Hatching Duck eggs

[critterranch]

whay kind of ducks? they are probly fertile. when i did my runners i had 18/22 that were fertile. is she sitting on them?

 

[critterranch]

oh i almost forgot i got 4 that are out and 6 pips and 2 more pips in my chicken eggs.

 

[gofasterstripe]

Congratulations.

 

[critterranch]

here is an update on my little giant incubator

well i figured out my temp was too low by 2-3 degrees so all are piping and hatching late but everything else is good.
i opened incubator to turn eggs until every one was locked down.


here are lockdowns dates with egg count everyone is on there side no egg cartons.

jan 31 9 eggs duck into lockdown 3 hatched 3 pips my first pip was on feb 5 after everyone waslocked down.
feb 1 3 eggs duck 1 hatch 2 pips
feb2 2 eggs duck and 10 EE eggs 1 pip duck 2 pips for EE
feb 3 3 eggs duck no pips
feb 4 3 eggs cuckoo maran no pips

no strink wrapping from opening incubator
humdity is running 75 to 80 it spikes to 95 when they hatch then when they dry i take out and it stablizes to 75 80
yeah for my little giant still air!

this is my first staggered hatch normally i am not this crazy

 

[gofasterstripe]

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Congratulaions, nice hatching...now wheres the pics for cuteness

 

[critterranch]

lockdown dates

jan 31 9 eggs duck into lockdown 6 hatched- 3 never piped
feb 1 3 eggs duck 3 hatched
feb2 2 eggs duck and 10 EE eggs 1 hatched duck- 1 pip duck- 4 hatched EE- 3 pips EE
feb 3 3 eggs duck 3 pips
feb 4 3 eggs cuckoo maran no pips yet

anyone see any crested in there? it is hard to tell a few more days maybe in pic 9 runners and 2EE the rest are still drying

daddy that got killed by dog i collected eggs for 5 days set than set everday for 3 more days. 18/22 were fertile.

 

[gofasterstripe]

way to cute, thanks for sharing Critterranch

. all too soon they will be waking mud holes too

 

[desertdarlene]

Cute! I don't see any crested, but if dad had the crested gene, it may show up in their offspring later on.

 

[poultryfan73]

cutee!

the 3 that i hatch have went to their owners house(my friend)

 

[1234duck]

Awe....How cute. Sorry about the Daddy duck, what kind of duck was he? He was a pretty duck. (sorry I'm still learning the types of ducks). Julie