells. I've candle them pretty frequently and never saw anything close to a second air bubble it seems all so sudden. I'm pretty...
  8. Cloverr39

    Turning eggs during lockdown

    I have 19/25 eggs going into lockdown today and the other 6 still have a week to go. For now I just open the incubator real quick and turn them 4 times a day. I have alarms set on my phone every 3,5h. My question is when the eggs start piping is it still safe to turn my 6 eggs or are the...
  9. 3bird

    Nurture Right 360 Incubator - Shelf Liner and Humidity Question

    We are incubating for the first time this year. We had planned to bring ducks onto the farm, but with avian influenza, we decided to hatch our own instead. We have the Nurture Right 360 Incubator (new), and based on the advice of others, we added shelf liner. We started the incubator about 24...
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    • humidity incubation nurture right 360
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    • Forum: Ducks
  10. S

    Pipping?

    So it’s Day 20 for my Bantam silkie eggs, i’ve noticed a ton of wiggling right now and i was wondering how long after a noticeable amount of egg movements does the chick start to pip? I know it’s not the same for every chick for many reasons but a general idea of time would be nice if possible...
  11. C

    How long can i leave it?

    Help! I have an egg who was born with its yolk unubsorbed, it detached during hatching and it seems in good health. My problem is how long can leave it In the incubator? There's one left but it only just pipped and the chicks been there for five hours. Anything helps!
  12. S

    Is this egg dead? Day 22

    Day 22 of incubating silkies, no pipping out of the two that made it this far, and only a very small amount of movement. They’re shipped eggs. Does anyone know what these red dots are? Have they not made it? Not sure that I can hear any chirping. Thanks
  13. Firsttimecrazychicklady

    When can I take the chicks out of the incubator?

    I am and teacher and I'm hatching chicks in an incubator in school. I had one chick hatch Sunday 27th March and I left it in to fluff up. Then I had 2 other chicks hatch yesterday Monday 28th. I now have 4 other eggs pip their shells. How long can the chicks stay in the incubator before I need...
  14. WILIFORD

    32 in lockdown

    I just put 32 eggs in lock down this morning. My goal this year is to raise them through the whole process using only my wool hens. No artificial light, no heat source, other than the wool hens. I started out with 41 eggs. I only candled at day 10 and day 18. At day 10: I disqualified 3 eggs as...
  15. Oldegarlicshnapp

    What’s the significance of egg size?

    I have Ko Shamo and Old English bantam in the incubator right now. The Ko Shamo eggs are larger than the bantam eggs, but they’ve both been incubating together at the same time. Though I see that since the bantam eggs are smaller, that they’re taking up more space in their eggs. The Ko Shamos...
  16. DuckDuckPromise

    Lord’s Willing, how much pip before the zip?

    Hey friends! PRAISE THE LORD, we have an external pip on our Cayuga duck egg!!! 😊😊 I’ve read over the sticky thread on the topic, but I couldn’t find (or maybe overlooked) a general timeframe between the external pip to when they start to zip... I did see on the thread that they pip and then...
  17. S

    Malpositioned call duckling- yolk on top

    My call ducklings are way past hatch day (usually day 26, they are on day 30). I have lost a few since hatch day, so I've decided that I'm going to inspect the remainder. I have already done an eggtopsy on one of the ones that I lost and it was in an odd position and trying to pip through the...
  18. C

    See nothing on day 5

    Hi guys, I’m new to incubating. So I’m not really noticing anything in my egg. I’m thinking maybe it’s not viable? The photo is today on day 5, I can’t tell much difference. Is this egg not viable? Should I leave it longer? Many thanks.
  19. missmaqs

    Are there two chicks in this egg?! Natural incubation/hatching day 14-ish

    I posted the footage here because I was just so excited to get her movement on camera, but am I going nuts or are there two chicks in here? Or is that just her absorbing the yolk? She should be a little over two weeks along.
    • missmaqs
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    • candling double egg egg candling egg hatching hatching hatching and incubating incubation incubation day 14 movement two chicks
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  20. PioneerChicks

    (Poll) What humidity do you keep your incubator at?

    What do you generally try to keep your humidity at? What is your average hatch rate?
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