call duck

Welcome to my first hatch-a-long, I am starting with 12 call duck eggs. 😊 Timeline: - May 13/2024 - eggs shipped from Nova Scotia - May 14/2024 - eggs arrived! (Saskatchewan) Day 0 (May 15/2024)- @ 2030 eggs set in incubator (turner not started as some air pockets moving) temp 99F 52% humidity...

Hello, I'm new to keeping call ducklings and have a few questions related to sexing them. 1. At what age do their voices begin to change from peeps to quacks and rasps? 2. At what age do call drakelets get their feather curls? 3. At what age is it safe to attempt vent sexing, since they are...

This is my first batch of call duck eggs. Started out w/ 12. Now only 2 have hatched. The first one looks completely fine. This little guy clearly didn’t absorb all the yolk and there’s a little clear string attached to the belly that goes to the egg. What do I do ? Is there any saving it. I’ve...

Hi, I incubated 3 call duck eggs with my chicken eggs just to see if they were even fertilized. Well we candled all the chicks and duck eggs that didn’t hatch and it seemed there wasn’t anything in any of them. We went outside to crack open the eggs to identify why the eggs didn’t hatch...

Hi there! My call duck has gone broody it appears. Shes laying on everyone’s eggs from last nights lay and hasn’t gotten up even. I’ve only ever had Pekins and they haven’t been broody so this is new to me. They have a community nest that they all lay in. (5 hens) it’s just the corner of their...

Hey all! I have a black east indie drake and a penciled call duck hen. My hen has now laid 10 eggs- if we incubate, what colors can we expect?

My crested Call duck is currently kept indoors with limited exposure to sunlight. I've noticed that its feathers are starting to turn more yellow, unlike before when it was kept outdoors with some sunlight exposure. In our country, people commonly attribute this change to sunlight, suggesting...

Hello all! Here is my introduction. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am not new to chickens, but I am still new-ish to ducks. I got my first chickens back in 2014. I started with a pair of Old English Game bantams. I then started showing birds. Once I went to...

Hello! This thread’ll be for updates (like daily or weekly pictures) of my (2 call and 2 other) ducklings from Metzers, just to show them off, and because I think I might be the first person on BYC to buy some (or at least to post about them. I’ll get to show y’all some cute ducklings, and show...

It's day 26 hatching some call duck eggs - I've hatched many chook eggs before, but this is my first go with duck eggs. People say calls can need assistance, so I've done all the research I can. However, there's one that looks like he's trying to internally pip, but not breaking the membrane -...

Hi! All of these call ducklings were hatched at the same time. The small yellow one was the last to hatch but only by a few hours. He eats and drinks well and acts like all the others but has barely grown! Is this normal? Will he make it? Is there anything I can do to help him? The other ones...

We live in the Netherlands and we have 4 white call ducks that we raised ourselves. They get to free range during the day in our yard, a stream that runs behind it, the neighbouring gardens etc. and they are closed in their pen at night. Last Friday something presumably spooked them and two of...

I just got a new call duck yesterday. Someone gave her away for free... Which is already a bit suspicious. They told me she was 4 months old but she looks only about a month and a half... Anyways. Besides being extremely dirty when I got her, she seemed ok. She was running around and such. But...

She seems to be breathing fast and sharp… is this normal and I just haven’t noticed it before? We’re in bed because she’s very imprinted on me and doesn’t like it when I leave her.

She seems to be breathing fast and sharp… is this normal and I just haven’t noticed it before? We’re in bed because she’s very imprinted on me and doesn’t like it when I leave her.

There is some discolouration on this egg, and it looks like bruising Or bleeding? I think this is my fault. my incubator is not clear plastic it has a it if haze so I'm sorry the photos may not be the best quality. He internally pipped yesterday I gave a safety hole, I can hear him squeaking...

I have 4 call duck eggs today is day 25 I came home and I heard a little squeak and saw a bit of movement one has internally pipped. How much noise should I be hearing? I don't know when/how long ago he internally pipped and if I should be adding a safety hole? What do you guys suggest?

This recently appeared in one of my duck eggs, is this an internal pip?