EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[daxigait]

You're kiddings are nice and spread out. I'm wasn't real pleased that someone did the breedings and have 3 occurring essentially at once. I have room to make two kidding pens, not three. 

Mine are just the three in a pasture. They have a small pen for night time with four sheds I cleaned out, sprayed, and put out fresh straw. They pick their spot. All but one of mine used a shed last year. The last one chose the cedar tree.

 

[mlm Mike]

Well, guess i am on early, (Got a question)
I'm thinking of candling them all on day 7, 14, & 21. (If on day day seven I see any clears, I plan on candling them on day 10 again to see if I see anything and if not get rid of them. Sound right?)
I plan on candling 3 or 2 every other day or longer to make sure my humidity is good. Is there an egg chart for what duck egg air cells should look like?

If I recall correctly day 10 is the proper day to candle ducks, so you are correct in not tossing clears on day 7. There is a duck egg air cell chart somewhere, hopefully someone will post it. Right now I am too lazy to look.

 

[mlm Mike]

@The Duck Ladie

There are some duck egg candle pictures in this list:

• Candle of a Fresh EGG post #1751
• CANDLE PICS Scratch Cradle
• Cracked and thawed FROZEN EGG candle post #40745
• It is possible to candle and see if an egg is viable 12 hours into incubation post #29562
• 34 hours candle post #28111
• Day 2 candle post #18795
• Day 3 candle post #40797
  ****Embryonic Motor Behaviors embryo movement begin 3.5 days of incubation Click HERE
• Day 4 candles post #66553
• Day 4 Ancona Duck post #79818
• Day 5 candle post #67322 post #1186
• Day 6 candle post #43401
• Day 6 Guinea candles post #3276
• Day 7 candle images post #41332
• Day 7 Ancona duck eggs Candle post #80906
• Day 8 candle post #100384
• Day 10 Candles post #51345
• Day 10 Ancona Duck post #81978
• Day 11 candles post #102057
• Day 11 guinea post #92803
• Day 12 candles post #1269
• DAY 12 silky DUCK candle VIDEO post #26271
• Day 12 DUCK video post #29624
• Day 13 candles post #1559
• Day 14 candles post #1087
• Day 14 Ancona Duck post #83584 post #152947
• How do my Aircells look day 14? post #72011

• Day 15 candles post #76732
• Day 16 candles post #22182 post #40181
• Day 17 Candles post #51446
• *** DAY 18 CANDLES SEE LOCKDOWN SECTION BELOW***
• MISC cool candles post #32317
• CALL DUCK CANDLING pics by Rayvyn day 5 & 11 & 14 & 18 see posts #1348 post #1354post #1844 post #2696
• Muscovy egg at day 17 candle post #32423
• Day 18 Ancona Duck post #84853
• Day 21 Ancona Duck post #85709
  Day 24 Ancona Duck post #87139
• Coturnix Quail Egg Candling Guide: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/coturnix-quail-egg-candling-guide

 

[mlm Mike]

@The Duck Ladie



Found an easy way, lol

 

[daxigait]

@chicken hawk 33So have you advertised your chicks? I priced mine to sell. I did not want to mess with them. I kept my HRIR and sold all 23 EE straight run for 2.50 each last night. I try to have buyers lined up the week before they hatch.

 

[The Duck Ladie]

@The Duck Ladie



Found an easy way, lol

Thank you

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: No plan is going to be perfect, & it's not my wish to be a wet blanket, but doesn't shipping eggs mean someone has to make a trip to the post office, or trust the carrier not to scramble them on the way up the mountain?

 

[BullChick]

Well, guess i am on early, (Got a question)
I'm thinking of candling them all on day 7, 14, & 21. (If on day day seven I see any clears, I plan on candling them on day 10 again to see if I see anything and if not get rid of them. Sound right?)
I plan on candling 3 or 2 every other day or longer  to make sure my humidity is good. Is there an egg chart for what duck egg air cells should look like?

 

[The Duck Ladie]

I have that printed out, but the air cells doesn't seem to change in this till day 24, so I thought this was for what the duckling should look like, not as much the air cell..

 

[DwayneNLiz]

You're kiddings are nice and spread out. I'm wasn't real pleased that someone did the breedings and have 3 occurring essentially at once. I have room to make two kidding pens, not three.

lol, arent they your goats?

Well, guess i am on early, (Got a question)
I'm thinking of candling them all on day 7, 14, & 21. (If on day day seven I see any clears, I plan on candling them on day 10 again to see if I see anything and if not get rid of them. Sound right?)
I plan on candling 3 or 2 every other day or longer to make sure my humidity is good. Is there an egg chart for what duck egg air cells should look like?

sounds fine

@The Duck Ladie



Found an easy way, lol

this also depends on the type of duck

Thank you

what kind of ducks you hatchin??