A quick question to all you duck gurus out there. In the morning I will be placing 20-30 Cayuga eggs in the incubator. Hopefully they are fertilized as my ducks have been mating regularly for the past few weeks. The eggs I have set aside to incubate are those they have laid in nests as opposed to those just dropped on the ground. The oldest of the eggs is 5 days old.
My question is, after reading a bunch of stuff on incubating duck eggs, there seems to be a difference of opinion about what to do after day 25. Some sources say to remove them from the auto-turner and place them on their sides turning them at least 3 times a day for the last three days of incubating. Other sources say to do the same but to NOT turn them once being places on their sides for the final three days of incubating.
So, which is it? Days 25-28 turn them three times a day or not?
Thanks in advance. God willing, I should have at least a few new ducklings between March 5 and 8.