[naturesparadise]

oh dear egbert is 100% DOA

i must have done sumit wrong as he was alive yesterday my siss is now very upset

[babe]

no really i have got to find a way to keep it warm till the power is back

down your pants can work :roll:

[babe]

oh dear egbert is 100% DOA

i must have done sumit wrong as he was alive yesterday my siss is now very upset

aww np, what happened?

[naturesparadise]

i dont know im trying to work out what happened

 :cry:

[GrannieAnnie]

I read something either on here or the River Cottage forum about a power cut,  a couple of weeks ago, but can't remember who it was.

what about a duvet?  can you wrap them up?

Sorry to hear about egbert!  what else is incubating?

[naturesparadise]

sorry you need to catch up grannie egbert is dead  in his shell  :cry:  :cry:

there is nowt else in the incubator at the mo i was going to order some duck eggs on Monday


EDIT: i think i put the light in the wrong place and it was to close to the eggs

and this made the eggs to hot inside the shell

i have now moved the light and testing it

its sad to think it was my fault i killed egbert  :cry:

[Vember]

O np that's real sad  :cry:

Better luck next time  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

[naturesparadise]

thanks i dont know whether to do ducks or the light sussex first  :?

[ck2day]

Babe,  where do you get all these lovely animations from??

Claire

hi claire, they are all over the interwebby.

here's a good place to start
just copy and paste the shortcut (where it says image)

delete the a and e out of the word image at the start and finish and it should just appear when you preview or submit

Sorry Babe, but there was no link in your post. Can you stick it on again?
Thanks

Claire

[snozzer]

First of all, you need to actually be quite precise when artificially incubating eggs.  You need to now the exact day of hatching because at day 18 you stop turning and increase humidity.  If you fail to do this you it is highly likely that you will  get a lower than 10% hatch rate.

From this expereince, I would suggest that you forget duck eggs which require a much more complex regime which includes a daily cool down period.

Incubating chicken eggs is quite straighforward if you follow some basic rules.

1. Get the temperature just right for the egg
2. Get the humidty right egg
3. Turn the eggs 5-7 times day every day until day 18
4. Candle eggs around day 6/7 and 15/16 and remove any infertile/dead eggs
5.  Stop turning day 18 and increase humidity and avoid handling eggs or opening incubator in those last three days (to top water up, have it pre warmed and right next to the incubator and then quickly open fill container and close all within about 20seconds or less)
6.  Resist all temptations to open incubator and handle eggs from day 18 onwards
7.  When handling eggs wash your hands throughly before hand with a good anti bacterial soap, then rinse them in clean running water and dry on a clean towel to prevent you transmitting bacteria to the eggs
8.  Let eggs settle for a day turning slowly 3 times before incubating
9.  Ensure incubator is clean before use (Milton or Brinsea disinfectant is good) as the eggs are most susceptile in the first 2-5 days of incubation to bacteria

[naturesparadise]

thanks for the info but every thing i have read says turn the eggs only 3 times a day even on the Embryology site

and also i didnt know about the cool down of duck eggs the person i would be getting them from

who is a pro breeder says i just treat them the same as chicken eggs but its 28 days to hatch not 21

now im confused    

[Bodger]

To cheer you up.



I cleaned this up for you ladies, the 'F' word was used in the original.

[snozzer]

thanks for the info but every thing i have read says turn the eggs only 3 times a day even on the Embryology site

and also i didnt know about the cool down of duck eggs the person i would be getting them from

who is a pro breeder says i just treat them the same as chicken eggs but its 28 days to hatch not 21

now im confused    

Honestly, turn them more than 3 times, your hatch rate will increase.  Hatcheries have auto turners that basically keep the egg moving 24hrs a day, many home incubators do the same.  Hens turn the eggs upto 40times a day!!!  Even if you have an auto turner, I have found that a daily physical turn to change the cycle boosts rates dramatically.  Most websites say 5-7 turns a day.  It is really upto you, but this is the best advice I can give you from hard won experience.

With duck eggs, we used to spary with warm water from day 7 to 25 and allow 1 ten minute cool period a day.  We were raising 5000 teal and 5000 mallard a year for game (I stopped 12yrs ago) and got very high hatch rates.

This year we are probably going to do 1800 hens in batches of 200 to spread out the stock for sale as demand seems to be growing
 

[Foxy]

Awwww so sorry NP! keep trying though........Personally I think broodies are best they do all the hard work for you!

[naturesparadise]

thanks all well i have been testing the incy all day and moving the light seems to have done the trick

so on wednesday ill order 6 light sussex eggs and try again