Better Farming Series 39 - Raising Ducks 1: How to Begin (FAO, 1990, 73 p.): Growing your own baby ducks: Hatching your own eggs

Better Farming Series 39 - Raising Ducks 1: How to Begin (FAO, 1990, 73 p.)

Growing your own baby ducks

		(introduction...)
		Hatching your own eggs
		Setting the female duck
		The baby ducks
		Putting your new baby ducks with the flock
		When to use or sell the meat

Hatching your own eggs

142. A baby duck grows inside the shell of a fertile egg when it is kept warm. Eggs are kept warm when a female duck sits on them. This is called setting.

Setting female duck, baby duck inside the shell

143. After 28 days the baby duck is ready to come out of its shell. This is called hatching.

Hatching takes about 28 days

Note:
The eggs of most kinds of ducks that you are likely to find where you live take 28 days to hatch.

28 days to hatch

However, there is one exception. The eggs of a Muscovy duck take 35 days to hatch. You will learn more about the Muscovy in the next booklet in this series.

Muscovy duck 35 days to hatch

Muscovy duck - 35 days to hatch