How to hatch duck eggs?

[two j farm]

Here's our weather now. The humidity in my house is at 59%

 

[two j farm]

Possible the wrong incubator to use?

Its the only one I have.

 

[two j farm]

Has anyone here hatched ducks in the Little Giant still air incubator? What incubator should I be using?

 

[chickens really]

Has anyone here hatched ducks in the Little Giant still air incubator? What incubator should I be using?

In humid areas a fan air forced incubator is great...

 

[two j farm]

In humid areas a fan air forced incubator is great...

Does a fan make it more humid? I'm so confused. I thought I needed high humility for ducks.

 

[chickens really]

Does a fan make it more humid? I'm so confused. I thought I needed high humility for ducks.

No....I hatch here at 35% to 40 during incubation

 

[Miss Lydia]

A lot of great info and links have been shared.

Hope you have a great hatch.

@DuckyDonna lives in the south she might be able to help. @Runner duck mom

What breed are you wanting to hatch?

 

[Pyxis]

Does a fan make it more humid? I'm so confused. I thought I needed high humility for ducks.

A fan doesn't make it more humid, it just evens out the temperature throughout the incubator. If you want, you can easily add a computer fan to your LG - that's actually what I did with my first ever incubator

Humidity might not necessarily need to be higher to hatch ducks. I would actually start them off with the humidity you use for chicken eggs and see how that goes. I use the same humidity for both species and it works out really well. Since you've done a lot of chicken eggs you probably know how to watch the air cells or weigh the eggs to track that their moisture loss is on track? So, I would do that, starting them off with the same humidity you use for chickens, and adjusting if necessary.

As for misting, I don't usually mist duck eggs, but I do if the air cells don't seem to be big enough towards the end of incubation. That's because misting actually increases moisture loss, even though that seems counter-intuitive.

 

[Runner duck mom]

I think that is the same incubator @DuckyDonna has but not sure if hers was still air or not.
We had a little cheap one that worked fine
https://www.walmart.com/ip/HURRISE-...HbCzY1TkujCS3E2Khwhf-3DUsjIO72-xoCMJcQAvD_BwE
Looked exactly like this one but a different brand I think.
I couldn't get the humidity down for ours, was 60-65 for the first couple weeks then went down to 55 after that. We just didn't spray the eggs and they hatched ok, just a few days early.

 

[two j farm]

Thanks everyone. Is the temp the same as chickens?