Hi.
I've never had ducks, incubated ducks, etc.
My neighbor was bush-hogging a field and saw a female mallord fly out of the middle of the field. He was curious and got out to see what was going on. He found a nest with about a dozen eggs - only 3 of them had survived being ran over by the bush hog. The other ones that were broke showed the ducks were almost fully formed.
We are currently hatching some turkeys, guineas, and chickens in our 1502 sportsman. Our neighbor immediately brought the eggs to us to put in the incubator to at least give them a shot. Our hatch is coming this Saturday.
Do ducks need the same tempurature and humidity? Should I set the eggs at the same time I set the others? Do they need a pond or baby pool right away to swim in? Do mallards stay in the same area all year (I live in Indiana and it gets COLD in the winter.) I'm totally at a loss of what I should do, what feed they need, if they can be in the brooder with the other birds?
HELP!
I've never had ducks, incubated ducks, etc.
My neighbor was bush-hogging a field and saw a female mallord fly out of the middle of the field. He was curious and got out to see what was going on. He found a nest with about a dozen eggs - only 3 of them had survived being ran over by the bush hog. The other ones that were broke showed the ducks were almost fully formed.
We are currently hatching some turkeys, guineas, and chickens in our 1502 sportsman. Our neighbor immediately brought the eggs to us to put in the incubator to at least give them a shot. Our hatch is coming this Saturday.
Do ducks need the same tempurature and humidity? Should I set the eggs at the same time I set the others? Do they need a pond or baby pool right away to swim in? Do mallards stay in the same area all year (I live in Indiana and it gets COLD in the winter.) I'm totally at a loss of what I should do, what feed they need, if they can be in the brooder with the other birds?
HELP!