Incubator

I had no idea until we tried hatching eggs out last year that birds turn their eggs to make sure the young develop evenly. As we are playing mother duck we have to turn them, two or three times a day. That's why they all have little arrows drawn on them to make sure you know which ones you've turned.

We also have to check that the humidity and temperature is correct, it's like a sauna in there. I guess it's recreating the conditions under a living duck feather duvet... that's just been swimming.

You don't really need to have the eggs sitting in hay but it stops them rolling around and it gives you the fanciful notion that the eggs are more comfortable.

Duck eggs take about a month to hatch. Next big moment is to candle them to see if there is any life, we'll do that in a week or so, fingers crossed.