The proto-ducks are in the incubator at March 13th — at 21:13. April 10th will be 28 days, so there should be tiny little ducklings.
Tag: duck
Incubating Eggs
We’re about to start incubating eight duck eggs, so I wanted to record the temperature and humidity settings that I’ve found for the chicken, duck, and turkey eggs (well, future turkey eggs! We managed to get five male turkeys last year)
DUCKS | |||
Start | End | Temp | Humidity |
1 | 25 | 99.5 | 55-58% |
26 | 28 | 98.5 | 65% |
28 | hatching | 97 | 70-80% |
CHICKENS | |||
Start | End | Temp | Humidity |
1 | 18 | 99.5-100.5 | 45-55% |
19 | Hatching | 99.5 | 65-70% |
TURKEYS | |||
Start | End | Temp | Humidity |
1 | 24 | 99-100 | 50-60% |
25 | Hatching | 99 | 65-70% |
Duck Eggs Are Getting HUGE
Duck Loss
We lost a duck yesterday — the first prolapse we’ve experienced. She didn’t lay a large egg, and the shell was not soft (we started giving them calcium a few weeks ago). She didn’t seem to be in distress, and we tried everything the Internet said to do to reduce the swelling and get all of the insides back on her inside to no avail. The other ducks were enjoying splashing in puddles of snow melt, but they would come over to the sick duck and give her ducky hugs — putting their neck across the top of her neck and draping their head down. Eventually, she put her head down, fell asleep, and passed away.
The five remaining ducks seemed pretty down today — they didn’t eat much and spent a lot of the day napping.