Shaws call duck incubation thread (hatch a wonderful(worthless to Ralphie) dux thread)

[Fields Mountain Farm]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!

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no no no no no no no!
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[iluvsedward]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!

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no no no no no no no!
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Wow I didn't realize how hard it must be to watch all your friends hatch cute ducks and you dont get to join in!! Sorry

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Yay congratulations!

Oh i know! I do it practically every day

Shh h h h . . don't let Ralphie hear that!

You two are hilarious!

Oh yes! we dont want poor ralphie getting jealous now

Too late!

 

[iluvsedward]

I mean, who would want to raise toads instead of dux?! Ralphie really does have it bad!

 

[duluthralphie]

I am very very "anal" about my hatching, I never touch the eggs once they are disinfected and placed in the sterile incubator, without a tight routine of sterile gloves. I seldom candle on more than on day 18 of a hatch...

Every time you touch an egg you risk infection to the embryo and a chance to hurt the developing egg...This is not a dux thing this is just a good hygiene thingy..

 

[iluvsedward]

I am very very "anal" about my hatching, I never touch the eggs once they are disinfected and placed in the sterile incubator, without a tight routine of sterile gloves. I seldom candle on more than on day 18 of a hatch...

Every time you touch an egg you risk infection to the embryo and a chance to hurt the developing egg...This is not a dux thing this is just a good hygiene thingy..

True... I should tell my dux to start washing their webs before sitting!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

True... I should tell my dux to start washing their webs before sitting!

Should I leave a container of Lysol wipes in the nest boxes for my broody hens?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I am very very "anal" about my hatching, I never touch the eggs once they are disinfected and placed in the sterile incubator, without a tight routine of sterile gloves. I seldom candle on more than on day 18 of a hatch...

Every time you touch an egg you risk infection to the embryo and a chance to hurt the developing egg...This is not a dux thing this is just a good hygiene thingy..

I agree totally.
I just can't control myself. I have been using gloves. . .sometimes

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I agree totally.
I just can't control myself. I have been using gloves. . .sometimes

You do what makes you comfortable!

 

[iluvsedward]

I think ralphie is absolutely right, but incubating preferences could be compared to how people raise their kids, some say dirt builds immunity, some say it has diseases...
while obviously human to duck germs could be harmful to developing embryos, we know once they hatch they're typically pretty immune.

It's stuff to ponder... an embryo that dies because of human bacteria could be considered natural selection with the favor being for more hardy ducks... a concrete assertion would be that sterile incubation is always good, though not always achievable.