incubation

  1. newchickychick

    Slightly dirty egg - incubation

    Hi all! My first eggs got here! 🥰 Facing two tiny hiccups. One: the egg is a little dirty. I’ve read to not incubate dirty eggs and to not wash them to clean up before incubation. How dirty is too dirty? This was the extra sent with my batch of 12, bringing us up to 13. The other eggs were all...
  2. remicuties

    eBay egg arrived with deceased chick inside.

    So the title explains things nicely but a few days ago I got three emu hatching eggs from someone on eBay, today my second egg went bad of the three meaning I have just one left, I was going to clean this egg out and upon opening I realized there was a fully formed emu chick inside! It was...
  3. remicuties

    Is this normal for humidity to do this?

    So I have a govee and I like watching my temperature and humidity with it and I noticed this trend of “spikes” going on.. I have a humidikit and have it set where under 30% humidity it will turn on, when it does the humidity goes up to the 40s and drops back down creating these spikes. Really I...
  4. remicuties

    Emu eggs day 3 weight loss

    So I had three eggs one went bad the other two I weighed in today lost a gram each, is this within daily weight loss for emu eggs? Egg 1 was 311g egg 2 was 446g initially before incubating. Now day three egg 1 is 310g Egg 2 is 445g I did calculations according to emu farmers handbook and the...
  5. remicuties

    thermometer/hydrometer and incubator temp confusion..

    So I recently bought a hovabator 3270 and an incutherm pro therm/hydrometer and doing all the research before I start hatching as I’ll be doing emu eggs and want the most accurate readings possible.. I saw the salt test with hydrometers, still confused.. What reading am I supposed to be using...
  6. chickenlover0805

    first chick out of 12 hatched today !!

    hello !! today my first chick hatched out of my incubator!! does he/she look healthy?? and is there any tips I should know for after they hatch?? Also how long should they stay in here??
  7. D

    Incubating Shipped Turkey Eggs (Tips?)

    I'm being impulsive, again... Been wanting heritage type turkeys since last year and now that my brooders will be empty soon and my meat bird grow out pen is likely to be empty in another month I've decided I'd give it a try by hatching eggs. I know it would be cheaper and more certain to get...
  8. Livia Ammon

    High Egg Fatality Rate

    I have a Whiting True Blue hen who I wanted to hatch some eggs from, but at the first candleing, they all quit. I have seen her get bred by our rooster, so the eggs are fertile, but I noticed that her eggshells were on the thin side and she has a lot of calcium deposits in and on them. Any tips...
  9. C

    help!!!

    i have 30 eggs and 11 eggs hatched on day 19, 1 egg hatched on day 20. On day 21, nothing else hatched, but i decided to wait till day 23, today is day 22 by the way, do you think those eggs will still hatch ?? :'>> and what do you think went wrong? im using a diy forced draft incubator...
  10. C

    The Sole survivor!

    Hello hello! (I’m a story teller so this is a little winded) So we decided to try to hatch out some eggs from our flock for the first time(none of our girls have ever gone broody and they have been laying for almost a year) Anyways…the process did not go as well as I wanted it to :( We used...
  11. M

    8 of 12 eggs never hatched

    I am brand new to incubation! I set 12 eggs on 2/19 and only 4 hatched as of 3/12 (hatch day was 3/11). I’ve got 12 more to set but I want to have better luck next time. I’m not sure what we did wrong. I had 3 silkies and the rest were a mix of brahmas, RIR, and Orpington. The next 11 I have are...
  12. B

    Incubator unplugged on day 19, =\

    So I’m an Ag teacher hatching eggs for class and we’re on day 19/20. there was a short in the plug over the weekend and when I arrived to check on things the incubator was off and eggs cold and had been that way for over 24 hours. Anyone know if there is somehow a chance these chicks might...
  13. Birds4Eli

    Dry vs. wet for quail incubation

    Hello! I’ve had good hatch rates with both wet and dry incubation for quail. Does anyone have any ideas of what’s better? Thanks! -Elijah
  14. C

    Ringneck Pheasants Started Laying Eggs... Now What?

    We have 6 ringneck pheasants, 3 male, 3 female that we hatched late spring last year. One of the females just started laying eggs (yay!) and I think we'd like to save and incubate some, but I'm not educated enough. I'm in central Alberta so though we've had a warm week above 0, it drops below 0...
  15. Hykiko

    Possible Twin duck eggs

    So I've been candling my eggs, I have both chicken and duck eggs in my incubator. The past few days I've noticed 2 of my duck eggs have 2 separate dark spots that are moving in different directions, this is a first for me. I'm quite worried that they might be twins as the eggs aren't that big to...
  16. 6-Hens-and-Me

    What incubation temps and humidity? For quail ASAP please

    What temperature do I need to set my incubator temperature at for quail eggs? Is it the same as chickens eggs? A full run down would be great (lock down included etc) I’ve got 50eggs arriving soon and I’ve only ever bought quail I’ve never tried hatching their eggs, so as soon as possible...
  17. H

    Crystal formation on egg shell during incubation

    Hello! This is my first time incubating chicken eggs. I received these BCM shipped eggs and inspected them for damage. All the ones I put in the incubator were good. After 3 days I took my first look and noticed what appears to be clear crystals of some kind forming as small dots on maybe 5 of...
  18. The effect of various factors on egg development and hatch rate in coturnix quail.

    The effect of various factors on egg development and hatch rate in coturnix quail.

    Neophyte and veteran incubators alike often ask, can I do X or Y just happened, are my eggs going to hatch? The internet is full of hatching musts and must nots, many of them contradictory, what is vital, what is important, and what is optional? As a newbie hatching eggs I asked those exact...
    • Susan Skylark
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  19. Diveks

    Chick died while unzipping, pictures included

    Not sure if I am guilty for this chick’s death but I still feel terrible. When I was leaving this morning I saw one of the last eggs unzipping. Didn’t seem to be stuck or anything so I didn’t intervene. I have assisted a lot of chicks but only do so when necessary. Unfortunately I only came...
  20. Sondraa

    Day 22 Indian Runner eggs. I am not the only one feeling maternal and anxious.

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