Velvet, the cabinet was part of a double blessing. We have a small hobby farm and I swear I try to have one of every living creature on it, lol. For ages, I had wanted an emu and a friend called and said , contact this lady , you will get your emu.... so I did and what I got was the sweetest lady who was trying to home her late father's emus and wanted only a few dollars for the pair in order to compensate the neighbor who would have to give his time to assist us in catching and trailering them..... as we talked , I told her about all my chickens etc and she said, when you go to the barn there at dad's , look inside , there is one of those incubators and I do not know if it still works but you can have it' I know dad used it up until a couple years ago.....so I did ....got it home, kicked off some dust and she fired right up, works like a charm.....believe me, otherwise , I would still be using them good ole styrofoam baters, lol...... I count that day as one of my most blessed...... got my babies who I adore and a great bater to boot....

Next time change some things. I've raised over 500 birds in an incubator and 100 with hens, but none were waterfowl so I'm not exactly sure what went wrong. About the exploded eggs. Try to stabilize the temperature more during the early stages. Make sure you drake to hen ratio is correct to ensure maximum fertility. Only use clean eggs and I prefer to not wash mine because it removes a natural bacterial film covering the egg. Only wait until 36 days at the most. Try to use two or three thermometers to ensure acurate temerature. Because waterfowl need more humidity than others try to increase the humidity.

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Thanks allan. Yes, I did say "if" because I can't say for certain that she did. I think that is the "usual" way they lay, isn't it? I actually did keep written records, and I can say with assuredness that the first egg was laid on April 27th, and then there were 2 eggs on April 28th. The next time I checked the box was May 5th, and there were 4 eggs that day.