Re: I want to give it a try.
Date: 21 Jun 2004 19:02:12 -0700
"Buster" <buster_pjh@hotmail.YOUR-PANTS-com> wrote in message news:<f7iBc.1031$L1.986@newsfe6-gui.server.ntli.net>...
> I want to try incubating some hen/duck eggs.
>
> I've got the incubator, and a source of fresh hen/duck eggs.
>
> I've checked out some web sites which all recommend that the eggs get turned
> regularly and for a period of days. What the sites don't tell me is how I
> put the eggs in the incubator.
>
> Do I lay them all on their sides, or do I place them in egg trays as if they
> were normal eggs? Also which egg do I have uppermost, is it the pinted end
> or is it the larger rounded end.
Hi, Buster!
Just lay the eggs on their sides. Sometimes you can get the large end
higher, and that is preferred. I mark an "x" on one side to make sure
that they are turned completely when I turn them. That should be done
3 or 5 times a day. The odd number is to avoid the eggs going through
the night in the same position two nights in a row. I turn eggs
end-over-end like the birds do and rotate the egg on the back left to
the front right daily.
Do you have a hatching chart that came with the incubator? It tells
temperature, days to hatch, and humidity levels. When incubating duck
eggs, I also spray the eggs daily with a mister. Depending on the
water in the tray does not work for me.
Best of luck on your adventure!
Kathleen
Straw Barry Fields Farm
Beefalo
Kentucky, USA
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