Incubating Duck eggs with Chicken eggs?

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Henriettahen

Henriettahen

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I am a total newb...I was just wondering, is it possible to incubate both duck eggs and chicken eggs at the same time...in the same incubator?

or do they have different requirements?


thanks
 
Duck eggs require higher humidity levels than chickens do. I've only hatched ducks once, but I seem to recall the number of days is longer too...

Julie
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the reason I asked was, My friend is possibly buying an incubator, along with duck eggs to hatch , and I am thinking hatching some chicks.

I was hoping I would be able to share an incubator so that I don't have to buy a incubator that holds 50 eggs when I am only hatching 3
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I had a problem hatching duck eggs with chicken eggs befor. The bactiria from the chicken eggs killed the ducks wene they hatched
 
I'm not sure why that would happen, but couldn't you do a very quick clean of the incubator with a mild detergent then put the duck eggs back in? I had to take my incubator apart during my first hatch, and I still got an 80% hatch on shipped eggs.
 

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