Egg fertility??

[Keah]

Hi All,

So I bought an incubator and I want to hatch ducks eggs and chicken eggs but obviously I cant do both at the same time...soooo I want to hatch my duck eggs first and then chicken eggs, the rooster I have at my place will be going soon as he was a friends. And I have cracked a chicken egg and it was fertile..i have been collecting chicken eggs and it turns out they will be 4 weeks old by the time I would be able to put them in the incubator. Would they still hatch?!?
Sorry if this didn't make much sense..thanks xx

 

[trailrider330]

Once an egg is 7-10 days old its chances of hatching are greatly diminished. If an egg is more than 10 days old, it will likely never hatch. I would only set your eggs if they are less than 7-10 days old. If that can not be done, you may want to look at getting fertile eggs from another source.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Hi All,

So I bought an incubator and I want to hatch ducks eggs and chicken eggs but obviously I cant do both at the same time...soooo I want to hatch my duck eggs first and then chicken eggs, the rooster I have at my place will be going soon as he was a friends. And I have cracked a chicken egg and it was fertile..i have been collecting chicken eggs and it turns out they will be 4 weeks old by the time I would be able to put them in the incubator. Would they still hatch?!?
Sorry if this didn't make much sense..thanks xx

Eggs greater than 2 weeks are going to have a much lower hatch rate, but here's the thing, you can hatch duck and chicks together, (as long as you have space in the incubator) but the best way to do it is to put the chicken eggs in a week AFTER you have set (provided you have duck eggs that are 28 days gestation). Chicken eggs being 21 days will put your lockdown and hatch times together. Both species have the same incubation process both temps and humidity, you can even do duck eggs with the low humidity method the same as chicks.

Wish you the best of luck.

 

[Keah]

Eggs greater than 2 weeks are going to have a much lower hatch rate, but here's the thing, you can hatch duck and chicks together, (as long as you have space in the incubator) but the best way to do it is to put the chicken eggs in a week AFTER you have set (provided you have duck eggs that are 28 days gestation). Chicken eggs being 21 days will put your lockdown and hatch times together. Both species have the same incubation process both temps and humidity, you can even do duck eggs with the low humidity method the same as chicks.

Wish you the best of luck.

Wow really?!?

I thought that ducks and chickens had very different humidity and temp for hatching?? I will look into that, thanks!
And yes i do have the space it a 48 egg auto turn bator sooo plenty of room!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Wow really?!?

I thought that ducks and chickens had very different humidity and temp for hatching?? I will look into that, thanks!
And yes i do have the space it a 48 egg auto turn bator sooo plenty of room!

Yup, there's many threads on here about incubating and hatching the two together. Many people do it successfully. Temp is definitely the same and humidity-well no matter who you ask you will get a huundred different answers to humidity for both chicks and ducks, it's a matter of finding what works for you. Keep us updated and let us know how it goes.

 

[farm_girl726]

Eggs greater than 2 weeks are going to have a much lower hatch rate, but here's the thing, you can hatch duck and chicks together, (as long as you have space in the incubator) but the best way to do it is to put the chicken eggs in a week AFTER you have set (provided you have duck eggs that are 28 days gestation). Chicken eggs being 21 days will put your lockdown and hatch times together. Both species have the same incubation process both temps and humidity, you can even do duck eggs with the low humidity method the same as chicks.

Wish you the best of luck.

This is what we did we set the timer for 28 days and just put chicken eggs in at day 21