1st duck egg to hatch EVER!!!!!

[teachao]

my first duck egg is starting to hatch has hole in shell about the size of a thumb nail. 3 others have pek cracks starting incubator is at 78 percent humidty and 98 degrees. I am in in Savannah Ga. so our humidty is high anyway and it has been raining for days. I have 10 baby chicks in 55 gallon rubbermaid net to the incubator. I still have llight on them even though the lowis only 70 at night and 80 to 85 during the day. They are in my garage. I have another container to set up for the ducks. I only have chicken starter but the guy at the feed and seed said that was ok to feed the ducks. How long before it hatches all the way? Do I need to any thing. other than having a nervous breakdown waiting for my first duckling? Thanks to all of you Anne. Ps. This is worst than having a baby as my baby is 27 years old.LOL

 

[Katy]

It can take awhile (24+ hours) for them to be completely ready to hatch. Just leave them alone.

The feed you have for your chicks is fine for the ducklings. I raise mine on the same feed.

FYI: You're only supposed to post a topic once...not in a whole bunch of catagories.

 

[quackcrazy]

Hello teachao !! I am new at hatching but I have noticed that when our ducks started hatching this week the humidity went from around 75 to 85% and when that happened we had baby ducks running around chirpping !! how many you hatching ?? I have 12 more in my homemade incubator,I have been staggering the eggs and have had good luck.now to find out where to put them !! this has became a bad addiction ...

 

[roxie03]

I thought that chick starter was medicated and baby ducks cannot eat medicated food. That's what the guy at the feed store told me.

 

[Katy]

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That is not true. As long as the only medication in the feed is amprol/amprolium it is perfectly fine for the ducklings. I raise all my call ducklings on Purina medicated Start & Grow.