Help....my momma duck is gone!

[justusnak]

I "had" a grey little duck...she was sitting on 12 eggs. She was there this morning....I went to town, came home, she is gone. I waited for 3 hours, she never came back. So I fired up the old bator. What temp and humidity do I hatch Duck eggs??? With her being gone for over 3 hrs...with they still hatch??
PLEASE pray my little MoMo comes home!! I miss her little fuzzy head.

and her hubby, Shadow...has been walking all over the property, looking for her as well.

 

[Poultryisgood]

I Hatched my Duck Eggs at 99.5 degrees

 

[birdlover]

Oh noooo, Deb!! Hoping and praying she comes back! Dad must be a wreck. How long has she been incubating them? 3 hours won't keep them from hatching. PLEASE COME HOME, MOMO!!!

 

[justusnak]

Right now the bator is keeping at 99.5 degrees, and the humidity is holding at 60%. Does this sound about right???

 

[the Old Rebel]

Sounds good to me. I've hatched duck eggs at 99.5 degrees. Not sure what the humidity was though.

Has MoMo come back?? I sure hope she does. It is sooooooo sad when something happens to them. The Daddy Duck must be distraught. Please let us know if she came home. Thanks.

 

[kstaven]

Heat is perfect for duck eggs at 99.5 and the humidty should be 60 - 70 %.

 

[justusnak]

I hope these hatch. I went out and looked for my MoMo this morning. Nothing. When I call her name....she usually calls back to me. This is the second duck I have lost in a month. Waggles dissapeared as well. She was my little Mallard I raised for over a year. I just figured the call of the wild finally reached her...but now Mo? She is a ground duck...she can't fly. I just dont know why she would just walk away. Poor Shadow...laying in the front yard....like a sentinal...watching and waiting.