Refrigerated muscovy eggs all hatched!!

[mommy_tiger]

So, last month my "duck-sitter" misinterpreted my instructions and refrigerated 13 duck eggs that my muscovy duck had just started to sit on. They were in the fridge overnight.

I was very unhappy when I got home.

I let them warm up on the counter for half a day and put them back in the nest, and 34 days later we have 13 apparently healthy little ducks!

I heard that worked for chickens but found no info for ducks so thought I'd put that story out there.

 

[chickensioux]

WOW, how lucky is that? Good for you and for the little duckies.

 

[Goat_Walker]

This is just Amazing! I mean hatching refridgerated eggs?!

Uhmmm..... Where are our pictures?!

 

[Duck Keeper]

I figured it would work, but having 'proof' is nice!

 

[Wifezilla]

What??? No pictures???

 

[LittleSquidgenHome]

That is so exciting! This tells me that with my total bad luck in incubating, there is still hope if my little eggies WANT to hatch, they will. Ha! Such a happy day.

 

[jmc]

eggs refridged even for weeks can hatch.

eggs washed and even scrubbed can hatch--even in a bator for all of this, too.

so if you EVER have fridged eggs--even eggs that have sat uncovered in chilly weather for some days--and you want to hatch, you will probably get AT LEAST SOME IF NOT ALL to hatch.

No kidding, really.