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Old 05-06-11, 02:43 PM   #1
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Need help with Duck eggs.

So, long story short, my cat is the spawn of Satan and today she killed a mother duck that was sitting on her nest and killed 3 of the eggs before we got to her.

The eggs are still warm and if you look closely there are 4 of them. I have some reptile incubators but I'm not sure what temp to keep them at, anyone know?

(gona do some research while waiting)
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Re: Need help with Duck eggs.

Hatching Duck Eggs
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Re: Need help with Duck eggs.

99.5 and they need more humidity than chicken eggs but not as much as snakes. It is possible to incubate them without an incubator to.
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Old 05-06-11, 03:00 PM   #4
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Re: Need help with Duck eggs.

Thanks, setting the incubator now. Gona candle them once the incubator is put together.
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Re: Need help with Duck eggs.

Without an incubator?
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Old 05-06-11, 03:08 PM   #6
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Re: Need help with Duck eggs.

My bad. I saw something that said that when I was searching for something else once. I just read up on it and the guys a joke. Something about tossing a towel over them and a heat lamp and trying to match exactly 99.5. But you have to flip the eggs every 3 hours and mist them constantly...incubators are the way to go
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Re: Need help with Duck eggs.

...unless you have a chicken..if you had a chicken you could stuff the eggs under her while she's nesting.
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Re: Need help with Duck eggs.

I've got a few dogs and a homicidal cat:P
If my goals were different that would probably work, but as it is I have a few cousins who want to see chicks hatch:P
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You could probably hog tie the cat and shove the eggs under it...make it pay for its crime!
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Isn't that a pleasant thought:P
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Time to kill a cat imo.
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Nah. Cat was just doing what comes natural to it.
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This cat brings home dead cats (only 4)... gotten in trouble quite a few times cuz of that beast
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Keep use posted. Normally situations like this don't work out that well but best of luck. Make sure you turn them several times a day. Never tried ducks Im working on 26 quail incubating now.
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Re: Need help with Duck eggs.

Temp is sitting at 98.7 atm, with 41% humidity, having trouble getting the humidity down but i might just toss in a fan.
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