Day 28 of Incubation. Should I intervene?

[LittleLakesFarm]

No I did not check, do you think I should open the lid again and look? :/

 

[Miss Lydia]

No I did not check, do you think I should open the lid again and look? :/

That is where someone who has bator hatching wisdom needs to comment . I only use my ducks/chickens to hatch. Someone said there is a hands on hatching thread on BYC go ask that there, I'd hate to give advise and something happen.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1081034/hands-on-hatching-and-help

 

[lovemy mallards]

still waiting to here if you have babies hope everything works out for you. good luck.

 

[LittleLakesFarm]

Sadly none of the ducks made it. I think I have an idea why. I don't think the thermometer was accurate in the incubator. It was low. I thought that it felt cold but I thought it was just me. That would explain the long "Lockdown" period/late (non)-hatch. We live and learn. I will try again next year with a different incubator

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[Miss Lydia]

Sadly none of the ducks made it. I think I have an idea why. I don't think the thermometer was accurate in the incubator. It was low. I thought that it felt cold but I thought it was just me. That would explain the long "Lockdown" period/late (non)-hatch. We live and learn. I will try again next year with a different incubator

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I am so sorry

 

[LittleLakesFarm]

I am so sorry

Thank you.

I have never had a hatch before where not even one made it. I am heartbroken. Thank you for your support. I really appreciate it a lot.

 

[Chickies2020]

Awww Im sorry. Both my ducks died, and Im waiting on my chickens still (theyre still alive but late). Very hard to wait so long just to lose them, no question.

 

[LittleLakesFarm]

Awww Im sorry. Both my ducks died, and Im waiting on my chickens still (theyre still alive but late). Very hard to wait so long just to lose them, no question.

So sorry to hear that. We are in the same boat. Next year will be better! Best of luck with your chickens!

 

[lydiagirl99]

So sorry to hear about your ducks I have never hatched ducks before, but when I go into lockdown with my chicks, I get a wash rag damp with water and sit it into the incubator. It keeps the humidity up great ! And for long periods of time, too. If you want higher humidity then you just leave more water on the rag. Then if you noticed humidity is getting low ( my incubator has two smallish holes in it) I just put a little eye dropper or syringe through the hole and squirt it onto the rag so you don't have to lift the bator up. Just an idea ! Hope the next hatch goes better for you

 

[LittleLakesFarm]

So sorry to hear about your ducks I have never hatched ducks before, but when I go into lockdown with my chicks, I get a wash rag damp with water and sit it into the incubator. It keeps the humidity up great ! And for long periods of time, too. If you want higher humidity then you just leave more water on the rag. Then if you noticed humidity is getting low ( my incubator has two smallish holes in it) I just put a little eye dropper or syringe through the hole and squirt it onto the rag so you don't have to lift the bator up. Just an idea ! Hope the next hatch goes better for you

Thank you!!!