Incubating Ducklings (Start To Finish) Everything You Need To Know | Gold Shaw Farm Sent Us Eggs!!!

Morgan with Gold Shaw Farm Reached out to us and a few other KZbinrs to collaborate in an effort document a journey of hatching duck eggs. Follow our journey in hatching duck eggs and learn how you can incubate duck eggs and what we learned along the way! We are using a little giant incubator. ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓CLICK SHOW MORE↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
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[@Pet357]

I hatch a lot of duck eggs. Misting your eggs up til lock down really is a good idea. You did a good job but in my on opinion not opening the incubator after lock down keeps the humidity up and your hatch rate will go up. When your humidity goes down after a pip you shrink wrap your duckling

[@OurOrganicLife]

Good to know!! Thank you!!! :D This is an excellent piece of advice and I will definitely use it the next time we incubate duck eggs!

[@KE-vc7xo]

What and when do you feed a newly hatched duckling? I have a runner sitting eggs and there due very soon! Many thanks

[@mommajaned4352]

@@KE-vc7xo you can get duckling feed, make sure it’s high in niacin. Low niacin can cripple them.

[@WaveProject]

When do you start misting them and how often and when do you stop?

[@Gwalker0220]

I've hatch duck eggs for years,, every year with foam incubators. I Keep the water full but I have never misted them... We have hatched out over 200 this year so far... Our lowest hatch rate was 80%...

[@musicalADD_theband]

Something I’ve noticed about the light on the phone. It’s not bright enough to candle properly, and it actually generates a whole bunch of heat in that tiny spot. Put your finger right on the light while it’s on and hold it there for half a minute, and you’ll see what I mean. I don’t know if it’s enough to do anything, but a cheap, handheld LED flashlight I’ve noticed lets you see much better and doesn’t heat up as much. Also, I open my incubator every other day, sometimes daily. Just to candle them and see how they’re doing😝 If they start developing, they typically always hatch. I can’t remember a single time I’ve had a chick or duckling developing in the egg, then not hatch. Loved the video!

[@MrsStevenBrown]

Came from Gold Shaw..subscribing cause I love your genuine style of YouTubing! Watched a few of your other videos, and your farm is wonderful!

[@OurOrganicLife]

Awe! Thank you so much! Welcome! :)

[@gardenerjei]

Hand turning them is quite the commitment! I would be so worried I'd forget!

[@OurOrganicLife]

I did a couple times, but I was worried that my regular turner wouldn't do the job. :(

[@bread8703]

Thank you! This was so helpful!

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

Adorable seeing the babies interact after you put them in the brooder 😊

[@urbanhomesteadingpdx]

Great job getting the ducks incubated!

[@bumptobirthwithsteph1987]

Mine have started to pip and I'm watching for hatch tips and just am so excited xx

[@ingarode199]

How did it go? Mine are on day 22 😍

[@sishtrinigyal]

Same!!!

[@alivia3473]

Same here!

[@LittleMountainLife]

Great video! Hatching duck eggs is so challenging! I hand turned our Gold Shaw Farm eggs 3 times a day and had a hard time keeping up with that. You turning 5 times a day shows real dedication! Thanks for talking a bit about the khaki/cayuga duck. I didn’t even think about that as a possibility. We also had a darker egg and it’s definitely larger and darker that the other khaki ducklings.

[@OurOrganicLife]

Yeah definitely a learning curve, and I definitely had a few days where I slipped and only did 3 times, I love the cayugas they are so pretty!

[@allieblack5791]

When you hand turn, are you doing quarter turns? Full 180 turns?

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

Exciting to hear of you doing Khaki/Cayugas! I have a Khaki Campbell and just put my first batch of 12 Black Cayugas in a new incubator. Rested 27hrs then set them today :)

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

​@@allieblack5791a great way to incubate especially sent eggs is upright, air sac/wide end up, and in a container you can prop up. Put an egg carton under one end and shift it to the other end every time you want to turn. Increased hatch rates for eggs shipped from hatcheries. If not shipped eggs, full turning helps.

[@naturewatcher7596]

I have a similar incubator - worked well 1 season, but then became very unreliable, so I bought another model which works very well for my chicken and quail eggs (56 egg incubator from China). Will try it soon on shipped duck eggs and hope that some will hatch (at least 30% would be great). Will see. Thank you for your video.

[@jma8352]

what a blessing to do that with the kids. i got one of those cheap round ones and i hope i didnt make a mistake. i got it set at 96.5 to start going to 98.5 tomorrow

[@darkallyrecordings4931]

F'n adorable when it looked up before climbing up on your lap. :)

[@Countrygirlgirt]

Country Girl Grit watching from Myrtle Beach S.C. I started my first incubating of 2 duck eggs last night.

[@billiejomcghee1281]

I love your doxie! I breed dachshunds. I hatch pekin ducks on my farm. They are my fave ducks.

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

New subscriber from Morgans channel 🥰 !

[@OurOrganicLife]

Welcome! Thank you so much!

[@maryjohns4971]

I found your video today because I have ducks in my incubator right now needed some additional info and your video helped me thank you but was wondering if you guys are ok because I went to find your updated videos and there where none to bad because I really liked what I watched for that ty for the info

[@bhumikadutta3384]

Everything u did is exactly what i do....infact i made my own incubator n i have 22 duck eggs...just about to hatch. Thnx for the detailed video. The hardwork n the wait is worth it. I turn them 7 times.

[@OurOrganicLife]

That is dedication!!! :D I hope you have a huge hatch rate!

[@bhumikadutta3384]

@@OurOrganicLife i did....all of them hatched😁

[@OurOrganicLife]

That is amazing!!!! Congratulations!!

[@patriciacarson6566]

Great job Tiffany, yeah I bet it was kind of hard to keep up manually turning those eggs 5 times a day. I remember my dad brought me home some mallard ducks when I was about 8 years old. One Drake and two hens. Those 3 ducks wound up to be about 35 in about 2 years. Which is not an awful lot but we did ate some of the eggs. But I wouldn't let Daddy dispatch any of the Ducks. LOL

[@OurOrganicLife]

Thank you! I definitely want to get a new incubator with an egg turner that works for duck eggs :) Maybe we will try again when that happens :D I could only imagine having 35 ducks 😮 that must have been so funny to see them in their horde waddling around the farm XD

[@patriciacarson6566]

It was. But daddy said there was too many if he couldn't eat some of them they were too expensive to keep for pets. So he gave them away. I didn't have a problem eating the other animals and things on the farm. Just couldn't handle the Ducks back then. Take care be safe. God bless y'all.

[@mariaduran824]

I have the same incubator.. I did 3 duck eggs just to see if the incubator was working.. so I placed them in the incubator and I never touched it.. didn’t turned them just waited the 21 days and on day 22 I had my first duck hatching so I think I might have another one but the 3rd one is not good so I’m exited and I guess it was a miracle because I didn’t follow the turning process because honestly I didn’t know what I was doing… next time I will try to do better.. I love your video!

[@impressedbydes991]

The struggle has been real for me. I bought 40 duck eggs. And all but two failed to hatch. Most of them reached lockdown. Lots of them pipped internally but none zipped. Two made it when I assisted. One of those died... currently only have one.

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

Oh my. What a saga :/ I just bought a dozen black cayuga eggs shipped from a hatchery. I hopeci get a few! ❤

[@manoncboudreau]

Awesome video :)

[@CarolReidCA]

I love that you shared the hatch. I agree that opening up the incubator may have something to do with the hatch rate, although mama ducks do have to eat, so their eggs do cool off when they go eat. You said something about the humidity being 88%,I think you said? That might be a bit high. Also, I don't think you have to turn them so often. I forget what the temp was towards the end, yet it *seemed* a bit low to me (I'm no eggspert, yet from what I read, it seemed so.) Matt at "50 Ducks in a Hot Tub" has a LOT of experience hatching duck eggs & has many videos on his channel. He's talked about humidity and temperature in his hatches too. Also, you might ask the hatcheries who hatch ducklings what they do for turning, humidity and temperature. If you get any your first time you're doing great! You did a great job! We all learn from doing best, I think! I subscribed. It'll be great to see how the little ones progress! Thanks for sharing! Now I'm wondering if I could just hatch eggs for others? I don't have room for more than a few chickens, which I have, but hatching would be SO much fun! Hatching exotics like pea birds (peacocks/pea hens) would be incredibly fun. I'd have to have places for them to go though. Hmm...

[@OurOrganicLife]

I was maintaining the humidity between 75-85% but sometimes it would fluctuate and I don't know if it was because of the monitor malfunctioning or what. I definitely want to try my hand at hatching exotics down the road, thank you so much for watching! ^_^

[@enjoyingthejourneycanceras2355]

Never knew it was so difficult.

[@OurOrganicLife]

I think it would be easier with an automatic turner and a newer incubator. :)

[@CarolReidCA]

@@OurOrganicLife I think 3 turns a day is enough. You have to remember every time you open the incubator, it lowers the humidity and temperature both. I know it's nerve-racking when you're wanting to do the best! Especially when there are such cute little lives and when information is different from different sources!

[@wayne2fun]

Also, I agree with your other commenter if you do not open incubator during lockdown, your success rate will go up. You need to leave them in there and they will dry and have a better chance as well.

[@CRUMPETSHERE]

Do you have to take the ducks out for cooling down after day 10 or is the a choice for a better hatch rate ?

[@tonymalaluan]

I'm experimenting with five duck eggs. I'm not very optimistic, but if a couple hatched after three weeks, I'd be thrilled...

[@anafdurrani5402]

What do you feed them once they hatch? Day 1,2..

[@lianaburless1835]

I always thought of trying that with chicken eggs and such. Still struggling finding a place to move. So far no call backs on the ones we looked at. We have to be there at let by August when school starts even if it is online. It's also hard to keep going down there to look at home when we live in TX.

[@OurOrganicLife]

I hope you find something soon, there are so many people moving into the state lately, good property is getting harder and harder to come by. :(

[@lianaburless1835]

@@OurOrganicLife yeah trying to get a VA loan. Seeing what I'm pre approved for, Hopefully something.

[@FlowerBeds]

we are raising ducks at the moment we have 48 in the incubator 🤯 this was very helpful 🥰

[@OurOrganicLife]

So glad I could help!! ^_^

[@FlowerBeds]

@@OurOrganicLife :D

[@FlowerBeds]

And the people that disliked this 😡

[@OurOrganicLife]

@@FlowerBeds thank you 🥺

[@FlowerBeds]

@@OurOrganicLife np 🥰

[@adreanjelliff13]

Hey great video! What incubator are you using? How does it work for you? I’ve made my own styrofoam icebox incubator but I’m looking for something more reliable. Thank you

[@OurOrganicLife]

This is our incubator that we have had for a few years and it has worked wonderfully for us amzn.to/2RbBD2X if you like we also have a incubation video where we tried incubating ducks and chickens here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn-5nnqAab-Ybbs

[@WaveProject]

How often do you turn them and do you sprinkle it with water at all

[@wintermoon7492]

I’m new and am about to start. My magic fly incubator is in C’s so what temp would I start on

[@GDTOPSOLDLITEVI94]

How long should i wait before i can feed them? What do you feed them?

[@GDTOPSOLDLITEVI94]

Can i know your temperature & humidity chart from day 1 to end?

[@PrepsteadingWithBelinda]

Came over from gold shaw farms, have a question? did you at any point remove the red plugs on the top I'm tring to hatch some ducks myself and am learning as I go

[@OurOrganicLife]

Yes, there would be times where I needed to decrease the humidity or bring the temperature down and I didn't want to open the lid this was when I would use the plugs and remove them :)

[@wayne2fun]

All bird eggs, pip at the round end just to let you know some people may think it is different for chickens, ducks, turkeys, but not they all do the same

[@jucamamedia5251]

Cool

[@tristinalbright8370]

Hey i know this is old but im getting duck eggs soon in the mail and I was wondering how do I let the eggs rest do I just leave them in the box for 24 hr?

[@graceomalleygrimm9776]

Ok, I'm new to incubating eggs. How long can you wait before putting them in the incubator? You said you let them sit for 24hrs, after being shipped. So how long is ok? Also, do you have to fill the incubator? I only get 3 eggs a day, from my ducks, and depending on how long they can be out, I may not be able to fill it. I am so excited to start doing this, and get more ducks. Please help. Thanks, in advance, and also for the video. I am so nervous.

[@OurOrganicLife]

They are the most viable within a week of being laid but I believe you can incubate eggs up to 3 weeks old but I wouldn’t wait any longer than that :)

[@jameskujay9419]

I just inherited 213 mallard ducks 3 weeks ago any advice how many kilo minimum they need to eat a day

[@shaifahmed1648]

U rock

[@OurOrganicLife]

You too!

[@msjackiefriedman]

What do you do if one does pass away and the others haven’t hatched? Do you just leave the dead duckling in the incubator?

[@jennifer3662]

How often do you clean its bedding?

[@zeenaner9576]

love your video! am i meant to turn it everyday, and how many times do it do it? xx

[@OurOrganicLife]

Duck eggs need to turn 3-5 times a day

[@OurOrganicLife]

And thank you!

[@zeenaner9576]

@@OurOrganicLife thank you so much! also once the eggs have hatched how long can the ducks stay in the incubator before being put into the brooder ❤️

[@OurOrganicLife]

General rule of thumb is 24-48 hours

[@zeenaner9576]

@@OurOrganicLife thank you x i have one last question sorry, during the Lockdown period what should the temperature be? I know the humidity but I can’t find anywhere online. I’m starting off with around 37.5cdegrees and then decreasing it to 36.1 degrees near the end of the hatching 💞

[@karlix2981]

What do you do with the ducks that unfortunately didn’t make it? Eggs & bodies? Creating life is such a hard and amazing thing at the same time!

[@OurOrganicLife]

We live near woods, and I hate for it to just go to waste, so we leave it in the woods for the predators to eat as I don't want to just put it in the trash or burn the remains, this was the best solution for disposal that I have found.

[@kellyjohnson2517]

I love your video its real cool I like rabbits to have you seen the video call Bunny talks she has rabbits but I like ducks too sweet👌👌

[@ThePatriotParadox]

Can I place water in to keep it humid if I don't have a humidifier in my incubator?

[@OurOrganicLife]

You probably don’t have a hygrometer or humidity gauge, which measures the humidity inside the incubator. incubators don’t come with a humidifier, you had to add the water manually in the lower tray (at least I’ve never seen an incubator with a humidifier) :)

[@whb1961]

I have hatched thousands with incubators like that one. Biggest mistake that I saw was the incubator setting by a window. Ambient temperature fluctuates too much.

[@OurOrganicLife]

Yes in this video it was the only Time I did that the new location is in the center of my house away from any windows

[@michaelsduckfarm3564]

How do i get my channel out there i started my ducks last year and my flock is getting big. With few different breeds id like to show them off. Best part about them is watching them hatch

[@OurOrganicLife]

Just find a number of videos you can consistently post consistency is key, storytelling, education, or some sort of value also is a big factor too :) the more frequently you can post consistently the faster you will grow

[@hiccupandcheese]

I subbed cute ducks

[@patriciagregson9231]

What temp do you keep now

[@kaitlynanderson3904]

New duck owner here. So when you candle them and find the duds are those the ones you can use to cook with ? Or keep to sell as eating. Eggs?

[@OurOrganicLife]

No, you do not want to eat them as they have been under heated conditions for too long. You will want to dispose of these eggs.

[@kaitlynanderson3904]

@@OurOrganicLife gotcha so when you first gather the eggs do you candle them then? And which ever don’t have developing features are those the ones you use for cooking?

[@grakki91]

@@kaitlynanderson3904 you won’t be able to see any embryo growth on day 1, so you’ll want to wait until around day 7 to candle. by then, if i have duds, i toss them

[@kittacrafts]

What did you feed them on hatching, and for how long were they on that? What did you switch too?

[@OurOrganicLife]

I had them on 20% chick starter then transitioned them to grower after a few weeks :) they need a source of niacin so you can either supplement with brewers yeast or niacin powder in their water ^_^

[@raypitts4880]

ALSO FINE GRIT THAT THEY WULD WITH MUM OUTSIDE WHEN SHE GOES SCRATCHING ABOUT@@OurOrganicLife

[@davekemerer2566]

Would a NurtureRight 360 be capable of doing duck eggs? I’m trying my hand at this next month and want to do both chicken and duck

[@OurOrganicLife]

I think it would! The way it looks the egg turner doesn't just tip them from side to side it actually rolls them which is actually better for duck eggs :D

[@ivystonemoon]

As long as the eggs fit it should be fine

[@stacywhite6781]

I’m currently doing duck eggs in the 360. Just lost one to rotten egg explosion (not a great smell, eww). New to this whole thing and after candling looks like I might end up with 4 ducks out of the 8 eggs I started with. Fingers crossed!

[@seths9948]

I got the incubating down. I want to start selling just don't know how to start.

[@graceomalleygrimm9776]

What kind of ducks do you have? I would love to add some other breeds to my flock. So far, we only have Pekins and Rouens.

[@xyooj96]

does dud = not fertilized? how can you tell the species of the bird by looking at the inside of the egg? 5 turns per day is a lot work if you have many incubators, must be an more automatic system?

[@OurOrganicLife]

Certain species the egg will give you hints of what it could be, like I knew they were cayuga or half cayuga because they had the black tint on the shell. dud means that the egg did not developed it could be that it wasn't fertilized or just didn't take which can happen. :) There are incubators that have turners that are better suited to duck eggs I just don't have that so I elected to turn by hand

[@raypitts4880]

also@@OurOrganicLife

[@blazertracer1]

I am used the auto turner for my Quacken eggs I think it's preference on auto vs hand turning.

[@thelmaacebar4872]

good am mam how many days to rotate the eggs of pekin duck thank you mam

[@coverted_2705]

okay so my duck eggs have been in an incubator for 24 days but they were laid a few days before and both of them are moving but i don’t think one is the right way so would it be okay to open incubator and candle it and turn it?

[@OurOrganicLife]

That is a tough one it can be very tempting to open the incubator after lockdown have any pipped?

[@coverted_2705]

@@OurOrganicLife no none of them have piped but they are both still moving right now

[@OurOrganicLife]

If they haven’t picked than you are OK to open the incubator I believe but be careful Because if they have been on lockdown and solos in that position for a long time they might’ve settled into position and even if you turned the egg it might not do any good

[@coverted_2705]

@@OurOrganicLife okay i’m not going to turn it i’ll just candle it too see what’s happening

[@joycenesselhauf1220]

I need advice from anyone who knows -- For the first time this year I tried incubating Call Duck eggs. I bought a Farm Innovator 4250. Instructions were given to keep the temp at 99.5 and humidity at 55, which I did. Egg turner was programmed to turn 3x/day. My turner looks like yours. First clutch - they developed fine until week 3 then stopped. Second clutch - exact same thing. Third clutch - I gave up and put the few I had under my chickens. Other than the turning issue you mentioned, what else could have gone wrong? How much of a turn do you do each time on the eggs? I was so heartbroken.

[@rh5022]

I had 5 that were alive and moving But none hatched very disappointed.

[@bobthemanlyman6005]

My birthday is in June and I was going to get a phone but I wanna try to do this

[@Elena-pu2xg]

Will the duck eggs still survive if you just use a automatic turner?

[@alysandradurham7460]

I used the Turner and I'm on day 25

[@alysandradurham7460]

Although, mom laid on them for probably 14 days

[@Anilkumar-ez3yh]

Any water sprays to duck eggs... ??

[@OurOrganicLife]

yes, misting the eggs helps raise humidity! :) this would be beneficial to do when you raise the humidity at lockdown period

[@jennymacleod7534]

Should my duck eggs be okay if there is water under it from me adding more for the humidity. i never actually opened it i added it without opening it.

[@OurOrganicLife]

I’ve never done that but I don’t think it is good as the egg shells are porous and it can introduce bad bacteria from the water

[@jennymacleod7534]

@@OurOrganicLife okay I would open the incubator but all the eggs are moving a lot and I can hear some chirping so I don’t think I should? Or should I move the egg

[@OurOrganicLife]

If you can put a syringe in through one of the vent holes without opening it to pull water out bit by bit that would be better as you may shrink wrap the babies and cause issues with hatch

[@jennymacleod7534]

@@OurOrganicLife okay so both the eggs have hatched! Do you think I would be able to open the incubator to take the egg shells out right now?

[@OurOrganicLife]

Leave the egg shells in there until all the eggs have hatched or you turn the incubator whichever comes first usually I will give them 3-4 days to hatch unless there are signs of a late Hatcher then I’ll extend it to give them a chance :)

[@user-ti2rn4wi7y]

I think you may have overloaded your incubator. It must have taken quite a while to turn all those eggs, with your lid open for so long. I'm currently hand turning a batch of 15 eggs (for some reason my turning mechanism isn't working) and I mist them every time I'm done. Hopefully that will solve the problem. The very best way I've found to hatch duck eggs--- put them under a broody hen, preferably an Araucana. Silkies are good too, but duck eggs are a little big for them to turn. So sorry you had a bad hatch. It's almost impossible not to get attached to the little boogers, even still in the egg. 💔

[@wakingforbacon6439]

Duck eggs need to be cooled almost daily. And misted don't hurt anything either. Cause it kinda simulates the mother coming back on the eggs with a wet body. Is that all that hatched out of them was the 6? Just wondering.

[@OurOrganicLife]

excellent piece of advice! Thank you! I will definitely try this next time! They definitely were cooled daily as I was hand turning them 3-5 times a day, but I wasn't misting them. I will definitely be trying that next time.

[@wakingforbacon6439]

@@OurOrganicLife I had just really looked into it and 3ven cornell university misted their eggs daily.

[@tally._.hateslife]

I look after ducks every year and the saddest time ever was last year when my first duck of 2020, Chadder, went missing randomly. There have been reports of a young male duck with the appearance of Chadder down the road and my daughters have found ducks like him so things are turning good but I still miss the poor little thing.

[@bindingofash1824]

I feel like the cuddly one could be the start of a new breed

[@jillianlacey1127]

Ducks are not supposed to eat for the first 24 hours, they are still absorbing the nutrients from the egg, so it's best not to take them out of the incubator for 12 to 24 hours so they can completely dry, they will eatd and drink the next day, and they cant go in water to swim for the first week, so on the 7th day of having your ducks you can put them in a bowl, sink, any water as long as you are watching, ducklings need to be taken out of the water after a bit, you just have to watch because if you leave your ducklings in the water they will get tired and drown, and make sure you take out wet bedding in the brooder because it can make your ducks sick, and 1 last thing that's important is the oil glands of the duck that make them water proof is not developed in ducklings when they are a week old so they will get cold, so dry them off and put them underneath heat in the brooder

[@OurOrganicLife]

Correct, excellent remark, chicks are the same way and are god for the first 24-48 hours.

[@harryvu8882]

i learned how to hatch duck, i like to do natural with light, Ihop It work

[@ryanbailey5098]

Hi, I don’t suppose you could help me, i’m currentky incubating six eggs and I think I have made a stupid mistake as it’s my first time, I accidentally had them up the wrong way in the incubator as the instructions I believe are incorrect, I have had them in the incubator for around a week and have now put them the correct way up. Do you think my eggs will have a chance at surviving still or did I mess up and correct it too late :(

[@ryanbailey5098]

The eggs were slightly point side up ( 45 degrees ). Do you think if I corrected them a week in that’ll be ok?

[@OurOrganicLife]

You can try there is a good chance though that the air pocket won’t change places but I have had chicks pip at the pointy end and make it but you will likely have a lower success rate but it is good that you caught it

[@ryanbailey5098]

@@OurOrganicLife so would you reccomend keeping them the same or changing them?

[@ryanbailey5098]

@@OurOrganicLife maybe on their sides?

[@OurOrganicLife]

I would try to change them but ask for a second opinion ina duck group as I am still kind of newer to incubating duck eggs

[@rachequestrian6661]

HELP NEEDED!!! Any help greatly appreciated- we have just rescued 10 duck eggs they appear to be around the 2 week mark at a guess- we have always had wild ducks living on our larger size pond (not quite a lake but bigger than a normal pond) since moving to our house in 1993 however this year the water level has been so so much higher than normal the ducks are struggling to find safe places to lay eggs- a new female had laid eggs in a very unsafe place atop tiled steps in a big heavy (immovable as it turns out) planter with high sides than would either just trap them after birth or if they got to the edge and tried to jump off onto the tiles even if it was onto the top they’d never survive the height drop- we tried everything we could think of makeshift ramps just couldn’t get them secure and into a position it’d b safe and now the mother appears to have got spooked and we haven’t seen her since yesterday morning well we didn’t want to give up on them and in have brought them inside my house overnight nearby a radiator and wrapped in a warm big furry fleece jumper - ice googled for some info and now really worried I should have left them outside alone (was very cold last night) also just read they won’t likely survive without an incubator- am I too late- any help and advice at all - Thank You 🙏

[@lauras1083]

So you put eggs in a heated incubator? I got confused because I thought the eggs should Be gradually heated ?

[@OurOrganicLife]

No you want to start your incubator 24 hours before setting the eggs because if you think about it a hen doesn’t gradually warm her eggs she just sits on them

[@jailenc6674]

The eggs gradually warm up regardless,l

[@henrysendawulat5677]

@@OurOrganicLife thank you for your dedication

[@OurOrganicLife]

@@henrysendawulat5677 you’re very welcome! ^_^

[@briannatuttle1028]

Buff Orpington ducks?! 😍

[@OurOrganicLife]

yes! They are actually called buff OR orpington ducks I always combine the name because chickens, lol XD

[@tbh_idek]

I call em buff ducks

[@OurOrganicLife]

Yes that is the more commonly known name for them

[@rh5022]

At 9200ft altitude I struggle to hatch anything 5 duck eggs had veins and were moving. Not 1 hatched😢.

[@ella-hd6mt]

Hi, my duck eggs have been moving in the egg for about 4 days now but none of them have pipped is this normal? or should i be worried.

[@OurOrganicLife]

How many days have they been in the incubator?

[@OurOrganicLife]

And are they in the lockdown period yet?

[@ella-hd6mt]

@@OurOrganicLife they have been in the incubator for 27 days now

[@ella-hd6mt]

@@OurOrganicLife i stopped opening incubator when they started moving because apparently they don’t need turned when they start moving? but j have opened it once since then

[@OurOrganicLife]

@@ella-hd6mt what breed of duck are they?

[@haledeviney507]

I had such a hard time with duck eggs this year. I had 20 in the incubator and only 4 are going to hatch. I'm frustratedddddddd

[@OurOrganicLife]

oh no! :( I'm so sorry

[@littlejshomestead2502]

What do you feed them?

[@OurOrganicLife]

ducks require more protein so you can do with a chick starter, but I start them with game bird starter.

[@gillianwatkins943]

I was told not to open the incubator when some had hatched and to leave the chicks for 48 hours in there otherwise you can cause shrink wrap.

[@svanhoogstraten]

We had a duck lay 11 eggs in our back yard sometime early January. It was cold thought out the month. When it started freezing a few days again we took them inside. We are wondering if these eggs will ever hatch when we watch this video and saw just a few eggs beings hatched. We don’t know if we should keep these eggs inside or throw them away. The mother duck doesn’t coke backbone them anymore so she might know that none of these eggs are still alive.

[@OurOrganicLife]

Has the mom been sitting on the eggs? During the incubation process if the eggs ever fall under 99.5° for more than 30 minutes to an hour eggs tend to terminate at that point they stop developing :(

[@trishafisha5900]

oh ya then I'm gona try Qual eggs then chicken eggs

[@shelbyb425]

I didn't realize how little actually end up hatching

[@OurOrganicLife]

Ducks are notoriously difficult to incubate I just need to make tweaks there are people who have lots of experience way more than myself that have much higher hatch rates^_^

[@shelbyb425]

@@OurOrganicLife nonetheless your video was still very insightful. I'm debating on what i should do in the future, incubate and get my own ducklings or just buy more ducklings outright. So many things to think about lol

[@OurOrganicLife]

Thank you so much!!! I think the best way if you have the ability is to just have a momma duck sit on the eggs I’ve even heard of people getting chickens to hatch ducklings this is something I want to try one day ^_^

[@BronxBastard730]

Put a heating pad under the incubator, it will solve the temp difference problem ...

[@OurOrganicLife]

I would have never thought to do that! I will have to try that next incubation. Thank you!

[@diobrando5549]

Adopted 4 duck eggs since the mother put her nest right next to our front porch and a predator attacked her most likely. She hasn’t come back and the eggs are almost hatching right now.

[@ydnarjoseph8870]

Hello,why you did not wash the egg,take care..

[@OurOrganicLife]

The only reason I did not wash the eggs is in doing so you are removing the protective coating called the bloom that birds coat their eggs in the protect the developing chick or duckling from bacteria. In washing it I would actually be at higher risk of bacterial growth in the egg.

[@sand2sea]

i am trying to rescue 10 eggs that were laid next to a pond that went dry 🙏

[@kellyd4221]

I have that same incubator. I put a small thermometer in each corner. All 4 corners have different temperatures. Its an awful incubator. I only use it after rhey hatch It has good headroom for ducks, but is not a reliable source for incubators.

[@lucy_and_Bean]

I'm hatching out a double yolk egg. There names are Jermy and Julieta

[@OurOrganicLife]

Did you successfully do it!? 😳

[@lucy_and_Bean]

Yes

[@OurOrganicLife]

Holy cow that’s insane!!

[@lucy-sc1sc]

wow that's cool

[@trishafisha5900]

I am gona try to hatch duck eggs from the aisen store if it doesn't happen 😅 I'm gona go to Mike's craft shop by bus buy the tiny hinges with hook for the front Satan interior outside bejewele the outside 😍 take a toilet paper card board and bleep bleep bleep then go to petsmart pickup mealworms and food,walmart 3 draw home for the worms crickets and food and home

[@johndowd7010]

You may have shrink wrapped the rest by opening the incubator..you have to be patient and wait.

[@OurOrganicLife]

Yea this is what I was thinking happened after the fact lesson learned the hard way unfortunately 😔

[@Yooperchic]

What do you mean “shrink wrapped”?

[@grakki91]

@@Yooperchic sometimes the duckling doesn’t hatch because the membrane has wrapped around and the bird has very little room to move due to low humidity during incubation. they get stuck in the egg and are unable to pip. i’m not sure if the correct term for opening the incubator during hatch is shrink wrapped though, i’ve always thought that was a sticky chick/duckling.

[@FloatingFont]

Damn its making me so anxy seeing the kid messing about with newborn animals. Hope the ducklings turned out OK

[@dolcedolly6363]

Rules for boiling Muscovy duck eggs in an incubator

[@fortnite-tg1mi]

my ducks are one month and four months i have two ducks they have names the drake is called jet and the girl is called dusty i am getting one more.i want someone to pick a name for it

[@OurOrganicLife]

Will it be another hen? :D What breed are they so I have an idea of what they look like ^_^ I would love to give some name suggestions!

[@lyndsaythornton2733]

Hi my ducks are now 30 days old they still alive but no signs of them coimg I don’t know if I should help them or not cold you if made some advice xx

[@OurOrganicLife]

Do you know what breed? Some duck breeds can take 35 days to hatch

[@lyndsaythornton2733]

Pekin cheery ducks xx

[@OurOrganicLife]

@@lyndsaythornton2733 I’m not sure why they haven’t hatched what is the humidity out and have you put them on lockdown yet?

[@lyndsaythornton2733]

Hi yes they in lockdown and it’s at 70% x

[@OurOrganicLife]

How many days has it been since they went on lockdown?

[@jamiespadolini9101]

Did you add water on day 1. You didn't say

[@OurOrganicLife]

Yes you want to add however much do you have the right level of humidity

[@sheilamathers8228]

My ducks are laying duck eggs🐓

[@jucamamedia5251]

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many eggs like bruh

[@mohammedateeqahmed419]

Temperature ???

[@OurOrganicLife]

99.5 degrees, but check for your type of incubator because some unique incubators the temperature is different

[@elizabethgrant8538]

6 out of all those eggs? What went wrong?

[@scottcroft86]

Lots

[@chrissybrewer4750]

My duck egg hasn't been moving in 2 days I'm on day 27 I'm pretty sure it's a late quitter. How long should I give it to be sure?

[@emilliodeguerio9867]

How much

[@amykruyt1673]

Up to 28-36 days!!

[@chrissybrewer4750]

It died. It started to REEK lol

[@tbh_idek]

Are your videos scripted, cause I would like input on wether I should script mine or not

[@OurOrganicLife]

They are in a sense I have my points that I plan to make but the rest is ad libbed :)

[@OurOrganicLife]

But no I do not write out a script for my videos

[@tbh_idek]

@@OurOrganicLife oh okay thanks, cause your words are so smooth and when I talk I always say ummm

[@OurOrganicLife]

I say I’m Um so much in my Vlogs LOL I end of doing a lot of clipping to remove it. 🤣

[@tbh_idek]

@@OurOrganicLife 😂

[@BadBoy-ny3pq]

1st 7 DAYS NO ROTAT EGGS

[@OurOrganicLife]

Why do you say that?