Day 28 duck eggs haven’t internally pipped!!!

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I wonder if the cooler incubation--hardiness correlation would translate to chickens. I've always seen suggestions that the opposite was true. I may have to experiment some day!

Love your avatar pic! Is that a CCL X or sport color?

 

[Uff Da]

Love your avatar pic! Is that a CCL X or sport color?

She's an Icelandic.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

She's an Icelandic.

Wow - I know next to nothing about them but she’s gorgeous!!!

 

[JaeG]

I wonder if the cooler incubation--hardiness correlation would translate to chickens. I've always seen suggestions that the opposite was true. I may have to experiment some day!

I thought you'd find this interesting (and it is an interesting study):
"An incubation temperature lower than usual during the last week of embryonic development may induce a lower thermoregulatory set-point and enhance the potential for tolerance to cold (Tzchentke and Nichelmann, 1999)."
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/39d8/a3586012c88b80b9b7da8aecd5cbe8edf1d8.pdf

 

[Uff Da]

I thought you'd find this interesting (and it is an interesting study):
"An incubation temperature lower than usual during the last week of embryonic development may induce a lower thermoregulatory set-point and enhance the potential for tolerance to cold (Tzchentke and Nichelmann, 1999)."
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/39d8/a3586012c88b80b9b7da8aecd5cbe8edf1d8.pdf

This was a fascinating read. I see some experiments in my future--this would be a great 4-H project!

 

[JaeG]

This was a fascinating read. I see some experiments in my future--this would be a great 4-H project!

There's someone currently hatching duck eggs that was experimenting (after reading the Vitamin C research on chicken eggs) with spraying duck eggs with a Vitamin B solution seeing as so many ducklings end up deficient in niacin. Sadly she's only ended up with 2 viable eggs at this stage (one from her Vit B group and one from her control group), but it is an interesting theory.

You'll have to post your experiments and let us know how they go.

I need a rooster so I can do some experimenting.