Mandarin duck eggs

[blueraven]

I got a bag and now I see one egg has started to internaly pip and the others are still moving around. so excited eheh. wish i could get some wood ducks they are so pretty. but its hard to find a breeder with permits for them.

 

[refamat]

Hi its me again , I posted an earlier thread about incubating some mandarin eggs.

well they are still growing and look fine.
but i was wondering since one of my mallard ducks has just become broody and is sitting on some eggs, does anyone know if it would be a good or bad idea to take some of my mandarin eggs and put them under the hen mallard. would this be okay for the eggs.

thanks for reading and any comments will be helpful

I have a muscovy hen that I have successfully snuck in goose eggs on, just have to get her interested in feed (I go up and let her eat out of the scoop and she tolerates my presence) and I got one to hatch. So, I've done it again with another muscovy hen. What is nice is that the muscovys take 35 days to hatch and the goose can start at 28 just like a turkey. So by timing it right, I was able to be within a day of duck hatch on the goose. You might have to account for incubation times as well as well, but are your Mandarin's not sitting on the eggs they lay or are these from someone else?

 

[blueraven]

Yeah I bought the eggs. I kept all but one in the incubator. And put it back in the other day. All hacve internely pipped and hopefully when I get home they are externaly pipped