Quote: I have a friend who hatches turkeys and he always refrigerates his turkey eggs. I think chicken eggs are a little less tolerant of being refrigerated so I think some may hatch but the hatch rate goes down with refrigerated chicken eggs.
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Quote: I have a friend who hatches turkeys and he always refrigerates his turkey eggs. I think chicken eggs are a little less tolerant of being refrigerated so I think some may hatch but the hatch rate goes down with refrigerated chicken eggs.
I'd hazard a guess the egg will be white. Hatched out of a white egg and looks like a production white layer.
We'll know in a month or two.
Yes, I have hatched Muscovy duck eggs with the LG. FOllowed the same principles as the chicken eggs.
There are methods to increase the hatch rates if you check out the duck hatching threads. HOnestly I don't have time to handle duck eggs properly so I don't. What hatches hatches. Sorry this isn't much help. Because of my track record, I would definitely have better hatch rates if I did better to mimic a duck hen. Daily bath in water and R&R for an hour, then back to the eggs. Because my hens do a FAR better job than me, I now let the muscovy hens do all the heavy lifting.
I agree.THis is getting late in the season for the hens to sussessfully sit IMO. My last hen tried but the weather is too cold now for a successful hatch. I just took the last of the eggs this weekend. I will not let a hen sit again this late-- live and learn.
Good luck with the eggs!! Ducklings are VERY cute.
I bought the LG still air incubator today I bought the turner for it and will be setting Duck eggs that were abandoned by the duck. It's my first time to hatch anything and this thread has great info I will be following it. I have the temperature regulated already.