JustJandBlove
In the Brooder
- Apr 4, 2024
- 9
- 4
- 11
I am a novice to hatching Muscovies but have incubated 100's of chicken eggs. We lost our sweet girl, Ruby but had managed to collect 15 of her eggs before her passing. Sadly, when we lost her, the eggs were nearing 3 weeks old at that point. We didn't have high hopes. We fired up the incubator and decided to give it a go. At day 10 we candled and 8 hadn't developed at all. 3 more stopped developing shortly after or possibly before. Today is day 18 and we have 4 alive, wriggling embryos. I am seriously concerned with humidity and to spray or not to spray. We have a Nurture Right 360 Incubator and it stays relatively constant between 50 and 55%. We began cooling them for 10 minutes on day 11. I have forgone spraying because after reading the article about hatching Muscovies (prior to firing up the incubator and about 10x a day since) and weighing them plus monitoring air sacs, we have been doing ok. Nearing day 20 though, it says that's when it becomes important. Also, when I saw people spraying on videos, they were like SPRAYING the eggs. Getting them good and wet. Is that what you do? Please any and all advice will be appreciated! Thanks!!
