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Date Posted: Tuesday, March 06, 08:48:58am
Author: Jim
Author Host/IP: vitaminc4.co.orange.ca.us / 206.194.127.112
Subject: Incubating Duck compared to Button Eggs

Hi Diane, actually the duck eggs aren't that much different. There's so much controversy over the 'right' way to incubate and not and all the hype about humidity levels, etc. Good rule of thumb: better to be on the LOW humidity end of things that on the HIGH end. I do have ducks, two varieties and more Call Duck eggs due to arrive in April.
I would say just run the humdidity about 50% and let it stay there through incubation. There's also the theories about misting the eggs because the mother duck would be out in the water and come back wet, etc.....don't even worry about that either it really isn't needed. PLUS when misting many times the water will cause the membrane to contract and pull away from the shell too early....usually when the water is too cold. Here's what I have been told is the most important thing to do and it is something I STILL have a hard time doing.... for duck and goose eggs, take them out of the incubator after the 10th day of incubation, and let them sit out to cool down for 30 minutes....do this DAILY. That idea just scared the heck out of me....BUT a great friend of mine who runs a huge dairy and poultry farm stated that he left his goose eggs out accidentally overnight in the barn during 50 degree weather, he didn't lose any! Other than that, incubate like you would any other poultry and maybe give them a slight humidity increase at hatch time, but not too much because again....there's more chance of drowning the chicks than anything else.
Hope that doesn't scare you away from trying. So far so good on ducks I have tried. My last hatch would have even been better than it was, but I had a hatcher spike with temps and then drop drastically. So now all duck and goose get hatched in my Sportsman or my new OVA Easy cabinet by Brinsea.


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