incubating duck eggs

  1. ashriver924

    HELP! Incubating 4 eggs, 1 very far along (unsure of day), other 3 early stages

    Hey, I have several questions regarding 1 egg in particular. It has been incubated several weeks, (not sure if exact day) and I’m trying to determine how far along it is. In order for me to get prepared for hatching if I’m in fact close to hatch day. Also, with this same egg I was wondering if...
  2. vicks2401

    Ducks First Eggs!

    I have 2 ducks and a drake, all miniature appleyard around 4 months old. Today I have found 2 eggs (the females first ones) and I don't know what to do with them. The drake has been mounting recently so I don't know if they will be fertilised or not. Do I need to wait a bit before candling...
  3. E

    Spraying duck eggs changes humidity?

    Hi Everyone! New here and first time incubator-er question for you... I am on day 10 of incubating my Cayuga eggs. Took them out and sprayed them, gave them a few min to cool down and put them back in the incubator, now my incubator is resting at a 75%-85% humidity where it was 50%. I assume...
  4. brooder

    How far along are my duck eggs?

    Hey there, my duck Lillian is expecting to hatch two babies . She's taking great care of her eggs, and as far as I can tell, the ducklings are in perfect health. My only question Is "When will she become a mother?!" I've been candling the eggs daily, but for some reason I cannot tell which...
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  5. Jellybean05

    ~From egg to adult~♡

    Welcome to my "From egg to adult" journal!!:jumpy I will be putting six blue Swedish duck eggs in the incubator soon and I will be taking pictures of the eggs until they hatch and probably until they grow up. You are welcome to ask questions and give advice, although I may not be able to give...
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  6. Mixed flock enthusiast

    Duck hatching help

    Hi All, I’ve been lurking on BYC for months but this is my first post. We have 10 Welsh Harlequin and 5 domestic mallard eggs that were set in a still air incubator together 27 days ago. Tonight will start day 28. We’ve been weighing the eggs and targeting 14% weight loss, which has proved tough...
  7. Rubberducky3

    Question about hatching

    I have 5 eggs. The first egg pipped on day 25 and took 49 hrs to hatch. Then 3 more hatched after that. I have one left to hatch. It was 24 hours so I moved the ducklings to a brooder. The last one is still in the incubator. I hear him peeping in his shell but the incubator is so dirty and...
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  8. ColleenRyan

    How Do I Hatch Duck Eggs?

    This weekend my beloved pet ducks were taken and killed by a predator while they were spending some time in the yard like they did every evening. I had been letting the female duck keep the eggs she had been laying and putting the ones she laid in the yard into the hutch for her after I found...
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  9. StarnesCoveFarm

    Hatching & Incubating Eggs Using Janoel 12 Incubator

    Hi, I purchased the Janoel 12 Incubator to use to hatch out some of my chicken eggs and my Pekin duck eggs. I tried to read the manual, looks like I need a NASA engineer degree to understand it!!!!! This will be my first time using an incubator and I would hate to lose any chicks or ducks over...
  10. Rubberducky3

    Magicfly incubator

    Hi! I’m attempting to hatch my first batch of ducklings on my own. I’m looking for advice on this incubator. I have the temp set at 37.5C I’ve seen mixed messages as to the lockdown. What do you set the temp at during lockdown and how do you increase the humidity? I don’t want it to jump too...
  11. Eagle Flight Farm

    Air Cell Question of Shipped Eggs

    I have received beautiful Ancona eggs that were very lovingly and safely packed for shipment to us. They arrived at our post office yesterday and I have had them setting in their carton on the counter to acclimate to room temp. I have candled them and all the air cells are in the correct...
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  12. M

    Incubating ducks and chicks together?

    Hello! I’ve been looking at everything I can find on incubating chickens and ducks and finally decided to just join this group cause it seems to have a lot of answers to my questions! So I just wanted to say thanks! I incubated one batch of chickens and ducks and had good results on chickens...
    • Momma Jo
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  13. H

    Incubating Muscovy eggs

    Needing to know any information about hatching shipped Muscovy Duck eggs in an incubator. Even unsuccessful hatch-rates and their possible theories. Obviously successful hatching advice would be much appreciated. Any small detail will make a huge difference. Humidity, temperature, days you...
  14. GeoGreyWolf

    Duck Incubation time.. (first timers)

    So my daughter has been begging me to incubate the eggs we have been getting from our 1 Pekin laying, figured I would try out 6 of them that we have collected. Mom Pekin - Dad Blue Swedish. A few things to consider with this which could cause us to have a poor hatch rate; first time hatching...
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  15. Raising the Home Duck Flock

    Raising the Home Duck Flock

    Back Cover: Ducks are the homeowner's friends. They will: * Eat Japanese beetles, grasshoppers, snails, slugs and mosquitoes. * Clean unwanted plants from ponds and lakes. * Eat up all table and gardening leftovers. * Produce an abundance of valuable nitrogen-rich manure. * And most...
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  16. EastTXMom

    Help I killed Chuck?

    I'm new to incubation. I gathered eggs for ever days. I put close to 100 in incubator. I've impatiently watched for days & days. Time to hatch. They wiggle and roll. Congratulations the waiting has paid off. We have babies. Lots and lots of babies. I have 5 eggs that haven't done anything. I...
  17. Muse

    Newly hatched duckling issues...? Or is this all normal?

    This is my newly hatched duck, we were totally unprepared for him to hatch today! He was the only one that hatched out of 2. He was born with a yolk sac I believe still attached. Also his feet are inverted! We don’t have a heat lamp so he is in the incubator! I mashed peas for him since we don’t...
  18. Erin Brotherson

    Should I intervene??

    Hey guys, Me and my partner are new to the world of incubation. We started with 7 eggs 30 days ago and We have reason to believe that only 2 are still kicking as they're showing signs of movement and have both internally piped. One of the eggs has cracked the outer shell (not poked through...
  19. K.Riggs

    Please advise when is lockdown for my duck eggs?

    My eggs went in at 10 am on the 7th September. When would you say lockdown is? The manual says 27-28 days to hatch. 3 days before is lockdown. But three days before 27 or 28 days? Also with the ones with saddled air cells should I still lay them on their side? If yes with the saddled part up or...
  20. K.Riggs

    Left the lid off the incubator!!

    Hi, I was cooling my day 13 Cayuga eggs today. I'd had a horrid day after a few sleepless nights with sick kids. I forgot and left it off for a bit over an hour. My incubator takes less that five minutes to get up to temp and humidity. Will this be disasterous? I'm freaking out a bit :'(
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