Duckling Thread!

[Sandiemouse]

Oh okay thought maybe she had slipped some in we didn’t know about

I'm trying to now, got a question for all How ddp I prepare my eggs before I put them in my incubator?

 

[MagpieDucks]

My fifteen hens from Metzer turned two this March. Here is my Appleyard hen from then to now:
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All your ducks are so gorgeous! Do they all have names?

 

[Table4Six]

All your ducks are so gorgeous! Do they all have names?

Thank you! All of my twenty-eight adults have names. Still trying to come up with two more for my cross breed ducklings. I’m running dry.

 

[happy duck]

@happy duck come post your duckling pictures!

I will My ducks just turned 1 yesterday and I have tons of ducklings pics!

happy duck has new ducklings?

Not yet...but soon!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Love baby pics

 

[Sandiemouse]

@Miss Lydia @HuffleClaw @Table4Six @rjohns39
Have either one of you gals know how to get the eggs ready for the incubator?
My girls told me they wanted me to hatch thier eggs.....

 

[rjohns39]

I store them in an egg carton pointy side down, at room temperature until I've gathered them all. I put a book under one side of the carton and change sides every day. The fresher they are the better chance for a hatch. But you'll usually get a good hatch with eggs 10 days or less old. I choose my cleanest eggs for hatching as I don't like to wash them. I'll incubate until lock down 99.8* and 40% humidity. Then at day 25 I'll bring the humidity up to 65% for while they are in lock down.

 

[MagpieDucks]

I store them in an egg carton pointy side down, at room temperature until I've gathered them all. I put a book under one side of the carton and change sides every day. The fresher they are the better chance for a hatch. But you'll usually get a good hatch with eggs 10 days or less old. I choose my cleanest eggs for hatching as I don't like to wash them. I'll incubate until lock down 99.8* and 40% humidity. Then at day 25 I'll bring the humidity up to 65% for while they are in lock down.

Instead of using a book I came up with this: It’s the top part of the carton cut in half.

 

[rjohns39]

That works

 

[Sandiemouse]

I store them in an egg carton pointy side down, at room temperature until I've gathered them all. I put a book under one side of the carton and change sides every day. The fresher they are the better chance for a hatch. But you'll usually get a good hatch with eggs 10 days or less old. I choose my cleanest eggs for hatching as I don't like to wash them. I'll incubate until lock down 99.8* and 40% humidity. Then at day 25 I'll bring the humidity up to 65% for while they are in lock down.

I've had my incubator on all night and I've just collected all my eggs that I'm gonna choose from duck and chicken . I'm letting them get to room temp before I wipe them down and put in the incubator

The girls just delivered them to me in the last two days