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For those asking why withholding matters. My understanding (and I am not a vet, but this is based on years in the dairy field, milking, etc.), is that withholding times are established for reasons of human sensitivity and exposure to antibiotics, etc., to maintain their effectiveness. In short...

These are on the wings. I think they are larger feathers, will have to take another look. They had better not be mixed breeds since I bought these from Metzer as hatchlings last year and raised them! So basically....my grey feather probably don't mean a thing.

I find myself in a similar predicament with 8 geese almost a year old (about 10 months) and at least a couple of them should be females. My question is this - the gray/blue feather color on the wings/sides of young females - does this ALWAYS hold true? Is it ONLY females that would show that...

It worked out fine. The duck eggs usually need to be placed every-other slot so don't plan for 40, but Hatching around 20 was no problem.

Getting ready to hatch another set and then do a large batch of 24.

It's going well. I've had 4 ducks hatch successfully out of 6 locked down. I just place the eggs every-other cup (they get too wide to do side-by-side) so in total I can get half what a set of chicken eggs would do--24. You just need to watch where the motor is seated on the top; it can bump the...

They also fit in an extra-large chicken egg box, so I'm thinking I'm pretty good to go.

That's what I thought and what the manager told me as well. When I got the incubator home I did try a couple duck eggs in it to see, and they seem to seat pretty well. I'm going to give it a shot. Thanks!!

Hello All, I have recently purchased a Farm Innovators 4200 Pro Series incubator that was well-recommended at my local feed store. I have read up on them and know that I need a back-up thermometer and perhaps hygrometer just to double check against what comes installed. that's not a problem...