11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

[Cynthia12]

You can participate but the eggs won't be counted for contests.

Be sure to enter the contests on the first page that do not require egg entries and definitely enter the cutest baby fowl contest to win a Brinsea mini incubator!

Incubator?

 

[casportpony]

Incubator?

Yes, cutest baby fowl prize is a Brinsea Mini II Advance fully digital 7 egg incubator!

 

[casportpony]

@Cynthia12
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...win-a-brinsea-incubator.1351241/post-22271109

 

[Cynthia12]

@Cynthia12
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...win-a-brinsea-incubator.1351241/post-22271109

Thank you. I didn't pay attention to it before when I posted photos of past babies. Didn't think I would be entered. But I am!

 

[Rocky1028]

Does anyone happen to be hatching duck eggs in a Nurture Right 360? I was just wondering if people had better hatch rates hand turning vs using the auto turner. It's day 10 and I have been manually turning 3x everyday since I've heard it's "better" for ducks but recently I've heard otherwise. And also, I just rotate them 180* from one side to the other however now I found (in a different thread) that you're supposed to flip them kind of like they're doing a somersault. Right now I'm a little confused since this is my first time using an incubator and I really want to get it right. A month ago, I made a DIY incubator for my first ever hatch and only 1 out of the 6 pipped and made it out of the shell, but she had some obvious neurological and internal issues and passed away a few days later. I was very attached to her so it was extremely sad and I don't want to make the same mistakes. Sorry for writing a whole essay of a post lol, but I'd appreciate any tips people might have.

 

[CindyinSD]

Does anyone happen to be hatching duck eggs in a Nurture Right 360? I was just wondering if people had better hatch rates hand turning vs using the auto turner. It's day 10 and I have been manually turning 3x everyday since I've heard it's "better" for ducks but recently I've heard otherwise. And also, I just rotate them 180* from one side to the other however now I found (in a different thread) that you're supposed to flip them kind of like they're doing a somersault. Right now I'm a little confused since this is my first time using an incubator and I really want to get it right. A month ago, I made a DIY incubator for my first ever hatch and only 1 out of the 6 pipped and made it out of the shell, but she had some obvious neurological and internal issues and passed away a few days later. I was very attached to her so it was extremely sad and I don't want to make the same mistakes. Sorry for writing a whole essay of a post lol, but I'd appreciate any tips people might have.

 

[Rocky1028]

@CindyinSD I'll make sure to check this out, thank you!

 

[CindyinSD]

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Sorry... I thought that link would open in Amazon... anyway, I took it out and posted a screenshot. Holderread is THE recognized authority in the USA on waterfowl. Among many other things, it contains detailed instructions for incubation.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Does anyone happen to be hatching duck eggs in a Nurture Right 360? I was just wondering if people had better hatch rates hand turning vs using the auto turner. It's day 10 and I have been manually turning 3x everyday since I've heard it's "better" for ducks but recently I've heard otherwise. And also, I just rotate them 180* from one side to the other however now I found (in a different thread) that you're supposed to flip them kind of like they're doing a somersault. Right now I'm a little confused since this is my first time using an incubator and I really want to get it right. A month ago, I made a DIY incubator for my first ever hatch and only 1 out of the 6 pipped and made it out of the shell, but she had some obvious neurological and internal issues and passed away a few days later. I was very attached to her so it was extremely sad and I don't want to make the same mistakes. Sorry for writing a whole essay of a post lol, but I'd appreciate any tips people might have.

I read that waterfowl incubate better on their side rather than in a vertical turner so I've never incubated them vertically for comparison. I've only hatched goslings and not ducklings but I think it's similar.

Last year I hand-turned my goose eggs in the NR360 for the beginning of incubation and finished the hatch in the IncuView. This time I use my horizontal turner in the IncuView for the entire incubation and did one full rotation of the eggs twice a day by hand no somersaults though (only turned all the way over because goose eggs are big and they only rocked in the turner, I don't think you would need to do with with duck eggs)

I still had other eggs turning in the IncuView so those goose eggs are in lockdown in the NR360 right now! So far so good!

 

[FortCluck]

I have my duck eggs laying on their sides and I turn them once or twice a day. When I had them in the vertical turner I had no issues, but I'm doing a staggered hatch so it doesn't work with a turner since you don't turn during lockdown.