- Jun 5, 2011
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My family has set it's first set of Pekin duck eggs, and they have started to 'hatch'. Everything we have read says they should stay in the incubator for 12 hours after hatching. My partner says 'hatching' could mean when the egg is mostly opened and the duckling is still in there, but I think it means when they are completely out. The reason I am asking for clarification is because it would change when we take it out and put it in the brooder. I don't want to get this bit wrong because we have not had a good run with our first try. We started with 9 eggs, 3 of which showed no sign of life at 1 week. The next week one of the remaining 6 showed no signs of growth, and now we only have 2 of the remaining five hatching (the other three have not even pipped.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Stace
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Stace