How Soon After Adding a Drake are Eggs Fertile?

[Mylied]

Its nerve wracking thats forsure! The hardest part is keeping your hands off them while they hatch! Well its hard for me, i have busy hands

Yeah, I've been bad about 'helping' chicks but I've learned hands off is better.

 

[Jpat]

Yeah, I've been bad about 'helping' chicks but I've learned hands off is better.

Thats right

No matter how many times i see it happen it still amazing me when babies come out of eggs

 

[Miss Lydia]

I sure hope so. Ducklings hatching is the part I'm most nervous about.

There's a lot of experienced hatchers on here so be sure to holler when ready for hatch.

 

[Mylied]

The 7 little guys are going strong. Air cells look ok and I've been cooling/misting the last few days. Ducks take so long to hatch.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How much longer till hatch day?

 

[Mylied]

How much longer till hatch day?

I think around 19 days. Mules are supposed to take 32 days.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It can seem like months. lol I look forward to seeing the littles.

 

[2 many chickens]

Congrats on the soon to be babies. I am excited for you! Interested to see how it turns out, I bet they'll be very cute! Incubating can be hard, it's like waiting for christmas to come.. then it comes and you're like wow that flew by.

 

[Mylied]

I've been away from my little future babies for five days and I'm just hoping my husband is taking good care of them.

 

[Mylied]

All 7 are still growing strong. All kicking and moving around. Day 20, so maybe 12 days left. Their air cells looked a little big so I upped the humidity some.