Duck hatch-a-long october/november!!!!!! come join!

[LoveToFarm]

This is my incubator and the straw is wt I use for water!

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

That's very smart! I will rig something up before lock down similar to that. I noticed today if I lay a finger on the eggs I can feel them kick! Incubating is my new addition.

 

[peachncrm37]

Mine are in a little giant incubator with a turner! until lockdown then I move them out of the turner and laythem down!

Don't lay them down. Leave them in the turner and shut the turner off. Changing their position will/can cause them to die in shell.

 

[peachncrm37]

To make that a little more clear, you want them in the same position all the way to the end. So if they are laying down through turning you want them laying down in lockdown. If they are upright in a turner, you want them upright during lockdown until hatch. I learned that the hard way :/ glad I bought the storeys guide to breeding ducks. I asked several breeders too and they agreed changing the position will kill off most of the hatch because the ducks position for hatch throughout so they need their position to stay consistent

 

[LoveToFarm]

To make that a little more clear, you want them in the same position all the way to the end. So if they are laying down through turning you want them laying down in lockdown. If they are upright in a turner, you want them upright during lockdown until hatch. I learned that the hard way :/ glad I bought the storeys guide to breeding ducks. I asked several breeders too and they agreed changing the position will kill off most of the hatch because the ducks position for hatch throughout so they need their position to stay consistent

Oh ok thanks so much for that I wouldn't want to hurt them!

 

[LoveToFarm]

That's very smart! I will rig something up before lock down similar to that. I noticed today if I lay a finger on the eggs I can feel them kick! Incubating is my new addition.

Glad to help!!

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

Today is day 20 my duck eggs have been incubating. I just candled and noticed one of my Pekin eggs has these weird dark clumps floating around the air cell. The duckling is still moving around. Does anyone have any idea what this could be?? I'm a little worried

 

[LoveToFarm]

Today is day 20 my duck eggs have been incubating. I just candled and noticed one of my Pekin eggs has these weird dark clumps floating around the air cell. The duckling is still moving around. Does anyone have any idea what this could be?? I'm a little worried

Weird never seen anything like that before!

 

[peachncrm37]

Today is day 20 my duck eggs have been incubating. I just candled and noticed one of my Pekin eggs has these weird dark clumps floating around the air cell. The duckling is still moving around. Does anyone have any idea what this could be?? I'm a little worried

Is it free floating or part of the duck? Sometimes you can see part of them fluttering and it can look strange.

Anything free floating I can't guess would be good, can you take a picture?

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

I'm almost positive that is it free floating. To describe it better I would say that look like long poos around the air cell. I have a picture but it really looks much different in person. It looks like part of the duckling in the picture but it is definitely free floating. I'll try to get a better picture tonight.