Help! first time hatching!

Haha, yes Ive had ducklings several times before. If we let them swim, we'll watch them. We have a plastic pond thing, that our grown ducks swim in, but I'll keep them out of it till they're a good bit older.
We had several mallards drown a couple years ago because they got in the covered pond thing, but they couldn't swim and mama couldn't get in with them. So sad.
We have a single rabbit hutch and a 3-cage rabbit hutch, so when it gets warmer and they get older they'll go out there. With a light at night, of course.
 
Brother sent me some videos. I'm on my way home now. There are about 6 ducklings in bator, he can't really tell. It's all yellow and bills, haha. The poor chick looked traumatized amidst all the ducks.
 
Just got home. Put the 6 ducks and one chick in brooder with the others.
There are 3 duck eggs left, and 3 chicken eggs. One chicken egg I don't know if it has even pipped yet. The silkie chicken egg has been pipped since yesterday. They really walked on it today. Hope it's fine.
I know one of the duck eggs is alive. It was rocking it's egg a bit. The others are pipped but they haven't tried zipping yet. Crossing my fingers.
 
Bator is full of duck fluff. It's thin, like hair, but really short. The channels are full of it, so I can't tell the water level. Humidity is at 60%, so I guess it's fine. Has anyone else experienced this duck fluff stuff before?
 
Bator is full of duck fluff. It's thin, like hair, but really short. The channels are full of it, so I can't tell the water level. Humidity is at 60%, so I guess it's fine. Has anyone else experienced this duck fluff stuff before?
Yeah, it makes a mess in the incubator, which is why I bought a cheap one to use as a hatcher.

-Kathy
 
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