Ducks… and chickens?

[Shipgirl]

So I have a problem. My grandpa gave me a duck egg to hatch out almost 12 days ago, which I put in my incubator. He gave me another today so I put that one in. And my mom asked me to put 4 silkie eggs in on Sunday.

I only have one incubator. How do I manage these hatch dates when they are started at these times? Do duck eggs have a lockdown like chickens? Is it the last 3 days also? I know ducks incubation period is longer.

Advice?

 

[Shipgirl]

Sunday as in 1 week from today! Just to clarify

 

[Morgan231]

I think you will have to wait for the duck egg to hatch, yes duck eggs do need to go into lockdown on day 26. What day are the duck eggs on. xx

 

[Shipgirl]

one duck egg goes on lockdown 1 day before the silkies. So that’s fine. The others go on lockdown 6 days later. Hoping all will hatch quickly together and I can remove them (usually my chicks hatch on day 20) if I lock down for the first hatches, I can reduce the humidity and begin turning again for the other two ducks after I remove the hatched ones.

Only concern is not turning the later hatching ones for those couple of days.