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[OneMountainAcres]

View attachment 1209279 View attachment 1209280 Baby ducks!

Cute! But the messiness factor counts against them lol

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning hatchers! Go number3!

 

[ronott1]

Set 16 eggs (13 Silverudds blues and three 55 flowery hen) at 7 pm last night. Some of the air cells are a bit loose (though the one day wait afforded by the faster-than-expected shipping seems to have helped some) , so I ran the egg turner only long enough for it to move to the upright position. I'll plug it back in in a couple of days. 2 or 3 days no turning for loose air cells?
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Nice looking eggs!

I hope they hatch well for you!

 

[JacksFarmNGardn]

I set 45 eggs Sunday 6pm.
A few are hard to see in, but otherwise fertility looks excellent here! 2 hens were put in with a new roo, so was worried about whether he did his job or not. These white eggs are a new layer,and still haven't seen them mate,lol! Excited for new lines this year!

 

[ronott1]

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I set 45 eggs Sunday 6pm.
A few are hard to see in, but otherwise fertility looks excellent here! 2 hens were put in with a new roo, so was worried about whether he did his job or not. These white eggs are a new layer,and still haven't seen them mate,lol! Excited for new lines this year!

Looks good for early in incubation! I can see veins

 

[generaldsherman]

Cute! But the messiness factor counts against them lol

OO! Good point! That's why I loved it when my duck hen brooded the little ones for me: not nearly as much mess to clean up

 

[amunk01]

Set 16 eggs (13 Silverudds blues and three 55 flowery hen) at 7 pm last night. Some of the air cells are a bit loose (though the one day wait afforded by the faster-than-expected shipping seems to have helped some) , so I ran the egg turner only long enough for it to move to the upright position. I'll plug it back in in a couple of days. 2 or 3 days no turning for loose air cells?
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I completely forgot to candle and mark air cells on day 1.. I meant to do this!! Wish I had some Silverudds in my bator too!

 

[Pensmaster]

Pretty boring in the room with the incubator. Temps good humidity good everything turning as it should. Not really sure of the fertility with these but time will tell.
On a more exciting note I got 4 eggs today. Compared to 0 for the past week this is really good.

 

[Pensmaster]

I completely forgot to candle and mark air cells on day 1.. I meant to do this!! Wish I had some Silverudds in my bator too!

I agree those look cool. Had to look them up. I need some green/blue egg layers. Customers really like them, and my last green egg hen is getting too old now.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Looks good for early in incubation! I can see veins

"no veins.. no gains". i like gains