Articles by BirdsBeesTrees

This is specifically a step by step guide to assisting with Call Ducks after incubation at 99.8' F and 35% humidity. *After 23 days of incubation, I candle the eggs morning and night looking for an internal pip. An internal pip is when the beak pierces through the inner membrane so it can take...

I am going to candle every day of incubation of a call duck egg to show the stages of growth. Day 1 - 1 full 24 hours of incubating; Day 2: Day 3: Day 4: Day 5: Day 6: Day 7: Day 8: The back of Day 8 to show that duck eggs progress mostly on one side in the beginnings: Day 9: Day 10...

If you have a Little Giant Incubator and you are as disappointed with your hatches as I was, I can lead you through some modifications to make it better. I have other high end incubators but I wanted to incubate even more eggs, so I found some ways to make my Little Giant not only work but work...

I've wanted some breeds of birds that weren't available in my area or were too expensive so I started looking into shipped eggs of those breeds. I've bought a lot of eggs and I've learned information along the way. I've been seeing several people post questions about incubating shipped eggs and...