Ravenstorrough1
In the Brooder
- Sep 14, 2019
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Hi everyone,
I've been reading lots of your posts and doing research into how to incubate duck eggs....however, I have one egg that appears to have a detached air sac.
I left them sitting upright (pointed end down) for 34 hours after receiving them in the post, with the intention of leaving them all sitting upright for another 3 days inside the incubator in a cut down egg carton (up to 7 days for the one with detached air sac) BUT they won't fit in the janoel 12 that I have
. I've sat it in a section of egg carton at about 45 degrees and the rest are sitting on their sides.
Will the air sac reattach if I gently turn the egg? Should I leave all of the eggs for 3 days still before starting to turn? I have two hygrometers inside, average temp of 37.6 degrees and 40% humidity. I calibrated one of them with the salt & water in a cup, in a sealed bag. I candled and weighed all of the eggs, marked the egg sacs and numbered them all with pencil. Everything was bleached & sterilised and I have a piece of foam lattice stuff on inside to keep them more secure and prevent any rolling. I've printed a weight loss chart so I can make sure they're of target for 14% loss and I really hope I've not missed anything!
Any advice appreciated - I'm so nervous!!
I've been reading lots of your posts and doing research into how to incubate duck eggs....however, I have one egg that appears to have a detached air sac.
I left them sitting upright (pointed end down) for 34 hours after receiving them in the post, with the intention of leaving them all sitting upright for another 3 days inside the incubator in a cut down egg carton (up to 7 days for the one with detached air sac) BUT they won't fit in the janoel 12 that I have
. I've sat it in a section of egg carton at about 45 degrees and the rest are sitting on their sides. Will the air sac reattach if I gently turn the egg? Should I leave all of the eggs for 3 days still before starting to turn? I have two hygrometers inside, average temp of 37.6 degrees and 40% humidity. I calibrated one of them with the salt & water in a cup, in a sealed bag. I candled and weighed all of the eggs, marked the egg sacs and numbered them all with pencil. Everything was bleached & sterilised and I have a piece of foam lattice stuff on inside to keep them more secure and prevent any rolling. I've printed a weight loss chart so I can make sure they're of target for 14% loss and I really hope I've not missed anything!
Any advice appreciated - I'm so nervous!!
Is your new incubator forced air/has a fan?? One thing I have noticed with the still air incubators, I have used, is that they have hot spots and cool spots; which makes for DIS eggs.
