Homemade incubator experiment

[silkiemother]

UPDATE
Already out of the five I set two are already veining and moving. Two are iffy since the egg shells are pretty thick so I’m gonna give them two days before I toss em

 

[silkiemother]

 

[BelovedBirds]

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amazing!

 

[McChooky]

I've never incubated eggs before but plan on incubating some later this year.I have to make an incubator first. I bought a small one but its got bad reviews and will only use it if a broody hen goes off the nest(emergency situation) Please keep us updated on how the eggs are developing!I'm hoping you have great success using this method.I did read duck eggs require a cooling off period every day and was wondering if you're cooling these off daily?

 

[BelovedBirds]

I've never incubated eggs before but plan on incubating some later this year.I have to make an incubator first. I bought a small one but its got bad reviews and will only use it if a broody hen goes off the nest(emergency situation) Please keep us updated on how the eggs are developing!I'm hoping you have great success using this method.I did read duck eggs require a cooling off period every day and was wondering if you're cooling these off daily?

I know you aren't asking me but- I've heard that as well, but I've heard mixed opinions with it... I never bothered personally, but I did candle my eggs often which gave them a short opportunity to cool slightly-- my hatch was fine! I don't think they "require" it anymore than other kinds of eggs

 

[silkiemother]

DAY 9 UPDATE
so far, out of the five eggs I set three are left and thriving, they are developing well and are already moving around a tiny bit in their eggs plus I can see the little flickers of their hearts. I'll get pictures of them when I get home if y'all want

 

[McChooky]

I would love to know this method works before trying it (w/chicken eggs ) I want to hatch 7-10 fertile eggs of a rare breed but the cost of another incubator isn't justified.

 

[silkiemother]

see, really the only hard thing with this is controlling the heat since I'm using an open container for the eggs but other than that it works just fine. well, and the fact you can't trap the humidity but you can make up for that

 

[HomesteadNowhere]

There was someone in a Facebook group that's always used 5gal buckets as incubators. I'm going to try it later on. It's just a lamp kit in the bucket lid, drill a few holes, fill 5 inch of the bottom with leaves/shavings/soil and dampen it. Supplies humidity all the way through.

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[silkiemother]

It’s already day 14 and I just candled the eggs and all three are doing great and being active. So far everything is going great and I’m so excited to see if these babies make it to lockdown then hatch