Duck vs chicken

[tjb]

my friend is bringing me some duck eggs to incubate for her... what are the things that are different between duck and chicken incubation?

 

[Pyxis]

Ducks take longer than chickens - how long they will take depends on the breed. Most take 28 days to hatch. Otherwise, they're fairly similar. Some people also mist their duck eggs, but I usually don't do that for mallard derived breeds unless hatch date is getting close and the air cells aren't as big as they should be.

 

[tjb]

Ducks take longer than chickens - how long they will take depends on the breed. Most take 28 days to hatch. Otherwise, they're fairly similar. Some people also mist their duck eggs, but I usually don't do that for mallard derived breeds unless hatch date is getting close and the air cells aren't as big as they should be.

Thanks you, these will be mallard eggs

 

[Pyxis]

Thanks you, these will be mallard eggs

Those will take 28 days then You'll want to put them in lockdown on day 25.

 

[tjb]

Those will take 28 days then You'll want to put them in lockdown on day 25.

Great. good to know everything else is basically the same.