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  1. vonmatter

    Incubating 4-month-old eggs

    Hey guys, I'm just sharing my experiment here, it may as well help someone. My mom's chickens all died, after a huge attack of African honey bees, she actually ended up in the hospital due to trying to save them. Anyway, I rescued the last eggs, but couldn't hatch right away due to being in...
  2. WhistlePig

    Are my eggs too old?? Hatching storebought duck and quail eggs...

    First post!! Hope this gets some notice... thanks in advance to all who reply. I recently got interested in incubating eggs from the grocery store. In short I went down a rabbit trail on Youtube and came out desperately wanting to do this strange thing, filled with hope that I could be...
  3. R

    Questionable freshness

    Does anyone eat eggs that are just starting to float? Sorry total newbie question, right now I am just feeding those back to the girls as scrambled.
  4. ShrekDawg

    Refrigerated and/or store eggs

    I was just thinking and got curious who had tried these and what their success rate was if they did. I know I’ve read about a few people on here trying it but can’t remember much details and would love to hear from others too. Of course I won’t be trying this as I don’t have the room atm and...
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  5. Wonderling

    When to do a one and only candling?

    I have 11 eggs in my incubator, they were anywhere from a day to 2 weeks old when they went in, and all were laid within 3 weeks after I got rid of the rooster so I'm expecting a super low hatch rate. I'm still new to this but I wanted to only candle the eggs once (less chances of me dropping...
  6. Wonderling

    Hatching Older Eggs? (Hen and/or Incubator)

    If anyone has hatched some older eggs I'd love some feedback about your experiences. I've been saving up eggs since the day I gave the rooster away (aggressive behavior), googled it and it said a hen can still be laying fertile eggs for up to 4 weeks after the rooster is gone. I was planning to...
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