Duck breeding question

[nsanywhere]

I had a lovely pair of Khaki Campbells. They hatched 11 babies for me last year and were working on a new clutch of eggs in late March. Sadly, my drake was eaten :-( SO sad......

I moved the female and her nest, and Fort Knox'ed the pen, but she gave up on setting, so I've had my broody chickens on the eggs - should have a hatch any day now.

If I do get any to hatch, and if one is a male, is it ok to keep him? will he mate with his mother? will I be breeding unhealthy babies in the future? or am I just putting human stuff onto the animals?

Not sure what to do here. Advice?

 

[Evermore Ranch]

that would be considered line breeding and you should be fine.

 

[nsanywhere]

excellent!

I've two hatching as we speak! heard pips and first egg crack yesterday afternoon, saw a bill tip this morning - woo hoo!

How long will it take them to get out of the egg? We're coming up on 24 hours here....