incubating mallard duck eggs

[chickbird]

have looked at info on this site on incubating duck eggs and still confused:: what humidity should i use? can i use the egg turner? do i spritz the eggs daily? what is the incubation period for mallard eggs? thanks

 

[debilorrah]

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Humidity 65% days 1-18, then 70-75%, yes use the turner, only spritz if you are having humidity issues and the incubation period is 28 days.

 

[shelleyd2008]

You don't spritz the eggs and you keep temp and humidity the same during incubation. When you set them to hatch (lockdown) you'll need higher humidity, around 65%. But NOT during incubation, you just keep them wherever you keep your chicken eggs.

Mallard ducks take about 26 days to hatch. Using the turner is fine.

 

[La Mike]

Lol what debbie and shelley said

Try not to over think it its not much different than chickens just a little longer cooking and a bit more humidity at the end.

 

[debilorrah]

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LOL! I have never had a duck hatch prior to day 28, and here where I live it is hard to get to 50%. I posted my dream I guess. I have welsh harlequins in the bator now and just added water - it was 25%.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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LOL! I have never had a duck hatch prior to day 28, and here where I live it is hard to get to 50%. I posted my dream I guess. I have welsh harlequins in the bator now and just added water - it was 25%.

Mallards are smaller than most ducks. Calls and mallards should take 24-26 days.

 

[debilorrah]

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LOL! I have never had a duck hatch prior to day 28, and here where I live it is hard to get to 50%. I posted my dream I guess. I have welsh harlequins in the bator now and just added water - it was 25%.

Mallards are smaller than most ducks. Calls and mallards should take 24-26 days.

I think I am thinking of pekin derivitives?? I thought mallards and mallard derivitives. Maybe I am wrong. I have been before. Once.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Pekins are mallard-derived but they are also 2-3 times bigger than mallards. Mallards are just a little bigger than a call duck.

 

[debilorrah]

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I am laughing over here because my mallard hen must be HUGE!!! She is the same size as my pekins. Now I wonder what I REALLY have out there!!!

ETA: Almost the same size.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I am laughing over here because my mallard hen must be HUGE!!! She is the same size as my pekins. Now I wonder what I REALLY have out there!!!

She's probably a rouen, not a mallard.