Incubating duck eggs!!!/ hatch along for any bird

[silkiecuddles]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing. Ducks one week before. But they give up on around 18 days

hm. What kind of incubator are you using?

@Lacrystol @WVduckchick any ideas?

 

[dolfi]

hm. What kind of incubator are you using?

@Lacrystol @WVduckchick any ideas?

LG . I have been very successful with my chickens eggs in it. The ducks in have no idea what the breed is?

 

[silkiecuddles]

Some duck breeds only incubate 25 days, while some are 28, that's why I asked what breed. Are they your duck eggs? (Like from your own birds)

 

[dolfi]

Some duck breeds only incubate 25 days, while some are 28, that's why I asked what breed. Are they your duck eggs? (Like from your own birds)

No it's from a neighbor. But they don't get that far. My neighbor said that the ducks hatch their own in 26,27 days.

 

[gander007]

This little duckling came out to see what was going on .. 3 duck eggs were put into the incubator 13 March 2016 and this is the first one to hatch .

 

[4hBrahmas]

Someone gave me 2 dozen duck eggs today and after cracking one to see if they were even fertile( I don't know the person so I didn't know if they had a male) they are. I was going to try to hatch some of them, but I'm going to pick up chicken eggs next weekend to hatch so I wasn't sure if I could do that. Could anyone even guess the breed if I sent a picture of the eggs? I'm using a Farm innovators digital forced air incubator. Are there any tips for hatching these guys?

 

[Halloweengirl13]

Put the duck eggs in first, if you are getting the chicken eggs in a week they should hatch at the same time...

 

[4hBrahmas]

Put the duck eggs in first, if you are getting the chicken eggs in a week they should hatch at the same time...

That's what I figured but I've never incubated ducks before so thank you. I just wish who I got them from had mentioned what breed they were gah. They just left them at my work and I offered to take them because nobody knew what to do with them. I didn't even know if they were fertile until I got home. Oh well. Ducklings are fun

 

[Halloweengirl13]

Yes they are, and I always have much better luck with ducklings than chicks.

 

[feathersInfirst]

I took some eggs from our ducks at home and we are incubating them in my first grade classroom. We are on day 29/30 depending on when you start counting (I have seen many different opinions on that). We have 4 that have hatched and one that has been going at it for 2 1/2 days now! None of the other 8 eggs have even externally pipped yet I was so careful to keep the temperature and humidity perfect throughout the whole incubation period! I candled the eggs a couple days before lockdown and they were all doing great and wriggling around! What could have gone wrong?? Should I give them another couple days or so? Our two drakes are a runner and a mallard. And our hens are runners, mallards, and a rouen. Do rouens take a bit longer since they are bigger ducks? Any advice would be appreciated!