Hi! I left them to attempt to do it themselves as I thought they'd put the time in so I have to at least give them a chance.
One hatched and they trampled it to death, the next day two more hatched and they also died in the nest.
At this point I heated up 10 infertile eggs in my incubator and...
They will be fine for eating. If they are fertile they will probably be ok for hatching as well.
They only start incubating when they hit a certain temperature (37.4 degrees).
Hope this helps :)
Great stuff, thanks for the reply.
There's actually 3 girls now sat on about 17 eggs, what have I let myself in for!?
I don't really want to disturb them too much so if/when they do start hatching (I've calculated it as the 24th June) I'll shift them to a new little section.
I'll keep you...
Hi guys, I'm new here, nice forum you have!
I've had my indian runners for about 2 years, I have 1 drake and 4 girls.
I left some eggs in the duck house and they sort of went unnoticed for a week.
I went to collect them and they were warm! It looks as though I have 2 girls sat on them.
Now...