question on incubating duck eggs

[Glenmar]

I have a Brinsea ECO 20. I have had great hatches with chickens. I am going to try some ducks for a friend.
I think they are Pekin. What do I have to do different. What day is lockdown.
thanks

 

[Poultrybonkers]

All I know is duck eggs take 28 days to hatch unlike the 21 days for chickens.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Temp should be 97 and humidity should be 50% until lock down then the humidity should go to 60% what color are your ducks?

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Oh, and ducks take 28 days, and lock down is on day 25 good luck!

 

[Glenmar]

Thanks. They are white. They belong to a friend of mine.
Do people who incubate both ducks and chickens together lower temp?
What if it is at 99.5?

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

you shouldnt incubate chickens and ducks eggs together. b/c duck take longer than chickens and it messes things up. And take it down to 97.

 

[Glenmar]

Ok. I will.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

97 is not the norm for incubating ducks. 99.5 in your Brinsea is A-ok. Try to keep the humidity around 40% until lock down then bring it up to 70% or as close as you can maintain. Your Brinsea should have ame with a set of papers which as guidelines printed in it as well. We have ran 4 of this year hatching everything from call ducks and peafowl to chickens with great success. Have fun.

 

[Glenmar]

Quote:
Those temps and humidity are the same as what I have been running. I have hatched chickens and one peacock.
So it sounds like I will be fine to leave the settings as is.

 

[duckyfromoz]

I have my humidity a bit different. It can depend alot on where you live and the current season as well as the machine- but for hatching I get mine up to aroound 80% For the first 25 days I go for around 50 % . Temp is 99 - 99.5 in my bator.

I have done chicken and ducks together, I had it at the higher humidity- the chicks were fine but just took a long time to dry out and fluff up. I watch the size of the aircell during incubation as much as the actual reading for humidity.