incubation

I've got 15 eggs in my incubator but none have hatched yet and I candled some eggs and they are growing fine. why haven't they hatched yet?

Today is day 22 for two eggs, and one egg has pipped but hasn't got through completely, like it hasn't pierced the shell completely. It's just cracked the shell a bit. The other hasn't done anything. Also I have 3 more eggs that are on 21 days, they haven't done anything either. My temp stays at...

I'm new to incubation and have been reading up on what to look for when candling and some articles are saying even if you're unsure if they're good or bad eggs on day 7 then leave them in until day 14 just to be sure, it's day 6 for me now and I'm wondering if I should disturb them tomorrow or...

Hi, My first time hatching, so I dong now much about it! I got a still-air turned into forced air styrofoam incubator and set 26 of our cortunix quail’s eggs in it plus three bob white that someone shipped to me as a favor. I had little hope for those because the person sent them a week after...

New to breeding show chickens. Can you recommend a good incubator?

Hi everyone! I was hoping for a bit of help. I have been incubating 5 Brahma x SLW mixes, three of which made it to 21 days, one has hatched but took an extraordinarily long time from first pip to hatch (36 hrs) and I'm afraid the other two may be shrink wrapped... hubby let the humidity bottom...

I am still on the fence whether this chick is blind or not since its not even a day old but it sadly looks like it is because after having it nestle in my hand and putting it back into the brooder it calls even though my hand is right next to it, it also seems to walk into the walls in an...

How do I do a hatch-along? Like... this? Am I doing it? I just put some eggs in the 'bator after some of them had quite an adventure. There are 17 mille fluer d'uccle in there that finally got to me after being shipped from Newfoundland on Monday. The seller requested the eggs be held for...

Is it safe to mark X’s And O’s with a sharpie marker on quail eggs before incubation process??

Hi, My eggs have extremely saddled air sacs, from shipping. It’s day 7, and I’ve heard that placing them upright at an angle helps to reattach the sac. I might be stupid but, is that with the pointed end up, or the rounded end up? Thank you for replies I need them ASAP!!

I accidentally turned one of my eggs out of habit on day 20. Is that ok?

Hubby and I finally saved up to invest in a Brinsea Ova-Easy 100 model. We are so excited to try it out with the hopes of great hatch rates. Does anyone have experience with this incubator? If so, have any advice you would like to share? We went ahead and purchased an automatic humidifier for...

Hey all, My female is constantly wanting to hatch eggs, but every time one hatches she ends up trampling the poor soul to death and then ignores the other eggs and they eventually dont make it. I haven't been able to acquire an incubator that I like for their tiny eggs so I normally just take...

Good day to everybody, I'm planning on hatching some quail eggs soon, however, I do not have access to an incubator. I do have a 10 gallon aquarium tank that I plan to use for this; I'd like some advice and review on what I've come up with. The bottom of the tank is lined with paper towels. On...

Hi everyone! I’m on day 9 of my quail egg incubation journey, and i’ve started to notice that a few of my eggs have this double air sac thing going on. I’ll attach a picture. The egg in the picture originally had a normal air sac, but it has since grown into this. Is this a bad thing? Does it...

Hi! My two female ducks lay on their eggs all day. One in particular lays on them much more than the other female and they become frantic when I try to check the eggs out. I candled an egg tonight outside from their hutch when it was dark and I saw some eggs were completely dark with the air...

I have a two part question. The 1st is: I have two broody hens sharing a clutch of mixed eggs. It has been 21 days today and there are no signs of pipping yet. Do eggs sometimes take more than the 21 days to hatch? I had two roos and pretty sure they were fertile. I haven't been able to candle...