HELP FAST RIGHT NOW ITS ABOUT DUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[auntdover23]

FIRST I NEED TO KNOW. can you incubate duck eggs in plastic containers???????????????

 

[Pyxis]

Do you mean you want to put the eggs in plastic containers in the incubator? I suppose you could, as long as you made sure that in the container they were all the correct temperature and humidity, and that there was oxygen flow since the embryos need oxygen.

 

[auntdover23]

I mean like can you make an icubator out of a plastic container. I found one egg and am trying to figure out what to do. It was just laid today

 

[auntdover23]

also how many times should i turn it per day

 

[Pyxis]

You could, as long as you can get it to hold prper temperature. It's also fairly easy to make one out of a Styrofoam cooler. If you look here you can see lots of ways people have made their own incubators.

 

[Pyxis]

You turn it as many times as you can, preferably an odd number of times so it 'rests' on a different side each night. Usually the minimum recommended number of times is three. Is this a wild duck egg? If so it's illegal to take and incubate it, just so you're aware. Also, don't panic, they stay incubatable for at least ten days from when they are laid, you have some time It doesn't have to go into an incubator right away.

 

[auntdover23]

Thanks very helpful. That takes alot off my mind.

 

[auntdover23]

I have it in a small container with a wet rag and a jar of water

 

[Pyxis]

That's probably not going to do it. You'll want to build (or buy) an incubator that you can get to a stable temperature of 99.5 F if it's forced air, or 101.5 F at the top of the egg if it's still air. You'll want a reliable thermometer to make sure the temp is good. You'll want to also get a hydrometer since duck eggs require a certain amount of humidity while developing so they lose the right amount of moisture. Just store the egg in a nice room temperature place until then and you have ten days before the chance of it developing decreases. Good luck!

 

[Pyxis]

Also, do you know what breed it is? Most duck eggs take 28 days to hatch, but muscovies can take 35 days.