Duck egg incubation end result??

[Equimby88]

So.. I incubated some duck eggs. 8 hatched and I was so pleased. They are 8 weeks old now and none have developed a quack.. So I had them vent sexed and every single bloody 1 is a drake. Is this just bad luck or is it something to do with the way they were incubated. Temp humidity ect can that determine gender or is that a myth lol

 

[2 many chickens]

My ducks were still peeping at 8 weeks. It took a long time before they actually quacked. Are you certain they're drakes?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@WVduckchick ?

 

[Equimby88]

If never had a duck quack so late they always seem to start at 5-6 weeks.. and yes when the bloke vent sexed them he showed me their little cork screw boy bits ☹

 

[2 many chickens]

Aw well I'm sorry. That's strange all are males.
I love drakes. My boy is the sweetest of all and loves snuggles.

 

[Equimby88]

I love all my ducks I could sit and watch them for hours. I would keep them all but I havnt got enough room to build a seperate pen for the drakes and my adult drake is very territorial with other drakes. He's ok while they young but extremely fiesty when they become adults. I had to rehome his brothers because he was terrible with them. Lucky my friend had them so I can still see them lol. I'm actually devastated

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

Studies do show that the higher the temperature the more turn out to be drakes. It's probably why I end up with lots of Muscovy drakes, and with my mallards and mallard domestics I tend to get more ducks. Muscovies heat up the eggs more then the mallard domestics.

 

[Equimby88]

The temp in my incubator was always set at 37.5,° and it was pretty stable and never drop or went any higher no more than 0.1-0.2. The humidity was a pain in the back side tho so I'm guessing I was just rather unlucky

 

[WVduckchick]

Wow 100% drakes is rare. I know temps make a difference with certain animals, like snakes or alligators or something, but I don’t believe it’s the case with ducks, chickens, etc.

 

[Equimby88]

I'm just super unlucky then lol.. I'm goin to.keep them a few more weeks just to be 100% but the guy who came to sex them is basicly an expert and does it for a living so I can't imagine him to be wrong. Plus like I said he even showed me each ones little cork screw