frustrating experience in duck hatching

[lomine]

Dry doesn’t mean you don’t add water. I sometimes have to add water to mine to keep it about 25. I live in a very dry climate.

 

[njchickenrookie]

Glad to report that mystery is solved.

I think it is humidity. Here are what I changed:

1 keep incubating humidity around 40 (in our area that means dry incubation).

2 manual turn 3-4 times per day. I seriously think duck egg wants to sit on the side.

3 keep egg level temperature at 99.5.

4 washed egg b/f putting into incubator.

After those changes, I got 22/25 for first batch of mixed ducks, and 8/8 for second batch of muscovies.

Thank you all for the help.

 

[Kiki]

Glad to report that mystery is solved.

I think it is humidity. Here are what I changed:

1 keep incubating humidity around 40 (in our area that means dry incubation).

2 manual turn 3-4 times per day. I seriously think duck egg wants to sit on the side.

3 keep egg level temperature at 99.5.

4 washed egg b/f putting into incubator.

After those changes, I got 22/25 for first batch of mixed ducks, and 8/8 for second batch of muscovies.

Thank you all for the help.

Congrats. I am so glad to hear that lowering your humidity worked out well for you.