A duckling needs about 24 hours after they have hatched from their shells to get used to the new world that they have found themselves in.

How to care for baby ducks after hatching. Baby ducks need to be kept very warm in the first few weeks after they hatch, to give them the chance to get used to the chilly air outside their eggs. For hatching duck eggs, your incubator temperature should be 99.5 fahrenheit (37.5 celsius). Ducks can go up to 36 hours with.

After hatching, the baby ducks need to be kept very warm in the first few weeks. They are still absorbing the last of the nutrients that were available to them from the. Feed the ducklings a mixture of starter crumbs.

There will be tiny crustaceans and bugs in this water, which they will forage for. Newspaper is slippery to walk on so adding a layer of paper towel over top is a good idea. Ducklings have week legs for the first few days, so the paper towel will help them stand.

They won’t eat for the first 24 hours after they hatch. Provide shallow dishes of pondweed/water from rivers and streams.