How+to+Care+for+the+Eggs!

You have six chicken eggs and six duck eggs. What do you do with them? This is where you find out!

First you need an incubator. We made ours from a styrofoam cooler. We attached a 45 watt bulb to the top and then we wired a dimmer to the light cord so that we can controll the temperature more evenly. We made a forced air incubator which is for more eggs and it does not have to be as warm. Eggs need to be turned at least two times a day. We are turning them four times a day and rotating from side to side and then top to bottom. This prevents them form getting stuck in one position.

Your next step is to moniter the eggs. You have to make sure that the eggs are getting the right heat. They need to be at 99 degrees to 102 degrees. By attaching a dial to the power cord you can control that more easily. We have found that the dial helps a lot! Put a small bowl of water in the incubator, that makes the hummitity of the incubator as close as you can get it to the same hummitity in the eggs. This makes them grow more easily. Another way that you can moniter their growth is to candle the eggs. Which means that you can look into the eggs by holding them over a light. But as everything does, this runs a risk of harming the eggs. The next step is waiting. For the chickens it is going to be around 21 days and for the ducks it is going to be around 28. Back