Hatching ducklings--Help me?!

[chickensval]

I'm an experienced chicken egg hatcher. I have a little giant still air incubator. But since we have a big pond I want to try and hatch ducklings. I already have a African goose and a Rouen drake but I love hatching ! I've never hatched duck eggs or anything other than chicken eggs. How do I go about the incubation process? What temp should it be? How long should they be incubated? Things like that. Thank you for any help.
Val

 

[Pyxis]

Same temp as chicken eggs, 99.5. The incubation period is 28 days instead of 21, and lockdown is day 25 instead of day 18. Humidity is usually a tad higher, and a lot of people recommend 70% at lockdown, which is what I do and it works well for me. Other than that, same as chickens. Good luck!

 

[chickensval]

Someone told me something about misting them? M

 

[Pyxis]

Yep, some people do that. I never have, but for others it works great. I believe they mist them once a day when they candle. You could ask over in Thread Formerly known as hatch day is today, I'm sure someone in there does it and knows more about it.