Rouen duck setting...how long till they hatch out?

greygirls · 06-12-2008, 09:59 AM

I've been collecting the duck eggs because someone on here told me the Pekin's would never go broody & boy was that true! They'd just keep laying & laying & never set. We gave about fifty eggs to an aquatience with an incubator (11 hatched out) & have been eating the fresh ones. Well now the Rouen duck has started to lay & she's setting the nest! So...how long before we have little fuzzballs running around? I know chickens are 21 days (again, thanks to a fellow HT'ian

) but don't know if ducks are the same. Thanks!

mandelyn82 · 06-12-2008, 10:22 AM

Had to google that, I only hatched ducks once.

28 days.. though I found some info saying a day or two less for Mallards and Runners. Weird, but neat.

farmergal · 06-17-2008, 12:42 AM

I was going to say 28 days. I've only had the pleasure of hatching ducks twice, once when my hen set on some and hatched out three. To my surprise she tried to take care of them like she would her own chicks.

With other species of birds I've had them hatch a day or two early when there was a heat wave, and a day or two late when there was a cold snap. I don't see why ducks wold be any different.

Do you have a pan of water so the hen can bath? Very important when the hen is nearing the end of incubation. Duck eggs require a higher humidity then chickens. My Muscovy hen was setting fertile chicken eggs. I thought for sure they were going to hatch. Then she took a bath.

A natural act for a duck spelled doom to the chicken eggs. I think she killed them with kindness.

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06-12-2008, 09:59 AM
greygirls Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,325	Rouen duck setting...how long till they hatch out? I've been collecting the duck eggs because someone on here told me the Pekin's would never go broody & boy was that true! They'd just keep laying & laying & never set. We gave about fifty eggs to an aquatience with an incubator (11 hatched out) & have been eating the fresh ones. Well now the Rouen duck has started to lay & she's setting the nest! So...how long before we have little fuzzballs running around? I know chickens are 21 days (again, thanks to a fellow HT'ian) but don't know if ducks are the same. Thanks! __________________ I cannot avoid compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning & foundation of morality. -Albert Schweitzer

06-12-2008, 10:22 AM
mandelyn82 Coming two Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ft. Campbell, KY Posts: 1,962	Had to google that, I only hatched ducks once. 28 days.. though I found some info saying a day or two less for Mallards and Runners. Weird, but neat. __________________ "The more people I meet the more I love my German Shepherd"

06-17-2008, 12:42 AM
farmergal Seasoned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Posts: 4,818	I was going to say 28 days. I've only had the pleasure of hatching ducks twice, once when my hen set on some and hatched out three. To my surprise she tried to take care of them like she would her own chicks. With other species of birds I've had them hatch a day or two early when there was a heat wave, and a day or two late when there was a cold snap. I don't see why ducks wold be any different. Do you have a pan of water so the hen can bath? Very important when the hen is nearing the end of incubation. Duck eggs require a higher humidity then chickens. My Muscovy hen was setting fertile chicken eggs. I thought for sure they were going to hatch. Then she took a bath. A natural act for a duck spelled doom to the chicken eggs. I think she killed them with kindness. __________________