Too early?

[kada6305]

So I have both chicken and Ducks who just started laying in the past 2 weeks. Most of the eggs are fertilized that I have cracked. My question is this. Can I incubate eggs from 18 week chickens and 21 week ducks or do I have to wait until they mature a little more? I know they wont go broody for awhile so I will have to incubate them.

 

[five is my dog]

as long as they are fertilized they will hatch if everthing goes right.

 

[kada6305]

Okay. Next question. What do I need to do? How to I store the eggs until ready for incabator? And how long can I store them until they go into the incubator?

 

[five is my dog]

store them at room temp. you can keep them for about 10 days but the longer you wait the less the chance they will hatch.

 

[kada6305]

Okay. I need to look more into how to do it before we collect them for incubating.

 

[kada6305]

Anybody have any pointers for someone starting out? Also my rooster is a speckled Sussex and pullets are 3 red sex links, 3 lehghirns and 1 Sussex. Besides the obvious Sussex what will the outcomes be?

 

[five is my dog]

just keep temp at 99-100 if the temp strays from 95-102 dont be too worried. humidity needs to be 35-55% the first 18 days then 70-85% the last 3 days.

 

[kada6305]

Okay thanks I might have to go get some broody breeds. This will be exciting though!