new member hatching ducklings and chicks

[ducklove290]

Hi my name is angel I am new to BYC. I have been looking over this site the past few days bc I have just started incubating ducklings (pekin) and chicks (buff orphington). Unfortunately I put the ducklings and chicks in at the same time but I am planning on moving the chicks to a different incubator during lockdown. Right now I have them all in the little giant 9300. I was wondering if There's any advice anyone can give me as being a new hatcher. Also should I mist the duck eggs while they are in with the chick eggs or no? If so when should I start misting?. Another question I have is should the temp be lowered after the chicks hatch or no? Please not negative comments. I'm sure I have more questions but I'll leave it to that for now.

 

[DuckPan]

Humidity is not a big deal for chickens until day 15. With Ducks Humidity is Critical. chickens need 55% ducks need 50 - 60% until day 25 from then humidity 70%. mist the ducks every other day starting on day 15. Any other questions? i have been hatching Chickens & Ducks for 3 years straight. All this is what Me and my family have worked on and Tried to perfect the Methods. Its not a big deal if you don't separate the eggs.

 

[ducklove290]

It's not a big deal if I don't separate when the chickens go into lockdown? And what is the best temperature for them both from your experience?

 

[ducklove290]

. I calaberiated (however you spell it) my thermometer. And it read 37.5 when I did the ice test. So that means it's 5° off so if I calculated right and I should have by incubator set at 99.5 then I should really set it at 104.5 since my Therm. Is 5° off RIGHT? This is my first time hatching babies.

 

[DuckPan]

temp in Celsius needs to be 37.8 in a still air incubator. I'm not sure what your trying to explain(sorry I need some coffee, only got 3 hours of sleep last night.

 

[ducklove290]

When I calibrated with the glass of ice water the temperature read 37 and I thought the temperature was suppose to read 32.

 

[DuckPan]

okay yea so there is a diff. of 5degrees so make sure you remember it with your incubstor

 

[ducklove290]

So what should I set the temperature?

 

[DuckPan]

Celsius 38.4 Fahrenheit 101.0

 

[ducklove290]

I have lg 9300 still air. We had a old laptop so I took the fan out of it. I wired it and everything but now by question is where should I put the fan in the incubator?