incubabtion

I started with 7 eggs, all fertile and all were growing and developing fine. 3 days ago I candled and 2 of the eggs had died and stopped growing, no veins and the inside was yellow. There 2 both had much smaller airsacs then the rest so I’m assuming that is why they died? I removed those 2 and...

I have a few hens sitting on a nest. Four babies have hatched the other chickens killed two and I was able to get to the other two in time but I'm having to check every hour so the chickens don't harm them. Am I able to take the remainder of the eggs and put them in an incubator for them to...

We’re incubating and hatching chicks it’s our first time and we hatched the first 2 successfully, i have one that i heard chirping from inside the egg so i came over to look and saw the shell had a crack in it but i haven’t heard anything and it hasn’t cracked anymore in 3 hours, the other 2...

I currently have 7 call duck eggs incubating. I’ve been doing a lot of research and it seems they are difficult to hatch due to the short neck/bill. It’s getting closer and closer to lockdown and im wondering how I should proceed. Some threads say to candle and do a safety hole when they...

I had a batch of eggs that went on lockdown. I’m having trouble figuring out what the issue is! The first group of eggs that went in a little while ago only 4 made it with being assisted. Each egg made it to lockdown but never internally or externally pipped, it’s like they didn’t even attempt...

Hello! It’s my first time incubating, I lost my favorite roo and my broody girls to my neighbors dog 2 weeks ago. This little guy hatched 5 hours ago and I don’t know if it’s me being super paranoid but he’s still having a hard time walking. He was falling over backwards for the first 30 minutes...

Day 8. I’ve already had to pull out quite a few eggs. 7 were empty and 1 was a quitter. I’m thinking this one is a quitter too. I could be wrong but it doesn’t look quite right in my little experience I have. What do you all think?

We noticed tonight during candling that one egg seems to be stuck to the membrane or have some sort of issue with the veins. It almost seems like there may be blood inside the egg. If anyone has any info on what this could be, I'd love to hear it. Should we remove the egg? Hope it hatches? The...

Hi all, I am hatching eggs in my classroom. I had 14 hatch in a styrofoam incubator. Because of the high hatch rate and the varying hatch times, my incubator got really gross on the inside. I had four more who were trying to hatch, but never made it. Could the air in the incubator be toxic...

This one is the one I’m not sure about. Should I take it out? Also how do the other ones look? Today is day 8 and these are duck eggs. Thanks!

Hi, I incubated 3 call duck eggs with my chicken eggs just to see if they were even fertilized. Well we candled all the chicks and duck eggs that didn’t hatch and it seemed there wasn’t anything in any of them. We went outside to crack open the eggs to identify why the eggs didn’t hatch...

Polly is hatching some goslings right now, one hatched yesterday but today there is a slightly weird smell that is worrying me :^( it’s not a rotten egg smell though I’m not exactly sure what it is - another egg is hatching and I’m worried it may be that, it seems to be mid hatch and i would...

Hello! I just made my first still air incubator from wood scraps. The size is 20 x 18 x 16 (lenght, height, and width). Lightbulbs are both 50w and there are 2 holes on the sides of the incubator about 1 inch. Was wondering if the lightbulb placement is okay and if there are other...

Hello all, This is my first time posting, though I've read these forums for many years. I'm a kindergarten teacher. I've been hatching in my classroom every spring for the last 14 years. I started with chicks and then moved onto ducklings, which I fell in love with. So much so that I kept some...

Hello folks!! :) I raised chickens and (LOTS of) ducks growing up, and totally fell in love with keeping ducks. I had my own mini flock of khaki campbells about 10 years ago, but have had to step away from it since. I finally live somewhere where I can have backyard poultry again, and I'm SO...

I’ve been incubating quite a few eggs from my silkies. We should be on day 15 so far but when candling over 75% show no sign of development. I’m not sure why this would be. I have my one roo in with 6 hens. Is he just not getting the job done? I don’t think it’s an issue with my incubator as all...

So I got a new horizontal incubator, meaning you lay the eggs on their side. It’s supposedly turning them every 2 hrs. However when I candle (day 8), half will be clear and the other half dark. What’s causing this separation? Is this normal for a horizontal incubator? I see movement in all the...

We just hatched a baby chick in my class, and it seems like one of its legs isn’t working properly, but it’s can still move. The chick was stuck in the egg for about 3 days, but she did get out. It has had a couple good drink of water, but now is peeping because she can’t get up. We think her...

I’m currently in lockdown with 2 white Chinese geese on day 32. Before I put them in lockdown I noticed their air pockets were a little smaller than I would have liked to see. Now I’m worried they won’t have enough oxygen from their internal pip to their external. So far no visible movement or...

So I recently realized from day four today 11 my egg Turner was not engaged for incubation! Is there any tips on how to correct potential sticking!? I have it re-installed and working now to turn every two hours automatically. I’m just super worried that when the chicks hatch will they be stuck...