6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[hennible]

Not part of the HAL but my ducks are hatching!

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So exciting

 

[blackgoat]

Not part of the HAL but my ducks are hatching!

The last 16 or so hours is the longest!

 

[misfitmorgan]

So i'm joining the hatch a long. It took a bit longer to get my muscovy eggs then i was wanting but just how life works out sometimes.

What i'm hatching is 12 French White Muscovy, 6 (suppose to be) Polish and 6 maran crosses/barnyard mix so 24 eggs in all in a 48 eggs incubator. They went in last night around 7pm or so, the bator has been running constantly for 2 days before i put the eggs in and the temp was a perfect 37.5c and only took about 10mins to get back up to temp once i put the eggs in. Humidity has been 19-32% without adding any water because it has been so wet here.

So my concern atm is chicken eggs in with duck eggs...how does that work out for hatch? i am thinking that since ducks are 1 degree less then chicks it will take the chicks a little longer to hatch out but i should be able to remove the chicks as they hatch since i wont be into duck lock down yet when chicks hatch out.

Has anyone hatched duck and chickens eggs in the same bator with the same start time? i know i have seen people do it offset so they start duck eggs first then add chicken eggs later. I probly should have done that too but to late now lol.

 

[ronott1]

So i'm joining the hatch a long. It took a bit longer to get my muscovy eggs then i was wanting but just how life works out sometimes.

What i'm hatching is 12 French White Muscovy, 6 (suppose to be) Polish and 6 maran crosses/barnyard mix so 24 eggs in all in a 48 eggs incubator. They went in last night around 7pm or so, the bator has been running constantly for 2 days before i put the eggs in and the temp was a perfect 37.5c and only took about 10mins to get back up to temp once i put the eggs in. Humidity has been 19-32% without adding any water because it has been so wet here.

So my concern atm is chicken eggs in with duck eggs...how does that work out for hatch? i am thinking that since ducks are 1 degree less then chicks it will take the chicks a little longer to hatch out but i should be able to remove the chicks as they hatch since i wont be into duck lock down yet when chicks hatch out.

Has anyone hatched duck and chickens eggs in the same bator with the same start time? i know i have seen people do it offset so they start duck eggs first then add chicken eggs later. I probly should have done that too but to late now lol.

I have hatched pekin type ducks and chicken eggs at the same time.

Muscovy are different though.

 

[hennible]

The last 16 or so hours is the longest! 

So true

So i'm joining the hatch a long. It took a bit longer to get my muscovy eggs then i was wanting but just how life works out sometimes.

What i'm hatching is 12 French White Muscovy, 6 (suppose to be) Polish and 6 maran crosses/barnyard mix so 24 eggs in all in a 48 eggs incubator. They went in last night around 7pm or so, the bator has been running constantly for 2 days before i put the eggs in and the temp was a perfect 37.5c and only took about 10mins to get back up to temp once i put the eggs in. Humidity has been 19-32% without adding any water because it has been so wet here.

So my concern atm is chicken eggs in with duck eggs...how does that work out for hatch? i am thinking that since ducks are 1 degree less then chicks it will take the chicks a little longer to hatch out but i should be able to remove the chicks as they hatch since i wont be into duck lock down yet when chicks hatch out.

Has anyone hatched duck and chickens eggs in the same bator with the same start time? i know i have seen people do it offset so they start duck eggs first then add chicken eggs later. I probly should have done that too but to late now lol. 

It's best to set it up so they hatch at the same time the same time by setting your duck egg before you add the chicken eggs... Muscovys are a 35 day I think so they should've went in 2 weeks ahead of the chicken eggs...
Oh oops I see you knew that...

 

[Bazy]

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The difference is the duck egg is thicker consistency. They tend to cook up firmer than chicken eggs, and they make baked goods rise up a little more uniformly and a little taller. (and you will break a blood vessel trying to blow one out) I personally like to mix them with chicken eggs to further enrich the consistency and flavor, and nutritional value (speech to my husband) but it's really to stretch those two chicken eating eggs per week out so I can get away with putting the rest of the chicken eggs in the incubator. I couldn't get away with buying chicken eggs, but buying DUCK eggs works like a charm!

 

[LemonMeringue]

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I usually just smell them instead of candling. Don't do it when anyone is around though... Especially non-chicken people...

That is so true! And don't answer when they ask how many chickens you have or how many eggs you trying to hatch out.

 

[tntchix]

LOL I am so jealous of all you guys. I'm learning a lot though for my turn in the spring. Good luck everyone!!!

 

[domesticzoo]

The last 16 or so hours is the longest! 

No kidding! I keep walking by to see if there is any progress! Taking too long! I must keep cleaning! Off to mop something!

 

[Canadianislupus]

That is so true! And don't answer when they ask how many chickens you have or how many eggs you trying to hatch out.