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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 | Monday, October 14th 2024 | 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 | Tuesday, October 15th 2024 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
2 | 26 | Wednesday, October 16th 2024 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
3 | 25 | Thursday, October 17th 2024 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
4 | 24 | Friday, October 18th 2024 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
5 | 23 | Saturday, October 19th 2024 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
6 | 22 | Sunday, October 20th 2024 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
7 | 21 | Monday, October 21st 2024 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
8 | 20 | Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
9 | 19 | Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
10 | 18 | Thursday, October 24th 2024 | 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 | Friday, October 25th 2024 | 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 | Saturday, October 26th 2024 | 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 | Sunday, October 27th 2024 | 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 | Monday, October 28th 2024 | 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 | Tuesday, October 29th 2024 | 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 | Wednesday, October 30th 2024 | 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 | Thursday, October 31st 2024 | 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 | Friday, November 1st 2024 | 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 | Saturday, November 2nd 2024 | 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 | Sunday, November 3rd 2024 | 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 | Monday, November 4th 2024 | 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 | Tuesday, November 5th 2024 | 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 | Wednesday, November 6th 2024 | 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 | Thursday, November 7th 2024 | 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 | Friday, November 8th 2024 | 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 | Sunday, November 10th 2024 | 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 | Monday, November 11th 2024 | 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 | Thursday, April 10th 2025 | Indian Runner Ducks: First eggs. |