I have received a very squashed box of hatching eggs yesterday - due to the amazing job of internal packing by the breeder no eggs were broken - with scrambled eggs (a bit of an exaggeration). All but 3 (which have a partial/saddle attachment) air cells are completely detached. I let the eggs...
Hi there! I ordered some Barred Rock hatching eggs from Meyer Hatchery last week, and they are supposed to come sometime next week around Tuesday or Wednesday. This will be my first time hatching eggs in an incubator. I have a Kebonnix 12 egg incubator set up at home. Do y'all have any tips for...
I had 5 silkie eggs scheduled to hatch on Friday day 21, we have had only one successfully hatch, one died during hatching in its shell and then we were worried last night and candled the remaining 3 eggs and 2 have no movement and 1 has movement but a dark spot on shell, I assumed the eggs was...
Hi all, I tried posting this a few days ago but didn’t get a response. I am now on day 17 with my 21 hatching eggs in the incubator & I really hope they hatch well. They are all developing wonderfully. These are shipped eggs so came with large wobbly air cells , large saddled air cellls & some...
My eggs arrived a week ago and almost all of them had detached air cells 😢. I’ll be candling them for the second time (first when they started incubating) around day ten to see if they have any life.
I initially tried to keep the worst four, more upright when turning, in a separate incubator...
Looking for advice on what to do. Today I got my shipped hatching eggs after 7 days of transit. Some arrived smashed and the box smelled really bad of course. I cleaned up the ones that weren’t cracked but I’m worried the eggs that survived the trip could have been contaminated by bacteria of...
A Faverolle breeder is shipping me a dozen eggs tomorrow. They should arrive in a couple days. Looking for advice!
I have only one incubator (circulated air Hovabator 1588), and an automatic turner that takes up all the bottom space (of course, I take it out for lockdown). If absolutely...