Brooding ducks

[Duckgirl97]

My broody ducks in the same nest have about 15 eggs that are fertile can I add more fertile eggs from the incubator to their nest. It would be about 6 more.

 

[Miss Lydia]

19 eggs under one broody what breed is your duck? And are the bator ones and ones under your broody to hatch at the same time?

 

[Isaac 0]

In my experience, too many eggs will actually lower your hatch rate. Harder for them to turn the eggs properly, eggs will be crushed more often, some will be cold.

 

[Duckgirl97]

19 eggs under one broody what breed is your duck? And are the bator ones and ones under your broody to hatch at the same time?

Mallard is the first one she been sitting on all 15 for about 2.5 wks now their all fertile and seem to be doing well. My Indian runner just joined in with her so now their both sitting on the best of 15 eggs. I've got 17 in the incubator but only 6 so far are fertile. My Drake mallard has been busy he got babies from mallard, Indian runner, and Pekin in the nest and Bator. I've got about 6 more im pretty sure are fertile but don't want them in Bator with the batch in there now bc there not due to hatch the same time. So I got fertile eggs to high heaven and don't know what to do.

 

[Duckgirl97]

Mallard is the first one she been sitting on all 15 for about 2.5 wks now their all fertile and seem to be doing well. My Indian runner just joined in with her so now their both sitting on the best of 15 eggs. I've got 17 in the incubator but only 6 so far are fertile. My Drake mallard has been busy he got babies from mallard, Indian runner, and Pekin in the nest and Bator. I've got about 6 more im pretty sure are fertile but don't want them in Bator with the batch in there now bc there not due to hatch the same time. So I got fertile eggs to high heaven and don't know what to do.

Also im not exactly sure where the eggs in nest stand don't know how far they are im guessing about 14 days in ? I just been letting her do her thing. I saved one got him incubator he had a hair line crack used candle wax and he is growing and acting like normal. He looks to be about 14 days as well.

 

[Duckgirl97]

In my experience, too many eggs will actually lower your hatch rate. Harder for them to turn the eggs properly, eggs will be crushed more often, some will be cold.

They seem to be doing fine with them. Im empty about 8 out last week to help her out. I got 2 sitting now so maybe it won't be to much for them. They decided this all at once. They never set b4. I incubated some in March with 4 hatches in april.