7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[the jolly onion]

I just bought a dozen kahki campbell eggs! Never incubated ducks before but ive always wanted to wont make it into this hatchalong

 

[generaldsherman]

Is that a manual or automated turner?

homebuilt auto egg turner

 

[LocalYokel]

homebuilt auto egg turner

Do you have plans instructions?
Im thinking of making my own with a refrigerator 6 or 8 hour defrost timer

 

[generaldsherman]

Do you have plans instructions?
Im thinking of making my own with a refrigerator 6 or 8 hour defrost timer

made the frame from plans on YouTube. Look for the 19 min video.

For the motor mount, my dad used aluminum pieces but the YouTube guy shoes how to make a wooden mount

 

[shahtir101]

My eggs got here!

 

[LocalYokel]

My eggs got here!

Sweet!

 

[BullChick]

I will not candle tonight. I will not candle tonight. I will not candle tonight. I will candle tonight.

too late for me...

The rest of my eggs in the repaired egg turner:

I've got 9 definite veining eggs, 2 maybes, 1 that might be a blood ring, and not sure on the rest.

Hmh. Maybe I should candle again. Then again, I need to wait awhile. I never saw much in my chicken eggs either. I could have a dull light.

My eggs got here!

Woo hoo!!

 

[LocalYokel]

THIS MINI MAGLITE ROCKS!
I havent had any BCM's to try yet but RIR and Sexlinks I have NO problem with
Around$20 and the size is PERFECT for candling
Comes in handy on the farm instead of dragging around my 4D cell fullsize

 

[RubyNala97]

Since you guys were so helpful with my last question (Thank you!) I actually have 1 more My eggs arrived and are super muddy...they look like mud balls...silly ducks! Should I rinse them off? I tried googleing to no avail. I just got a Brinsea and don't really want to put potentially Bacteria ridden mud balls in there just yet...but I don't want to hurt their chances of making it either. Do you guys rinse your eggs when they look like this....

That egg was shipped to you?? I've never seen a shipped egg so muddy! I'm sorry you received it like that. Wash it, it should be fine.

Tea.  You need tea.  I have about 100 varieties, we'll find something you like.

Oh, I love tea!!

 

[RubyNala97]

It's getting so close! I'm getting excited!! Tomorrow I will set up my incubator and get it all prepped and running. my eggs are fertile

Question, for the number of eggs contest, is it to guess how many eggs will be set by everyone for this HAL?