tips for duck hatching??
- windwalkingwolf
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tips for duck hatching??
I incubate everything same as I do chicken eggs. Awesome results this year and never added a single drop of water...I use my own thermometers and go by relative room humidity... anything over 44 % works for me, and at 59% I start getting drownings, DIS and swollen feet. Ducks and Muscovy babies start making their own heat towards the end, a LOT of it. Ducks will leave the nest even during hatch, and spend a lot of time just standing over the eggs near the end. So yes, turning the incubator down a degree near the end is not only beneficial but I've found it necessary otherwise my incubator spikes to 40 degrees and stays there. If your incubator has a digital readout, do NOT trust it. Ever.
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