I just got blue swedish duck eggs that will be hatchng soon any advice?

i also got chicken eggsI just got blue swedish duck eggs that will be hatchng soon any advice?
!!! CONGRADULATIONS !!!





You need to make sure that you raise the humidity. Add extra water in the water rings. This allows the shell to soften up a lil in helping the duckling and chicks pip a hole in it and hatch. This also prevents the duckling from sticking to the inside of the egg shells.





Befor they hatch or you see a pip(hole) in the egg, you need to get cheese cloth(at local stores), or get a thin towel as possible. Place it under all the eggs that should hatch. This helps not let them bleed to death because the wire on the bottom of the incubator can cut open there belly button.


Also make sure that the air holes are opened.





You need to have the brooder ready. The brooder can be a old dog cage or best a long plastic storage bin. With a heat lamp not too close so that the ducklings and chicks will not get too hot, or too cold. Make sure that on the bottom of the cage has eather puppy pads or newspaper so they will not slip and hurt themselves. Provide lots of water as they will drink is tired, show them where it is. DONT put Feed in until they have been in the brooder for 1 hour. This will allow them to streaghthen up.





They are to eat starter grower feed. It needs to be nonmedicated fro ducklings. Chickens can also eat this. Ask your manager or worker about that feed. Then when they are 3 weeks or older, start to introduce the ducks to cracked corn. The feed is at tractor supply stores. ANd when the chickens are 3 months old introduce them to it as well.





They need to be kept indoors until there feathered up. If its warm then the ducks can live outside at 1 month and the chickens at 2 months. The cage needs to be safe from preditors. And safe from weather. Add chciken wire around the penso coons, cyotes, and fox cant reach there paws through the pen and hurt the chickens and ducks. THey need a roof hat is tuff from bad weather and from flying preditors like hawks and owls. Inside needs to be nesting areas for both ducks and chickens. Ducks are to have a doghouse with straw in it because they lay eggs on the ground. Chickens need a nesting box that is a couple feet off the ground. Chickens also need a roost, the roost can be a wooden rod that is from one side of the cage to other. They feel safe if there up high and ducks dont roost so make sure on the bottom of the cage is hay or straw. Ducks need a water pond to swim in. Dont go through the hassle of building a pond. Buy a kiddy pool, they love those. And alsways access to feed and water.





I hoped I helped you out.





!!! Good Luck !!!,


Bethani





ps..... They can live together because mine do. I have 4 chickens and 4 ducks livn together.


When adult they can both eat cracked or scratch corn....I just got blue swedish duck eggs that will be hatchng soon any advice?
Make sure you have the brooder set up BEFORE they hatch. That way, you can make sure the temp is steady and correct, and that everything is functioning as it should be.





Also, you can not house baby chicks and baby ducklings together. They require different food and levels of heat. Ducklings don't need heat as long as chicks. And medicated feed would kill the ducklings.