First time incubating ducklings (any eggs)

The duckling hatched overnight, there was a little yolk still in shell but wasn't attached. I put the cloth in there so it wasn't on the hard plastic. Its been chirping, moving all over the cloth and opened its eyes. And 2 of 3 of the other eggs are pipping. #3 shouldn't be too much longer, it moved position.
 
Well, here's how everything turned out...

4 healthy ducklings with 1 early Monday morning - sm. grayish, 1 Monday evening - lg yellow, 1 1am Tuesday morning - lg gray, and the last on Tuesday evening - sm yellow. Due to egg size - 2 were normal size and 2 were med/large chicken egg size so as a result 2 ducklings are much smaller than the 2 hatched from normal size eggs. I've got them in a clear 66qt tote in my bedroom (no AC in room, just a floor fan) and instead of a heat lamp, I'm using the forced air heater base from my small incubator. I have the lid on tote but it's propped open opposite their heater. I have a couple thermometer/hydrometers inside tote to easily keep tabs so it stays nice for them.

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With them all doing well, I can finally get some much needed sleep.
 
I just saw your posts. How did it all turn out?
my ducklings will be 4 weeks Sunday. I still don’t know what kind they are. Anyone have a clue? The yellow one has white feathers coming in on wings and the dark one has a rust brown color on wings and chest. They are pretty big for being so young.
 

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I just saw your posts. How did it all turn out?
my ducklings will be 4 weeks Sunday. I still don’t know what kind they are. Anyone have a clue? The yellow one has white feathers coming in on wings and the dark one has a rust brown color on wings and chest. They are pretty big for being so young.
This is them now, taken on 7/24. Surprisenly they are all full blooded Runners considering I have 2 khaki Campbell (father and son) and 2 Runner (1 blue, 1 fawn and white) drakes.

Hatched 7/11, chocolate and blue.
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Hatched 7/12, fawn and white.
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Hatched 7/13 (early morning), fawn/white and blue.
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And the youngest hatched 7/13 (late evening), fawn/white (and possibly blue).
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