Spraying Duck eggs

[Darrell Cunningham]

Dose spraying Duck eggs with water during incubation absolutely necessary or is it an old wives tale . I know the mother Duck belly is wet when she gets out of the water and naturally her eggs will be to lol! But I can't see how that helps the eggs unless they in a desert environment where they have to be kept at a certain temp like I've seen other birds do when trying to control the temp of their eggs . Hmmmmm?

 

[Pyxis]

I haven't done it for regular sized ducks, but I do it with Calls and for goose eggs because it really does help with moisture loss. It sounds counter-intuitive, but you don't do it to keep them from losing moisture, you do it to get them to lose moisture. I wouldn't say it's necessary for large fowl ducks, but it's definitely helpful. Especially if you're getting close to lockdown and your air cells are not the right size. I was also told by someone with a lot of Call hatch experience that misting Calls for the last couple of days before lockdown cuts down on sticky ducklings and sticky hatches, so I mist them on her advice.

 

[WVduckchick]

I misted my Swedish duck eggs my first incubation, but not after that. I didn't see any major benefit/difference. I have misted Call eggs a couple times, when the air cells were too small. I also wiped the eggs with a barely-damp sponge to remove the bloom late, because air cells were too small on some.
So I do believe that misting aids in getting the eggs to lose moisture when necessary.

Like Pyxis, to me it logically seems counter-intuitive (kinda like the old wrap-an-egg-in-a-wet-paper-towel thing to keep it moist...wrong!) but that's the way it works!

 

[Darrell Cunningham]

I haven't done it for regular sized ducks, but I do it with Calls and for goose eggs because it really does help with moisture loss. It sounds counter-intuitive, but you don't do it to keep them from losing moisture, you do it to get them to lose moisture. I wouldn't say it's necessary for large fowl ducks, but it's definitely helpful. Especially if you're getting close to lockdown and your air cells are not the right size. I was also told by someone with a lot of Call hatch experience that misting Calls for the last couple of days before lockdown cuts down on sticky ducklings and sticky hatches, so I mist them on her advice.

Ok thanks I have khaki Cambell and apple Yard eggs all are doing fine air cells dipping low . No where near lock down bout two weeks away .

 

[Shannonw1228]

I haven't done it for regular sized ducks, but I do it with Calls and for goose eggs because it really does help with moisture loss. It sounds counter-intuitive, but you don't do it to keep them from losing moisture, you do it to get them to lose moisture. I wouldn't say it's necessary for large fowl ducks, but it's definitely helpful. Especially if you're getting close to lockdown and your air cells are not the right size. I was also told by someone with a lot of Call hatch experience that misting Calls for the last couple of days before lockdown cuts down on sticky ducklings and sticky hatches, so I mist them on her advice.

Do you pull them out and spray them Or just spray in the incubator? I'm On day 15 and keep Reading this is important, I'd like to start.