Incubating shipped duck eggs

[ckoop7]

On Tuesday i should be getting a dozen duck eggs shipped to me and this is my first time incubating eggs. I have a forced air hova bator. I will be hand turning them using the pointy end down egg carton method. My concern is if i should lay them on their side before lockdown or leave them in the carton? Everyone is saying something different and im just wondering what your experiences are. My other question is about humidity, alot of people say to have it at between 45-55% for the first 25 days and raise it to around 75% on the other hand alot of people are saying it has worked better for them when they kept the humidity lower and tried to do a dry hatch, I am concerned about these two things, i have had my incubator running so i can see how it runs and how to get it to the desired temp and things like that. If anyone has experience with hatching shipped eggs and how successful it was and what you did i would really appreciate it!

 

[Amiga]

Welcome!

Have you seen the Sticky on hatching waterfowl? The Sticky index link is in blue letters at the top of the Duck Forum.

Also, there is a thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/861442/when-to-help-when-to-worry you might look through to not only find information, but see who has hatching experience.