SailorV
In the Brooder
- Mar 20, 2021
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Hi all - I’m new to the hatching world and am looking for someone relatively local that may have fertilized duck eggs I can pick up. I recently ordered 6 eggs from Texas via Etsy. 1 was smashed upon delivery, and none of the remaining hatched. 1 was a dud, 1 developed a blood ring, and 3 simply stopped developing by day 12. No veins, nothing. I think they had saddle air sacs? I’m wondering how much was shipping shock and how much I messed up that caused the failure.
I’m incubating in a homemade cardboard box incubator with a 25 watt bulb, a digital thermometer, and some wet rags to maintain a decent level of humidity. I cover the top with towels and make sure to turn the eggs 4ish times a day. The eggs did have some dirt/brown stuff stuck on the shell, as well as the dried remnants of the smashed egg, but the seller said they’d be fine. The humidity the first couple days wouldn’t get above 39% but by day 4 it was at a consistent 55%. The temperature hit 103F one night somehow but it wasn’t for more than 2 hours. It mostly hovered around 100F after that.
Any advice or eggs appreciated!
I’m incubating in a homemade cardboard box incubator with a 25 watt bulb, a digital thermometer, and some wet rags to maintain a decent level of humidity. I cover the top with towels and make sure to turn the eggs 4ish times a day. The eggs did have some dirt/brown stuff stuck on the shell, as well as the dried remnants of the smashed egg, but the seller said they’d be fine. The humidity the first couple days wouldn’t get above 39% but by day 4 it was at a consistent 55%. The temperature hit 103F one night somehow but it wasn’t for more than 2 hours. It mostly hovered around 100F after that.
Any advice or eggs appreciated!
