Ducks eggs on day 29!

[Scott]

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Again that's your call. The person that I quoted above has decades of experience with waterfowl. I personally believe duck eggs should be turned on their side for optimum incubation conditions. I would suggest you turn the eggs more than twice a day and go with an odd number of turns, say 3 times a day. If you turn twice a day, your eggs would always be ending up on the same side each night. A hen isnt that technical, she just shifts the eggs with her beak occasionally.

Is it too late to start hand turning? I wouldn't think so. I'm not an expert an such things, but I can tell you what I would do based on my reading and experience. If I were you, I would begin hand turning.

 

[bacres]

Ok, how many times do you turn yours? I am going to turn them by hand from now on. I will candle my eggs that are supposed to be hatching and put an update. I also have Silkies but they are young yet. Would you suggest letting them hatch out the eggs. Would my ducks hatch out their own eggs? I have Khaki Campbells and Snowy Calls.

 

[Scott]

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My incubator is set to turn them once an hour, but my auto-turner turns the eggs on their side. I almost always give my valuable eggs to my cochins to hatch. A cochin or silkie hen can incubate better than any incubator. How old are your silkies?

 

[bacres]

I have some at 6 weeks and some at 3 weeks. Also I getting an adult pair froma friend. I also have 12 eggs under my friends barred rock I have no idea if they will hatch because of the wheather we have been having latly. Would you suggest getting the adult pair ASAP? Does any turner fit in any bator? I have a Little Giant Bator and Turner.

 

[Scott]

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Then no... youre hens are too young to sit. Id continue them in your incubator but ditch the auto-turner. Turn them by hand 3 to 5 times a day. Thats my advise.

 

[bacres]

I can get an adult pair of silkies and have the hen sit on them or would you just use the bator for now?

 

[bacres]

If they Ducks have not yet pipped thorugh the air sac they are dead correct.

 

[Scott]

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If it is actually day 29, then the calls would have hatched by now. Calls require 26/27 days to hatch. If your temps are too low then it can set the hatch back a day or so. If it is actually day 29, then I doubt they made it.

 

[bacres]

I went and candled the calls looked dead and they havent moved since I put them in the hatching bator, on the other hand the khakis looked like they moved and shifted since I put them in. I removed the tuner from my other bator and we shall see how it goes now!

 

[cackleberrylinda]

Hi
I am having a hard time getting the humidity up in my incubator. any tips? I can't get it over 29% and I really want to get my call duck eggs going before it's just too darned late. I have a dish in there with water in it. Why oh why did I ever think hatching calls was a good idea? I guess I was more optimistic that day than I am right now. I'm actually scared to do this. Is that silly or what?
Thanks for any advice you have for me.