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Hi all looking some info on incubating mallard eggs ..

Are they easy to incubating?  as from experience  my  call duck eggs which are a nightmare just wondering are mallard easier to hatch ? I use a ms 50 incubator and a brinsea 380 

Looking to hatch and rear for a shoot 

many thanks  kieran 

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They are no different to hatching chicken eggs .just check how long and what temp to set at .i would say they are 

no different then normal domestics ducks when hatched feed on chicken crumbs to start with .we hatch American wild turkeys  just started this year hatching them had 35 last year 

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On 06/05/2018 at 13:19, Swinton said:

They are no different to hatching chicken eggs .just check how long and what temp to set at .i would say they are 

no different then normal domestics ducks when hatched feed on chicken crumbs to start with .we hatch American wild turkeys  just started this year hatching them had 35 last year 

Do you put them out to shoot? 

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I was thinking of doing some ducks. I was thinking of putting 50-60 under a heat lamp, feeding duck crumb and five them plenty of water through a bell drinker. If weather permits i would let them out on the grass after a couple of days. Hopefully they're off heat by 8-9 days. By the third week i would introduce some water trays so they can get used to the water/swimming. And by 5-6 weeks i would put them on the ponds on the shoot. You guys think this is doable?

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