duck and chicken eggs together

[jj ranch]

i have heard you can do this but if put in at same time and you have to add more humidity 3 days before hatch and chickens hatch first, will it hurt ducks to have humidity higher. they take about a week longer. do i lower humidity slowly back down for ducks after chickens. oh man im lost and worried.

 

[willowcol]

Someone had a post about doing chicken and duck eggs on here earlier. Sorry I haven't ever tried duck eggs but maybe find the other post and see how things turn out for them. I would definately try to get the humidity back down after the chickens hatch if the ducks are not due to hatch yet.

 

[Eastins Eggs]

Duck and Chicken eggs hatch at different times. Chicken 21 days, Duck 28 days. would incubate separately.

 

[Fudgie]

I start my duck eggs before the chickens then put the chickens in a week later. that way they are all hatching at the same time

 

[BirdBoy88]

Some people say don't incubate duck eggs with chicken eggs because the humidity difference but when i got my first incubator at that time i only had one incubator and i had 10 duck eggs in the bator with 4 chicken eggs and 7 duck eggs hatch and 2 chicken eggs hatch as you can see on my BYC page

maybe someone with more info can help you

 

[jj ranch]

thanks so much. i will next time put duck in a week later next time. im still trying to figure out how to use the smilies but all i get are the

thing. i love this forum it is so helpful

 

[Fudgie]

JJ when you reply to a post there are the smileys at the top and then over at the right hand side you see a thing that says smiles show hide. click show and VOILA there they are!

I am sure you meant to say put your duck eggs in a week EARLIER right...Ducks 28 Chicken 21