BackYard Chickens › BYC Forum › Other BackYard Poultry › Ducks › Nearly all set to get a incubator, just a few simple questions..
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Nearly all set to get a incubator, just a few simple questions..

post #1 of 8
8/3/12 at 4:23am
Thread Starter 

1.How many times a day should the eggs be turned?

2. Do they have to be turned at the same time every day?

3.When the ducklings hatch do i have to teach them to eat and drink? If so how?

4. How long can they go with out food or water after hatching?

Reply
Reply

Featured Stories on BackYard Chickens

Join Our 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long
Raising Chickens on a Shoestring
Why Join BackYard Chickens?
post #2 of 8
8/3/12 at 4:46am

1# 2-3 times a day

2# 2-3 hours different im guessing won't make much of a differene, but maybe try not too have to much of a time differene.

3#Yes you do, just keep tapping the food and water untill they start pecking at it.

4#maybe a day or two.

 

don't count on me, just what I have read else where, hopfully someone with alot more experience will come along :) 

 

good luck on your hatch!

Reply
Reply
post #3 of 8
8/3/12 at 4:59am
Thread Starter 

Thanks, it's my first ever one!, im getting it for my birthday and my family don't know at all how to do it, so im a teen doing it alone!!

Reply
Reply
post #4 of 8
8/3/12 at 7:26am
Thread Starter 

By the way if some one can answer this that will be great, The person the ducklings will be going to have ducks and hens already but the ducks sleep out side (but they have access to the sheds or under the sheds if they want), Anyways if i give the ducklings to the person when they are 8 week old, will they be able to survive?, as it will be december then, so a UK winter when the temp can go into the minuses....

Reply
Reply
post #5 of 8
8/3/12 at 7:29am

bluntly, maybe, maybe not. winter is no time to toss a duckling outside and hope for the best. 


Celtic Oaks Farm LLC NPIP
Send us an EMAIL Like Us on Facebook Visit us on the web CELTICOAKS.COM
2013 waiting list ==== Our Swaps ==== Our Breeds (photos)
We CAN ship to VA (permit pending) & HI (permit required for each box)
Shipping live birds Article
Reply

Celtic Oaks Farm LLC NPIP
Send us an EMAIL Like Us on Facebook Visit us on the web CELTICOAKS.COM
2013 waiting list ==== Our Swaps ==== Our Breeds (photos)
We CAN ship to VA (permit pending) & HI (permit required for each box)
Shipping live birds Article
Reply
post #6 of 8
8/3/12 at 7:38am
Thread Starter 

I might wait and said egg in December, then they can go out in Febuary

Reply
Reply
post #7 of 8
8/3/12 at 9:33am
Thread Starter 

By the way is it ok to buy a incubator and not use it for a few months? or does it have to be used straight away?

Reply
Reply
post #8 of 8
8/3/12 at 9:40am

many only use their incubators once a year. We runs ours almost year round, with only short breaks, they are large cabinet style bators.


Celtic Oaks Farm LLC NPIP
Send us an EMAIL Like Us on Facebook Visit us on the web CELTICOAKS.COM
2013 waiting list ==== Our Swaps ==== Our Breeds (photos)
We CAN ship to VA (permit pending) & HI (permit required for each box)
Shipping live birds Article
Reply

Celtic Oaks Farm LLC NPIP
Send us an EMAIL Like Us on Facebook Visit us on the web CELTICOAKS.COM
2013 waiting list ==== Our Swaps ==== Our Breeds (photos)
We CAN ship to VA (permit pending) & HI (permit required for each box)
Shipping live birds Article
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Ducks

Featured Stories on BackYard Chickens

Join Our 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long
Raising Chickens on a Shoestring
Why Join BackYard Chickens?
BackYard Chickens › BYC Forum › Other BackYard Poultry › Ducks › Nearly all set to get a incubator, just a few simple questions..