I'm Building an Incubator - please don't bother asking permission to laugh at me

[CallHowe]

there are a bunch of UK members on here, one has GORGEOUS polish chickens

I really like chickens, and I realise they would probably be easier to get at this time of year, the plan originally was to get two ducklings, raise them and let them go outside and then raise two chicks, I suppose we could do it the other way around and they are probably much easier to get during the winter months as well, might be worth me looking into it a little more, I am not a huge fan of very small birds though ( I'm not sure if polish are small or not, haven't seen what one looks like

) and there are so many breeds of chicken I feel like I wouldn't be able to pick just two!

 

[CallHowe]

Good luck in your search.
Have you checked with other UK members? Can find out who's in the UK here.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you

Yeah I posted in there earlier hoping to find someone who could help

talk to yorkshire coop she might have a better idea of where to get ducks over there, and more UK friends

Will do, thank you

 

[Chaos18]

Yeah I posted in there earlier hoping to find someone who could help

Will do, thank you

Excellent. Hopefully they can help you.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Yeah I posted in there earlier hoping to find someone who could help

Will do, thank you

here is her profile

https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/303768/yorkshire-coop

 

[CallHowe]

here is her profile

https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/303768/yorkshire-coop

Thank you, sorry for de-railing your thread

 

[Chaos18]

Thank you, sorry for de-railing your thread

Don't worry about it. I de-railed it with my first post on here

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Thank you, sorry for de-railing your thread

no worries!! I have derailed it myself

 

[CallHowe]

Don't worry about it. I de-railed it with my first post on here

no worries!! I have derailed it myself

Back on the topic of incubators, will this fit the bill or is it overkill?

http://www.brinsea.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=114

I only want two ducks ideally so I'm not sure how many eggs to put in, I don't really want to be inundated with balls of fluff but I could probably house around 8 if need be

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Back on the topic of incubators, will this fit the bill or is it overkill? I only want two ducks ideally so I'm not sure how many eggs to put in, I don't really want to be inundated with balls of fluff but I could probably house around 8 if need be

i would get a dozen eggs and hope for a 40-50% hatch rate

 

[Chaos18]

Back on the topic of incubators, will this fit the bill or is it overkill? I only want two ducks ideally so I'm not sure how many eggs to put in, I don't really want to be inundated with balls of fluff but I could probably house around 8 if need be

Ideally you should keep 3, that way if something happens to one you don't have a lonely duck. But if you keep 4 then your backup duck will have a back up. But when hatching ducks at least 50% will be male so you'd better try to hatch 6. Unfortunately not all eggs will hatch so add in 2 more as just in case not everybody hatches. Then factor in early duckling mortality and you'd better just try to incubate a full dozen........just to be safe