![]() Get an incubator: Because you are hatching eggs without a mom-duck to sit upon them, you have to carefully control the temperature and humidity of their environment.If you’ve come to a personal understanding and acceptance of the strange, inter-species relationship you are about to enter, and you’re sure it’s legal, here’s how to hatch eggs! How to hatch duckling eggs Is it legal to own ducks where you live? Different states, counties, cities, and home owners’ associations have different rules about what pets you can keep. ![]() I’ll get more into the ethical consideration of duckling/human bonding later, but know that this is a relationship fraught with potential moral peril. Once a duck fully imprints on you, it’s yours, for good or ill, for the rest of its life (or yours). Do you really want a pet duck? Pet-ownership/parenthood is a big responsibility.But before you do, consider the following: You need your own birds to raise up from nothing, which means you’re going to have to hatch some eggs. It doesn’t work, and the geese hate it ( they will bite you). What to do before you hatch duck eggsĭon’t just go down to a local farm or pond and hang around the ducks hoping they’ll start following you. I am a man of action, so I am following the imprinting advice Antone Martinho-Truswell, co-founder of the Duckling Laboratory at the University of Oxford, gave to The New York Times, as well as other duckling-imprinting information sources from the internet. Luckily for me, it’s super-easy to get ducklings, goslings, and other baby birds to think you are their mother. Soon, I’ll be able to walk into Starbucks with all muh duckies and be like, “Gimme a latte,” and the barista will go, “Name?” and I’ll be all, “Just put down ‘ Duck Guy,’ Sweets, everyone knows who I am.” (Baristas love it when you call them “Sweets.”) I’ve tried walking around with a parrot on my shoulder, wearing spats, and being super into iguanas, and none of them worked out, but I have a solid shot with the ducklings. My goal in life is to have a squad of six ducklings following me around at all times, because I think this will make girls like me.
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