Need info on hatching Duck eggs please.

[St0rmym00n]

I have hatched tons of chicken eggs, this will be a first for me hatching duck eggs.

They are large white pekin ducks....

She isn't sitting on them and I would like to know what temp, what humidity and how many days do they need in the incubator.
Do I lay them down as she has them in the nest? She had 8 but I took one to test to see if it was fertile.

1. Temp
2. Humidity
3. How many days

Thank you!

ETA: I forgot to say that I will be using a LG Foam incubator ( Thank you for any help )

 

[mnferalkitty]

I hatch my duck eggs just like my chicken same temp same humidity. they take 28 days though, I have auto turners in my incubators. I read somewhere that you should mist duck eggs but everytime I do this my hatch rate is terrible so I no longer do misting. I hatch A LOT of duck eggs and my hatch rate is very good when I hatch them just like my chicken eggs

 

[sumi]

I recently hatched some pekin eggs. My first time with duck eggs too. I set 9 and all 9 hatched, no problems except one malpositioned duckling that needed a little help. I laid them on their sides as it's more "natural". I read different things reg humidity but I decided to incubate at 45-50% and lockdown at 65-70%. I didn't mist the eggs at all. Temperature was 99* in a forced air incubator. They started hatching on day 27 and some took 3 days to hatch from external pip, so keep this in mind and don't worry if it looks like they're taking too long. Good luck with your hatch!

 

[St0rmym00n]

Thank you both very much! I am putting them in tonight......

 

[mnferalkitty]

Thank you both very much! I am putting them in tonight......

I put duck eggs in tonight too, we can do a hatch a long