Need help with Muscovy eggs.

Revan

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Jul 3, 2017
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Modoc County, California
Hello. So, I have a bit of a dilemma. My Muscovy Duck female has decided to lay another clutch of eggs still this year and she's not a very good sitter. She has a history of laying eggs that all end up dying halfway through development. For this clutch I would like to try and incubate them to see if I can maybe hatch them, but I know the criteria for incubating duck eggs is different from chicken eggs.

What I need to know for my incubator settings are:

-Temperature
-Humidity
-How many days until hatch date for Muscovy Ducks.
-How many times a day eggs are to be turned (my incubator has an auto turntable I can set).

Anything else people experienced with duck eggs think I may need to know. Please and thank you very much for your time and help!
 
99.5 temperature if forced air, 101.5 if still air. For humidity, use whatever you normally use for chicken eggs and watch the air cell development to adjust as necessary. 35 days until they hatch, and turn at least three times a day, but more is always better. A study showed a hen will turn her eggs over 100 times a day.
 

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