Chicken hens hatching waterfowl?

[Wolf-Kim]

I know that when artificially incubating, waterfowl eggs need higher humidity.

I raise broody breeds of chickens, so I was wondering if chickens(peafowl/turkey) can hatch waterfowl eggs?

And the flipside, can waterfowl hatch landfowl(chickens/peafowl/turkey/guinea) eggs?

It's questions like these that keep me up at night!

-Kim

 

[hendrix25]

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heres the answer and pics to back the answer. its really a cute and sweet story.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=178886

now you can sleep tonight

 

[92caddy]

I hatch turkey, duck, geese, quail, pheasant and guinea under my hens, all have hatched fine, no problems.............

 

[Wolf-Kim]

Awesome! I just wanted to be sure! I hate to waste viable eggs and I wanted to know if I could use landfowl for waterfowl incubating and waterfowl for landfowl incubating. The interspecies relationship I know wasn't an issue, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a humidity issue.

-Kim

 

[shelleyd2008]

Chickens can hatch duck eggs just fine, it's when the babies try swimming in the water that causes problems

I plan on letting my OEG hen set some scovy eggs next time she goes broody. This last time, she set for 7 weeks before I finally let her quit.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

That would be hilarious to watch how the hen reacts the first time her brood escapes her reach for a dip in the water!

-Kim

 

[shelleyd2008]

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The poor hens, they act like they'll have a stroke!

 

[chickenlittle32]

I've had a mallard hatch a turkey poult...and chickens that hatched ducklings...

 

[Wolf-Kim]

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The poor hens, they act like they'll have a stroke!

Poor things probably think their babies are drowning!

-Kim

 

[DuckLady]

It is even funnier when the ducklings scratch in the dirt like the chicks.