Duck Incubation time.. (first timers)

[pamelajean]

 

[GeoGreyWolf]

Well I checked the two eggs i put in there 7-8 days after the first batch. Someone advised me I should and they should be fine, I hope. They both are showing signs of life, was only day 4 when i got curious and looked but seen veins. Now i have 3 Pekin x Swedish eggs and 2 Rouen x Swedish eggs.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sounds like your young drake is doing his job.

 

[Pyxis]

Well I checked the two eggs i put in there 7-8 days after the first batch. Someone advised me I should and they should be fine, I hope. They both are showing signs of life, was only day 4 when i got curious and looked but seen veins. Now i have 3 Pekin x Swedish eggs and 2 Rouen x Swedish eggs.

Congrats! That's great news! Things will get a little tricky for lockdown unless you have a second incubator, but we can help you with that

 

[GeoGreyWolf]

Congrats! That's great news! Things will get a little tricky for lockdown unless you have a second incubator, but we can help you with that

thank you, yeah i only have the one incubator.. im about to hit 14 days and my air sacks seem small.. one is smaller than the others. Sitting in the 30's for humidity now to hopefully make it larger

 

[Pyxis]

thank you, yeah i only have the one incubator.. im about to hit 14 days and my air sacks seem small.. one is smaller than the others. Sitting in the 30's for humidity now to hopefully make it larger

Hopefully that helps! You could also try misting if they aren't losing enough moisture.

 

[GeoGreyWolf]

Hopefully that helps! You could also try misting if they aren't losing enough moisture.

whats misting?

 

[chickens really]

That's spraying the eggs with a water bottle..Not needed. Humidity at 40 % should get cells bigger...it will take about two days at the lower humidity..Keep candling until cells are good. Plus they do get bigger the last week of incubation anyways.

 

[Pyxis]

whats misting?

Misting is when you spray the eggs down with water. It seems counter-intuitive, but it actually helps them lose moisture - the water evaporating off the shells draws moisture out through the pores. It mimics when a mother duck comes back from a swim wet and gets on the nest.

It's something that I don't usually do with large fowl duck eggs, because I find I generally don't need to do it, but it's something I always do with geese because it results in much better hatch rates for them.

If you get within a week of the hatch date and your air cells aren't looking good, misting will help them grow to the proper size. I've seen misting save entire hatches before when the air cells were too small. So, it's not something you need to do, but it is an option that you can utilize if it comes down to it.

 

[casportpony]

Misting is when you spray the eggs down with water. It seems counter-intuitive, but it actually helps them lose moisture - the water evaporating off the shells draws moisture out through the pores. It mimics when a mother duck comes back from a swim wet and gets on the nest.

It's something that I don't usually do with large fowl duck eggs, because I find I generally don't need to do it, but it's something I always do with geese because it results in much better hatch rates for them.

If you get within a week of the hatch date and your air cells aren't looking good, misting will help them grow to the proper size. I've seen misting save entire hatches before when the air cells were too small. So, it's not something you need to do, but it is an option that you can utilize if it comes down to it.