Tell me how to hatch these eggs

[CluckstersAndChip]

I’m ordering 7 buff Orpingtons duck eggs from a website
And I’m just trying to get the best hatching chances
Please give me tips

 

[Chicken_Trainer2007]

Make sure the incubator you use has good ratings, put a humidity meter and a temperature meter in just to make sure the incubator is telling the right temperature and humidity you need for your ducks, make sure to test your incubator for at least 8-24 hours before putting your eggs in. keep a steady humidity for your eggs. And make sure the turning mechanism works

After shipping let your eggs sit in room temperature for 24 hours to make sure they rest after the shipping due to all the different temperatures outside.

Then have fun and meet your new flock members in 21-28 days (mattering on the breed)

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Too much humidity is way worse than not enough. If it is humid where you are, don’t add any water until the end. Shipped eggs are harder to hatch so don’t count your ducks before they hatch. It takes 28 days and ducks are slow hatchers. They usually pip one day and hatch the next. When you add water to up the humidity at lockdown make sure it is cold water, not hot. Try not to help unless someone is mentoring you how.

 

[CluckstersAndChip]

This one good
And I don’t understand what auto turning is does it rotate slowly around the base of does a rotation 3-5 some time everyday

 

[Yardmom]

Ducks hatch well using the same humidity as chickens. The humidity in the room will affect how much water you need if any. Aim for between 30 and 50 percent the first 25 days then up the humidity to 60-65 and go into lockdown.

 

[SnackMeat]

If you look up "how to incubate Muscovy eggs" article. You have a different type of duck, but the parts about regular weighing, weight loss, and vertical incubation for detached air cells of shipped eggs are important for you to know.

I would 100% never incubate duck eggs again without weighing before putting them in the incubator and then at weekly intervals. Chicken eggs are a lot more forgiving.