If you raise ducks, you may want to consider incubating eggs yourself. There's an essential guide to understand the process and the steps involved.
First of all, you need healthy, fertile duck eggs. To know if the eggs are fertile or not, you can check the other eggs in the coop. If other eggs in the same coop have been hatching, then your egg will likely also hatch.
An incubator is a machine that incubates eggs by altering the temperature and humidity to meet the exact requirements of the developing birds. Ensure that your incubator is suitable for duck eggs.
Mark the eggs
Incubate stored eggs
Do not interfere
Here are some extra tips to make incubation easier for you and your ducks:
Light and Temperature
Bedding
Food and Water
Here are some things to consider when caring for your ducklings
Hygiene
Prepare them to go outside