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  1. C

    Turkey Egg Candling Help

    Hi All, We are ordered some turkey eggs through the mail and have had them in the incubator for 9 days now. We had some major humidity issues with our incubator and 3 of the eggs looked pretty scrambled when they arrived. Candled last night and had 4 that looked totally clear and two that had...
  2. DeviledEggs_xo

    Day 21, Egg crushed and baby still in amniotic fluid, but chirping. What do I do?

    I have a Broody hatching some eggs and when I went outside to check on her and provide her with fresh water, an egg was crushed. This egg was crushed to the point that I could see the baby inside and see the baby still inside the fluid, but I was able to locate the beak. This egg also dealt...
  3. C

    Help! Chick has one leg out but cant get out!

    Chick has been hatching for almost 24 hours. It did not zip, rather it got most of the side of the egg gone. It has one leg out, but not the other and doesn't seem to me able to move the head. It's still vigorous and will chirp in response to chirping noises. Should I help out or leave ot put...
  4. RAPmom

    What is this?

    I know it will be a simple answer, but I couldn’t find anything online. My chick just hatched and I see this fluid sac. I have never soon one before. This chick took 24 hours to hatch, and seems to be doing just fine. Thank you!
  5. P

    Twins?

    This is my first time incubating chicken eggs and I think we have twins. The egg didn’t seem to be big like a double yolker but it was bought from someone to hatch and I’ve never had this breed before-Ayam Cemini-so I’m not sure how big their eggs typically are. I wish I could upload the video...
  6. highwinds2c

    Hatched chicks in incubator

    So hatch day has begun and one chick hatched yesterday earlier than the rest ( under 24 hrs as of now) but the other are just beginning to pip yesterday night. How long can I leave the first chick before it will need access to food and water? The incubator is small and I don't want to risk...
    • highwinds2c
    • Thread
    • hatching incubabtion quail advice
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Quail
  7. M

    First Timer Egg Mama

    I have 7 eggs in my incubator, two hatched right on Day 21. The other five have not pipped at all and tonight will be the 48 hr mark for the chicks who did hatch. Should I take the chicks out and put them in my brooders nest or leave them for another day? Also, should I candle my other eggs to...
  8. S

    Update on School Hatching Experiment in Wisco

    Amazing news! I was able to get eggs and incubators for my experiment. So we set them about 5 or so days ago and we just candled them and all of them are growing! It's been great getting back into the swing of things and just being able to see the growth of these amazing birds. Some of the...
  9. R

    First time incubating silkie eggs

    Hi guys just bought my own incubator to be delivered tomorrow alot of great reviews of great hatch rate from it. I am attempting to hatch my own silkie eggs. I am a first timer and so any advice would be great. I have the eggs still in there nesting box and there is around 8 eggs thanks
  10. Rethia

    Massing eggs during incubation, variability

    I'm on day twelve of my first incubation. Started with 24 eggs, twelve buff orp (paler brown) of which nine ended up being infertile, and twelve BYM, all of which seem to be developing nicely. I marked the air cell at day 0, day 6, and day 12 (today). Egg 13: Masses: 0: 63g 6: 62g 12: 60.5g...
  11. NrmyStrmy

    Jersey Giant Hatching Eggs

    Hi! I’m near to Fort Worth, TX and seeking Jersey Giant (splash, black, blue) hatching eggs. Does anyone know where I can get them or have them shipped? Not having luck on FB or really anywhere. Thank you!
  12. H

    Cream Legbar, vs other eggs hatching, no pip for cream legbar

    Hi everyone, First time poster long time lurker. I'm on Day 21. i put in 18 cream Legbar, 3 Araucana, 3 Belgium D 'Uccle, and 6 pekin Bantams. after day 14, i removed infertile left with 5 viable cream legbars (the reason for the hatch) 2 Araucana, 3 Belgium D 'Uccle, and 4 pekin Bantams. So...
  13. J

    Cracked egg, external membrane busted but internal membrane intact. What do I do.

    Hey guys, my first time incubating isn’t going well. I have a duck egg that was meant to hatch 4 days ago but didn’t. When candled there’s been no movement for 3 of those days. So, I decided to open the egg thinking it was dead. The internal membrane where the veins are is still intact.. veins...
  14. G

    HELP!!! EGG CRACKED BADLY

    First time incubating and it's day of lock down! One of the eggs slipped outta my hand and hit the floor. The egg shell broke badly but the membrane is still intact! But I felt so f-ing terrible, I literally started crying cause I probably killed this baby. I picked up the egg gently and it...
  15. 6-Hens-and-Me

    What temperature do you set your incubator at for different eggs? I’m curious!

    What temp and RH do you set your incubators at for chicken eggs Is it different for quail, and duck eggs? Let me know what stats you find work best!
  16. Mjismom

    Homeschool Hatch-Along (2/23 hatch)

    Hello everyone! We are a homeschooling family that adopted 4 chickens (2 buffs, 1 sex link, 1 rhode island red) about a year ago. Things didn’t go very well with those 4 hens - one died from mites we thought we had taken care of, the red was re-homed because she was bullying the other smaller...
    • Mjismom
    • Thread
    • easter egger hatch-along homeschool incubabtion nurture right 360 silkie
    • Replies: 128
    • Forum: Hatch-A-Longs
  17. R

    Hatching Bantams; Increase Humidity Sooner?

    Hello, I am hatching my first pure breed silkies. I’ve hatched standard crossed with silkies in the past, but never purebred. In the past, my chicks have hatched on day 18 or 19 and I’ve heard since the eggs are smaller. It takes even less time for them to fully develop and hatch. I am wondering...
  18. B

    Cracked, scratched or dirt??

    Hi everyone, Trying to figure out if this duck egg is cracked, scratched or if it’s just dirt… any help would be appreciated! What should I be looking out for? Thank you!
  19. B

    What’s going on?

    Hi there y’all, I’ve tried to word this multiple different ways but google isn’t giving me the info I need, so I need your alls help…(skip to the BUTTT if u don’t wanna read the story on why this all happened) I went to incubate some eggs about 5-6 months ago bcuz my dog killed 4 of my girls...
  20. C

    HELP NEEDED, TIME SENSITIVE.

    So I have 11 eggs in my Kebonnixs incubator, and 5 of them will be going into lockdown 20 hours from now. 3 of them hatch in a week, and 3 hatch in 10 days. What should I do? Also, I have a broody Muscovy sitting on 21 eggs(13 her own, 3 other ducks eggs and 5 chicken eggs). Wondering if I could...
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