Hmmm, incubator.

Probably buy a small-capacity one on Amazon.

But now I'm pondering.

The ones on Amazon have automatic turning, as well as temperature and humidity control, but I'm not seeing a user manual on line, so... what other capabilities do they have?

It seems that duck eggs should have the humidity setting changed at one point in the cycle, and, IIRC, turning discontinued at some point before expected hatching.  Is there a setting for this?

Is there a setting for just turning the eggs, without heat, while accumulating a clutch?

Pondering further: if the eggs are supposed to be kept at around 60°F while the clutch is accumulated... that's not ambient around here, so they'd need slight cooling.  Should the incubator be heated/cooled with a Peltier module?

So now I'm having thoughts of a controller system, with open-source firmware, maybe using an ESP32, Pi Pico W, or some such (because connectivity), that could do the "turn eggs while maintaining 60°F" thing as well as a programmable incubation cycle, and maybe a 3D-printable incubator/turner to go with it.

Yet another thing to occupy my copious free time.  Great.

Comments

[Rob]

I had a incubator that was automatic on turning the eggs, one less chore to remember... Think about getting one and doing the learning curve with it as you design a better one..