incubation

Hello! I am hatching snowflake bobwhite quail eggs that were shipped to me from a nearby breeder (about 30 miles away). As recommended by the seller, I did not turn eggs for the first 6 days of incubation and situated them with the pointy end facing down. I am now turning them with a roller...

The sheen on the feathers makes the little guy look silver

So, I’m doing a “nothing to lose” incubation experiment. (AKA How Covid 19 Turned me Into a Crazy Chicken Lady, a memoir) We had a bad batch of eggs from an eBay seller and he’s graciously offered to send us another 6 for free. so they’ll be going in the incubator tomorrow. While I was making...

It is my first time hatching ducks and we decided to go with call ducks, just wondering what to expect today (day 23)

So this was my first time incubating turkey eggs, second time incubating poultry! Like last time I used a River Systems Egg Tech 12 egg incubator, but I turned the eggs by hand rather than using the lever. I kept one tray of water filled up throughout incubation and turned them 5 times a day...

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?

I have 2 eggs at day 22. One is moving inside, the other has stopped at day 20. Should I put a hole in the top, carefully, to help? I thought I heard one peep last night but not positive. It doesn't look like it has internally pipped. Last time I waited too long and a couple died. Temp and...

Hi guys. So I’m incubating quail eggs at 40-45% humidity, temp 99.5. It’s the fourth day of incubation and 2 of my eggs were partially caved in (but no leakage). The damage was too severe to let them stay in there, as they might rot or infect other eggs, so I removed them. I cracked both of them...

This is the first time I have incubated anything. Picked up some eggs locally yesterday and left them (sat pointy side down) and the incubator ("cheap" chinese version for 16 eggs) to run for 24 hours before adding the eggs. Without the eggs the temperature held perfectly fine and using two...

Hello all! So we have been incubating some silkie (possible satin/drizzle) eggs that I bought on EBay. And as with many shipped eggs, we had some pretty messed up air cells. Anyhow, we are on day 19, in lockdown. I have read a million different articles on how to treat eggs with damaged air...

My 12 chicken eggs have changed color going lighter during incubation and I’m on day 20 and they are more noticibly changing color. I have a homemade still air incubator and they have all grown beautifully to lockdown. I’ve canceled and kept great accuracy with temp and humidity. Any ideas whya...

Hello, this is my first time hatching eggs (specifically quails.) I bought the quail eggs online (were not shipped), when I got the eggs they were oddly warm. (All I know is that they were being stored pointed end down for 4 days.) I only started to question whether the eggs had started...

Hey everyone! I am new here, but this is my first time hatching eggs and BYC has literally been my saviour during this time. I currently have 11 duck eggs (5 runners, and 6 Cayuga) in the incubator. Only one of them has externally pipped as of now, and of course it’s on the wrong end of the...

hi all i'm new to this website and new to hatching goslings i bought 2 gosling eggs on the 03/05/2020 i rested them for a day and then started incubating them on the 04/05/2020 they both are embden geese eggs and both weighed 166g pre incubation. turning 4 times a day i've read from...

Today is the 30th day of incubating my duck eggs. One of the eggs internally pipped yesterday (day 29) around 11:00 am. It is 10:00 am now and it still hasn't externally pipped. I've heard it should take 12-24 hours in between the internal and external pip. I'm wondering if I should help, or...

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...

Hello, I've been incubating duck eggs over the past month. They entered lockdown on Friday and I had one duckling pip on Sunday and hatch yesterday (day 28). As I didn't want to disturb the humidity and risk shrink-wrapping their siblings I decided to leave them in there. Unfortunately they are...

Hi I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me some advice on my Silkie bantam eggs. My first time attempting incubating. Candled the eggs on day 10 and just wondering if people could advise me whether or not they look viable? Had some problems maintaining temperature to start with but...

Hi, I just finished my second incubation but it was a fail. Only 3 out of 23 eggs started to develop, one died around day 10 the rest was living when I last cancelled on day 18 but didn't hatch. I kept the humidity at 30-40 during the first 18 days then I increased it to 60-65. All of the eggs...