I’m hatching duck eggs in my Maticoop X (20 capacity), although it only holds 16 duck eggs with the trays (18 if I have a few smaller ones). So I’m wondering if I could take the trays out to hold a higher capacity and manually turn them 3-5 times a day instead.
My duck has been acting strange for ~2 days now, and I don’t know what’s going on. She’s staying away from the rest of the flock, and showing odd behavior like laying out in the middle of the yard alone, and lets me approach her without even sitting up. I don’t think she’s passed any eggs and...
I also have another question @KathiQuacks , can I leave the eggs at room temp for the first week after collecting to see if they develop before incubating them?