How to Hatch a Pekin Duck Egg

The Pekin is a large breed of duck with white feathers. Pekins were developed for meat and egg production and as a result they will not sit on their eggs. An incubator is required to hatch fertile Pekin eggs. After 28 days in the incubator, the eggs will begin to hatch.

Things You'll Need

  • Incubator
  • Flashlight
  • Fertile Pekin duck eggs
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Instructions

    • 1

      Plug the incubator into a power source.

    • 2

      Set the temperature of the incubator to 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and its humidity level to 55 percent. Let the temperature and humidity stabilize for two days before using it.

    • 3

      Use a flashlight to candle eggs and inspect for defects. Look for cracks, double embryos and any over-sized or odd-shaped eggs. Discard any defective eggs.

    • 4

      Place inspected eggs into the incubator. Rotate eggs at least four times a day.

    • 5

      After 25 days, move eggs to hatching trays.

    • 6

      Set the hatcher temperature to 99 degrees Fahrenheit and the humidity to 65 percent. Once the eggs begin to hatch, raise the humidity to 80 percent. Near the end of the hatch lower the humidity to 70 percent and the temperature to 97 degrees Fahrenheit.

    • 7

      Remove ducks from hatcher once 95 percent of them are dry.