Day+ | Day- | Date | To Do |
---|---|---|---|
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, July 02nd 2025 | 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, July 3rd 2025 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
2 | 26 | Friday, July 4th 2025 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
3 | 25 | Saturday, July 5th 2025 | Keep the breeder closed. Do not open. Don't turn the duck eggs! |
4 | 24 | Sunday, July 6th 2025 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
5 | 23 | Monday, July 7th 2025 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
6 | 22 | Tuesday, July 8th 2025 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
7 | 21 | Wednesday, July 9th 2025 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
8 | 20 | Thursday, July 10th 2025 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
9 | 19 | Friday, July 11th 2025 | Turn the duck eggs 3 to 4 times a day in different directions. |
10 | 18 | Saturday, July 12th 2025 | 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, July 13th 2025 | 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, July 14th 2025 | 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, July 15th 2025 | 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, July 16th 2025 | 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, July 17th 2025 | 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, July 18th 2025 | 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, July 19th 2025 | 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, July 20th 2025 | 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, July 21st 2025 | 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, July 22nd 2025 | 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, July 23rd 2025 | 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, July 24th 2025 | 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, July 25th 2025 | 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, July 26th 2025 | 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, July 27th 2025 | 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, July 29th 2025 | 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, July 30th 2025 | 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, December 27th 2025 | Indian Runner Ducks: First eggs. |