A local breeder said that they usually hatch at 29 days. So I set the incubator at 99.5 and 68-70% (bc she said they need high humidity). Today the incubator said we have 10 days left. I attached three eggs so you can see the difference.
This is my first time hatching eggs. We have four duck eggs in the incubator. Last week we candled for the first time, and saw amazing life-it was cool. Yesterday we noticed one of the eggs was darker than the rest (the whole egg). Why do you thing this is happening?
I’m new to the homesteading life, and just starting little by little. We have 14 chickens and 2 ducks for eggs, and we also have meat chickens and meat rabbits.
What is causing the whole duck egg to darken? We candled them a week ago, saw life in each one, and put them right back. They are in an incubator that automatically rotate them and keeps the temp at 99.5 and humidity at 68/70%. We just noticed today that one egg (the whole egg) has turned a...
