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post #1 of 7
6/9/12 at 5:30pm
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I have a great fascination for the adorable call ducks. I was wondering if anyone has any information/pictures of them. I read somewhere that they are easily tamed, but that they are hard to raise/breed.

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post #2 of 7
6/9/12 at 5:42pm

Call Ducklings are a bit more fragile than other breeds. Also some people have trouble incubating them themselves. As for raising it's not much different than other breeds except for the fact they can fly very well. 

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post #3 of 7
6/9/12 at 5:47pm
They are very easily tamed, not at all hard to raise, but yes, they are hard to hatch. Fertile eggs aren't a problem, getting them to hatch can be. Especially if they are good quality with short beaks and necks. Mine are very friendly. I dont clip their wings and they run around my yard all day. I only lock them up at night. They're really no harder to raise than a mallard.

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post #4 of 7
6/10/12 at 11:23am
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I suppose the mom calls aren't very broody? Why are they so hard to hatch in an incubator?

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post #5 of 7
6/10/12 at 11:51am
All 5 of my call hens have hatched ducklings already this year and 2 are back on nests! They go broody but if they're good quality ducks they still have a hard time hatching.

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post #6 of 7
6/10/12 at 3:48pm
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I suppose the mom calls aren't very broody? Why are they so hard to hatch in an incubator?

I have a call hen on a nest full of rocks gig.gif. She'll go broody on anything including other peoples eggs she steals. 

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post #7 of 7
6/10/12 at 7:11pm

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