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If you have fertilized duck eggs from other duck breeders and you got it per parcel, leave them untouched for one day. Recommended environment temperature is 20 centigrade. Store them with soft rounded end up and pointed end down. | |||
0 | 28 | Wednesday, November 29th 2023 | Start the incubation process: Clean and disinfect the breeding machine. Fill in the water. Set the incubator's relative humidity to 65% RH. Clean the fertilized duck breeding eggs, put them into the incubator and mark them if needed. Increase the temperature in the incubator slowly (!!) to 37.6 centigrade. (99.7 Deg.Fahrenheit). |
1 | 27 | Thursday, November 30th 2023 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
2 | 26 | Friday, December 1st 2023 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
3 | 25 | Saturday, December 2nd 2023 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
4 | 24 | Sunday, December 3rd 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
5 | 23 | Monday, December 4th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
6 | 22 | Tuesday, December 5th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
7 | 21 | Wednesday, December 6th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
8 | 20 | Thursday, December 7th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
9 | 19 | Friday, December 8th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
10 | 18 | Saturday, December 9th 2023 | First examination of eggs. Take a special kind of lamp to check the fertilization. The little embryo casts a shadow. Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
11 | 17 | Sunday, December 10th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
12 | 16 | Monday, December 11th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
13 | 15 | Tuesday, December 12th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
14 | 14 | Wednesday, December 13th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
15 | 13 | Thursday, December 14th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
16 | 12 | Friday, December 15th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
17 | 11 | Saturday, December 16th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
18 | 10 | Sunday, December 17th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
19 | 9 | Monday, December 18th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
20 | 8 | Tuesday, December 19th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
21 | 7 | Wednesday, December 20th 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
22 | 6 | Thursday, December 21st 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
23 | 5 | Friday, December 22nd 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
24 | 4 | Saturday, December 23rd 2023 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. Open the breeding machine for 15 minutes to cool the duck eggs down. Take a sprayer bottle with hand warmed water to moist the duck eggs. Close the incubator. Check the water level in the incubator and refill if needed. |
25 | 3 | Sunday, December 24th 2023 | Second examination of eggs. The duck embryo fills the egg now. If the egg is not dark, it is not fertilized. Only the air chamber is still white. Put the duck eggs on a hatching pad. Stop turning the eggs. Set temperature to 37.2 centigrade. Increase humidity to 70% RH and more. Don't open the incubator anymore. |
27 | 1 | Tuesday, December 26th 2023 | Be prepared to welcome the new-born duck chickens. Do you have a bird chick brooder, a heater or a heating lamp, special duck chicks food, water, poultry drinker for chicks...? |
28 | 0 | Wednesday, December 27th 2023 | Duck chick's hatching day! End of incubation. Leave the duck chicks in the incubator for a day (optional). Attention: Incubation of duck eggs can take some days longer, up to 33 days. |
178 | 160 | Saturday, May 25th 2024 | Indian Runner Ducks: First eggs. |