The duck eggs are here! I picked the 10 eggs up at the Hart's Brook Preserve yesterday.
We have 4 Pekin eggs.
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The ducklings. |
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The adult ducks. |
And 6 Rouen eggs.
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The ducklings. |
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The adult ducks. |
The eggs are now in the egg turner that slowly rotates the eggs. The temperature is a steady 100 degrees with a 55% humidity level!
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Once a day, the eggs are turned over. The x helps keep track of the turning. |
And now the waiting begins! It takes 28 days for the eggs to hatch. Our hatch date is around May 15th! Stay tuned!
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