Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

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SS, I've been told by lots of people that turkeys are hard to hatch and so far that's proven true for me. Argh! Duck eggs are easier though...but they need lots of humidity so you might want to incubate them separately from chicken eggs. Dang little quackers are adorable!!!! I have some colored Muscovies that are almost grown, and 6 Khaki Campbell babies. Have some Muscovy and Pekin eggs coming soon. Ducks are super messy but aside from that, completely awesome!
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Hey Everyone!
Just getting ready for my first lockdown tomorrow and wondering if anyone has tips/advice? I'm planning to do temp 99.5, humidity 70%. The eggs have been incubating in a HB forced air but I'm going to transfer them to a Top Hatch THI30 for hatching since it'l be easier cleanup and better viewing. Also planning to have them in egg cartons after seeing several of you guys doing that...should I definitely cut out the bottom of the carton cups to allow air flow? Not sure if this is necessary for just the last few days. Candled my eggs today and am trying not to feel super nervous, they are so dark now that I can't really see movement anymore, hoping that is normal but I know some may have quit and I won't know until they don't emerge. Also some have what seem to be sort of large air cells, even though humidity has been in the 40% range. I guess I will just have to wait and see what happens...

Since I set them in the afternoon on 9/7, I wasn't going to put them into lockdown until later in the day tomorrow. Also I'll be at the office all day so I didn't want to set them in lockdown and then leave the house just in case any adjustments are necessary. I'm assuming since they were set later in the day that going into lockdown at around the same time of day makes sense but I don't know...
This is stressful! Anyone have more cute chick pics to distract/motivate me???
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SS, I've been told by lots of people that turkeys are hard to hatch and so far that's proven true for me. Argh! Duck eggs are easier though...but they need lots of humidity so you might want to incubate them separately from chicken eggs. Dang little quackers are adorable!!!! I have some colored Muscovies that are almost grown, and 6 Khaki Campbell babies. Have some Muscovy and Pekin eggs coming soon. Ducks are super messy but aside from that, completely awesome!
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I am itching to get my hands on some duck eggs, but I would have to put a whole new setup together to keep ducks so I'm trying to hold back
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coffeekittie said:
SS, I've been told by lots of people that turkeys are hard to hatch and so far that's proven true for me. Argh! Duck eggs are easier though...but they need lots of humidity so you might want to incubate them separately from chicken eggs. Dang little quackers are adorable!!!! I have some colored Muscovies that are almost grown, and 6 Khaki Campbell babies. Have some Muscovy and Pekin eggs coming soon. Ducks are super messy but aside from that, completely awesome!
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So true! What colors are your muscovies?
 
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