My Duck Eggs Are Rocking Please Answer This!!!!!!!!!

[Daniel_2kaii9]

hey, 2 out of 4 of my duck eggs are rocking can i put them in my hatcher now ?

my humidity in my hatcher is 60% and it wont go no higher and i havent really got time to get it up couse these 2 duck eggs could pip at enytime and i cant really put the humidity eny higher couse i got 2 chicken eggs going in the hatcher tomorrow for lockdown

(i didnt know how old the duck eggs were when i had them)

please answer

thanks

Daniel

 

[1lpoock]

Did you collect the eggs and then put them in the bator or transfer them from someones bator to yours?

 

[ChooksChick]

Move them over! Put a huge loosely wadded handful of wet paper towels in there (use hot water) to bump up humidity in a quick way. Then as they dry you can keep wetting them. You can also lay a single paper towel in the middle, leaving a ring of airspace on the wire around it, and the wad will keep it wet. This allows huge surface area for evaporation and a soft surface for the babies.

 

[Daniel_2kaii9]

my father's friends duck was sitting on the eggs and after a week or so he gave them to me & i cant up the humidity loads couse if the humidity gose past about 65% i'll drown the baby chickens in the egg wont i ?

 

[Sweetfolly]

Okay, I'm confused. You have chicken eggs in there too? How far along are they?

I hatch ducklings and chicks together all the time - for the last three days, I keep the humidity at 70-75%.

 

[Daniel_2kaii9]

tomorrow is day 18 for the chicken eggs of so if the humidity gose past 65 it wont drown the baby chickens in the eggs ?

 

[ChooksChick]

You don't need to have the chicken eggs in the hatcher yet- do you have 2 separate units? Or is it just one incubator/hatcher. If it's one, I'd go with 60% humidity and spritz the ducks if it looks like they are having issues.

If you have 2 boxes, I'd move the ducks, crank the humidity, and not move the chickens over until late day 19 to give the ducks time to hatch.

 

[Daniel_2kaii9]

i have got 2 plastic tub incubators but i still got 3 duck eggs that are on day 17

i just really quicky candled the 4 duck eggs and 3 of them are trying to get thro the air cell thay have been trying since last night

 

[1lpoock]

If the duck eggs are on day 17...they won't be trying to get in the aircell yet. If they truly are, then they are about to hatch and I would up the humidity. Why not just hatch chickens in the one and the ducks in the other if you have two?

 

[Daniel_2kaii9]

i have 6 duck eggs in my bator and 4 of them i dont know how old thay are and them 4 are trying to get in the air cell the other 2 are on day 17 and my chicken eggs are on day 17