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[Miss Lydia]

@DuckyDonna @FortCluck

 

[Miss Lydia]

Little one sure wasn’t ready to hatch yet. Hopefully the next on will.

 

[Duckie doodle]

Little one sure wasn’t ready to hatch yet. Hopefully the next on will.

I am hoping the other one hatches. It is frustrating makes me want to give up. I have a broody duck but she will only sit on nest for 2 weeks then she gets bored and forgets about them, otherwise I would have her do all the work.

 

[FortCluck]

I'm sorry for your loss. Hoping the other one hatches. I'm sure I'll have losses as well when I do ducklings, I heard they're a bit more sensitive than chicks. I actually ordered from a hatchery in the spring to get runner ducks and their whole entire incubation died and they said it was from a small little issue with heat. It was so sad when I got the news.

 

[FortCluck]

I would make sure that your incubator stays at the correct temp.. do you have another thermometer inside the incubator to make sure that your temperature on your incubator is actually correct? You could actually put two thermometers inside of the incubator just to make sure that you're getting a correct reading. The humidity seems fine if that is correct, again do you have something that can read the humidity besides your incubator reading?

I have heard of numerous people relying on the incubators readings itself and usually their hatches do not go well.

 

[Duckie doodle]

I would make sure that your incubator stays at 99.5... do you have another thermometer inside the incubator to make sure that your temperature on your incubator is actually correct? You could actually put two thermometers inside of the incubator just to make sure that you're getting a correct reading. The humidity seems fine if that is correct, again do you have something that can read the humidity besides your incubator reading?

I have heard of numerous people relying on the incubators readings itself and usually their hatches do not go well.

I have a hydrometer inside the incubator and that is what i look at.

 

[FortCluck]

What incubator are you using?

 

[Duckie doodle]

What incubator are you using?

A still air incubator. Idk the model or brand, it belongs to my grandmother, I'm just borrowing it.

 

[DuckyDonna]

I have a hovabator with a fan and I also put an accurite temp/humidity gauge in it just to be sure. I found that to get the temperature to 99 I had to set the bator to 101.7. Always good to have a second gauge for a check.

 

[slordaz]

still air incubators are temp of 100- 102 for incubating
Fan forced air circulated ones is 99.0-100