allidelgado
In the Brooder
- Apr 19, 2017
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Hi folks!
This is my second time incubating duck eggs. My first experience wasn't ideal, as I only had 30% hatch. Now we are incubating our own duck eggs (we got 2 females in our first hatch and they are laying fertile eggs!). I am on day 18 with 6 eggs, and all of them have been candled recently and are all doing great. My question, is how I can increase my chances of a better hatch this time around? The last time I followed the Hovabator instructions and only filled tray 4 with water until lock down. I am wondering if that wasn't the best humidity setting for ducks, seeing how it seems to be an instruction manual for all kinds of hatching. I have added more water this time around, but am still nervous. I don't have a humidity monitor and am just going by the knowledge of filling the trays with water. Most of my ducklings from the first hatch I did were fully formed but didn't make it through the hatch. Wondering where I went wrong and what I can avoid this time around. Like I said, I did add more water, and so far the air sacs look according to what they should be at this phase (day 18).
Thanks for any suggestions you can give! I am so excited and want to see better results this time around!
Also: If anyone has any advice about the Hovabator and knows how much humidity I should be adding now and during lockdown, I would be very grateful!
Cheers!
This is my second time incubating duck eggs. My first experience wasn't ideal, as I only had 30% hatch. Now we are incubating our own duck eggs (we got 2 females in our first hatch and they are laying fertile eggs!). I am on day 18 with 6 eggs, and all of them have been candled recently and are all doing great. My question, is how I can increase my chances of a better hatch this time around? The last time I followed the Hovabator instructions and only filled tray 4 with water until lock down. I am wondering if that wasn't the best humidity setting for ducks, seeing how it seems to be an instruction manual for all kinds of hatching. I have added more water this time around, but am still nervous. I don't have a humidity monitor and am just going by the knowledge of filling the trays with water. Most of my ducklings from the first hatch I did were fully formed but didn't make it through the hatch. Wondering where I went wrong and what I can avoid this time around. Like I said, I did add more water, and so far the air sacs look according to what they should be at this phase (day 18).
Thanks for any suggestions you can give! I am so excited and want to see better results this time around!
Also: If anyone has any advice about the Hovabator and knows how much humidity I should be adding now and during lockdown, I would be very grateful!
Cheers!
