Hatching incubator help please

[dkkirby]

Hi
I have all my duck eggs from different dates in my homemade incubator. I would like a hatching incubator. Will one of these work? Just for hatching?

 

[Kiki]

No and no.
They both look extremely small.
Why would you not hatch inside your homemade one?

 

[dkkirby]

No and no.
They both look extremely small.
Why would you not hatch inside your homemade one?

There are different hatch dates on all of them and I know they're not supposed to be opened during hatching....correct? I want to be able to turn the ones with different dates. What do you think?

 

[Kiki]

There are different hatch dates on all of them and I know they're not supposed to be opened during hatching....correct? I want to be able to turn the ones with different dates. What do you think?

Have you ever hatched before?
How spread out are the hatch dates?
How many eggs total do you have in now and did you set them all at different times/days?

 

[dkkirby]

Have you ever hatched before?
How spread out are the hatch dates?
How many eggs total do you have in now and did you set them all at different times/days?

I have never hatched. I have 2 I got on aug 7 & 9. 3 on 17th. 1 on 20. 1 on 23 & a couple more but don't want to open again till turn time.

 

[dkkirby]

Here's a pic

 

[dkkirby]

We brought in because something killed one duck hen & was stealing eggs

 

[Kiki]

I think that you may get away with one of these small bators for hatching only then.
Sounds like it may work out but you really should get one of them ASAP and learn it well before the time comes.
Triple check the temperature with calibrated a thermometer and a calibrated humidity gauge.
You can not trust the numbers on either bator (the factory temp/humidity numbers)

 

[Kiki]

Here's a pic

This thermometer needs to be on the top of the eggs.

 

[Kiki]

Here's a pic

Triple check your temperatures so you don't over heat these eggs.