Have 20 duck eggs coming and...

[dpenning]

View attachment 1512075 I’ve begun bator testing with egg turner and thermometers and hygrometers!

Just came back from a run and I’m sitting outside and this is my yard right now full of ducklings lol

Holy lings batman! Are those all yours?

 

[Ducknewb_22]

No I just feed them all! lol you should see them all that’s only a handful! Lots of babies right now. I feed 30-80 ducks and 2 sand hill cranes.

 

[dpenning]

View attachment 1512085 No I just feed them all! lol you should see them all that’s only a handful! Lots of babies right now. I feed 30-80 ducks and 2 sand hill cranes.

So these are wild? Any consideration given or planning on how yours will integrate with the wilds? Do the wilds migrate? Asking as I'm expecting to have to figure all that out with

wild geese at some point! We have a pair that have raised 7 babies each of the last two years.

 

[WVduckchick]

View attachment 1512075 I’ve begun bator testing with egg turner and thermometers and hygrometers!

Just came back from a run and I’m sitting outside and this is my yard right now full of ducklings lol

 

[Ducknewb_22]

So these are wild? Any consideration given or planning on how yours will integrate with the wilds? Do the wilds migrate? Asking as I'm expecting to have to figure all that out withView attachment 1512107 wild geese at some point! We have a pair that have raised 7 babies each of the last two years.

So pretty. I live in central Florida they don’t migrate. I’m not sure how they will integrate but I have new ones drop in all the time and it’s okay. I will have a coop for the ones I’m raising. So I don’t think I will feed them together for a while.

 

[Ducknewb_22]

Getting the temperature tight on the bator is not an easy task, is it? I read temp should be 99.7, it’s thzt right? And humidity 55% ?

 

[dpenning]

Getting the temperature tight on the bator is not an easy task, is it? I read temp should be 99.7, it’s thzt right? And humidity 55% ?

That is about where my temp is. I ran my humidity at 40% until lockdown then 75%. So far four of six hatched, one is still in the bator squeaking at me but not pushing out.

 

[Ducknewb_22]

That is about where my temp is. I ran my humidity at 40% until lockdown then 75%. So far four of six hatched, one is still in the bator squeaking at me but not pushing out.

Wow getting the temp spot on is taking lots of little tweaking but once I find the setting I should be okay, right?

I have a hovabator with the water tray in the bottom, so this seems like a dumb question but how do I put water in it without disturbing the eggs, it would seem I just pour it in without pulling anything out, is that correct?

 

[Ducknewb_22]

Got the temp right sbd got eggs today’ I’m going to Let them settle for 24-48 hours then put them in the bator!

Quackers egg was tiny by comparison, hmmm ? Are they always about that big? For reference I got Pekin, Rouen and they are all approximately similar in size.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

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Wow getting the temp spot on is taking lots of little tweaking but once I find the setting I should be okay, right?

I have a hovabator with the water tray in the bottom, so this seems like a dumb question but how do I put water in it without disturbing the eggs, it would seem I just pour it in without pulling anything out, is that correct?

I use a turkey baster.