oh I love ducks, had them since i was in the first grade, never hatched any in the incubator or had calls though, i have a pekin hen that just lost her mate so i was wanting some buddies for her, we have mild winters hereThey have a lot of Calls, so lots of eggs... and most do not hatch ducks at this time of year... they're waaaay more messy than chickens and will have to stay inside for about 2 months, give or take... the real cold weather is coming up and acclimation to outside will take longer and be more difficult... just an fyi...
I KNEW there was something special about today; just couldn't put my finger on it. You feelin' o.k?I'm here, just got nothin' to say!
yes, I know that was a window.
Better disappointed than drowned!
Love 'scovies!! Good luck with your hatch!Update - Set 18 Muscovy duck eggs on 12-27-2015. Eggs were quite dirty, so I cleaned them with warm water and chlorhexadine. Wanted to try the method @Sally Sunshine posted, but was too lazy and just went ahead with what I hand on hand.Just candles them and have six clears, one blood ring and 11 that look viable. 12 / 18 x 100 = 66.67% fertile eggs
-Kathy
awesome saris!!
hey @FrindizzleFour posts in 30 M. Get posting!
awwwww get better quickly sweetie!Hi All! I am feeling a little better now. Had a fever and slept all day, mum brought over soup and helped the spouse with our boys. Fever started going down so I went ahead and took a fever reducer. Still very weak. I wonder if I got salmonella from the chicks....I did forget to wash my hands after handling them.
Anyway, I have two more eggs due in 4 days, another batch for my green egg project, so hopefully they both hatch and I might put 7 more into the brinsea.
@casportponyUpdate - Set 18 Muscovy duck eggs on 12-27-2015. Eggs were quite dirty, so I cleaned them with warm water and chlorhexadine. Wanted to try the method @Sally Sunshine posted, but was too lazy and just went ahead with what I hand on hand.Just candles them and have six clears, one blood ring and 11 that look viable.
12 / 18 x 100 = 66.67% fertile eggs
-Kathy
Welcome back, stranger. Was about to send a search party out for youawesome saris!!
hey @Frindizzle
awwwww get better quickly sweetie!come on babies!
@casportpony
Love this! Did you opened those eggs up before you figured your numbers????? its a must!
clear eggs may contain both truly infertile or they may contain (fertile) embryos that died early, I have other links but cant find them on firefox my bookmarks are a mess and will never be right unless I go back to chrome see HERE: fertility in hatching eggs
