hellothere
Hatching
- Mar 13, 2017
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Hi all,
We are hatching for the first time using the Brinsea Mini Eco manual incubator. We started off with ten eggs. Our first mistake was putting in two duck eggs and eight chicken eggs at the same time. Unfortunately, most of the eggs were duds. Nothing formed in six of the chicken eggs, and one of the duck eggs died early on. We got these eggs from someone else, so not sure if the six that never formed were just not fertilised or what. Our temp. has been a steady 37.5 C.
So now we have two chicks and a duckling, on day 12. We realised after a couple of days of them being in the incubator, we should have waited a week before putting in the duck eggs since they (well we are down to one now) won't hatch until 28 days and we can't turn it during lockdown. Any advice for making sure my little duck will make it? I checked just now and it is super active in the egg. I'm already attached! What problems could be caused to it or the chicks? During lockdown, I could gently tilt the incubator to turn him. Is it bad if the chicken eggs get turned during lockdown? Or would the duck be ok not being turned for 24 hours?
We are hatching for the first time using the Brinsea Mini Eco manual incubator. We started off with ten eggs. Our first mistake was putting in two duck eggs and eight chicken eggs at the same time. Unfortunately, most of the eggs were duds. Nothing formed in six of the chicken eggs, and one of the duck eggs died early on. We got these eggs from someone else, so not sure if the six that never formed were just not fertilised or what. Our temp. has been a steady 37.5 C.
So now we have two chicks and a duckling, on day 12. We realised after a couple of days of them being in the incubator, we should have waited a week before putting in the duck eggs since they (well we are down to one now) won't hatch until 28 days and we can't turn it during lockdown. Any advice for making sure my little duck will make it? I checked just now and it is super active in the egg. I'm already attached! What problems could be caused to it or the chicks? During lockdown, I could gently tilt the incubator to turn him. Is it bad if the chicken eggs get turned during lockdown? Or would the duck be ok not being turned for 24 hours?
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