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I was just going over my last year's thread on Day 10 Candling.
And because I would never want to drop an egg or have it slip a bit and crack, do...

Sorry if this has been covered. I am looking to get an incubator but just for myself and a small programme. I am looking to have eggs shipped but...

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I’m back at it. Lol
Does anyone have any insight as to why this is happening?
Chicks pretty well fully formed with yolk sac maybe about 1/3 left...

How long do hens need to be kept away from a rooster to make sure she has none of his fertilized eggs
And how soon when putting hens with a new...

My first incubator hatch! So ridiculously excited for this weekends new babies!!

I did one more hatch with some of my own eggs. For a lot of reasons I ended up with only 1 chick - a male of course. I have put him up for sale but...

I have a Hovabator incubator. When I was incubating Serama eggs there was a problem. The eggs were too big for the quail egg trays, and too small for...

Just wanted to share cause I think this is pretty cool! Bought a really good flashlight so I could candle the 24 eggs I have under...

Having been really patient and waiting for Day 10 to candle the 24 eggs in the incubator.... I have a question.
First of all, 12 are from my hens,...

My wife was approached at work by someone who has a few Guinea Fowl and can't seem to breed more. If our Brinsea works for us and our Wyandottes I...

Well we gave the Hovabator 4 full batches of eggs and have resulted with a less than desirable 10% hatch rate. I'm sure its not all the Hovabators...

Is anyone headed to Millpond from this area in the next 2 weeks? If so would they be willing to take turkey hatching eggs with them?

So I sold my original hovabator (vintage 1980’s and holds 42 eggs or so) 5 years ago when I bought a Sportsman (holds 300 eggs!).

Circumstances and...

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I have a hatch this week....I know, I know, I can't help myself :wave:

Here's the thing, the silkies in the incubator have all been...

I have all the luck! Received my order from Brezzy birds farms. Ordered a mystery hatching box. Got the box in 2 days from Manitoba! Must be a record...

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I'm getting some shipped eggs in 2 weeks. I'd like to get a reasonable hatch rate and have been doing some research on incubating in...

Ok, need some help here. I put 11 eggs into lockdown for my silkies and showgirls at the end of day 17.

These are my eggs, not shipped, and...

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Just curious if anyone has used a drying incubator during your hatches. If so, when do you move the wet chicks to the during incubator, if...