Recent content by alequeen

I use sikies and pekin bantams as my broodies and have found them to be the best for me. When my pekins go broody its hard to stop them doing anything except sit on a nest

I don't candle my eggs until day 10 because they can change so quickly

Each of us have slight variations on how we look after our eggs and there is no magical combination to get perfect results. With ducks i put all my eggs into lock down at day 25 depending on the breed, Muscovy ducks go into lick down at day 31. Be patient and let nature do its thing. Everyone...

Please don't do like a rookie friend of mine did. He didn't stop turning the eggs and increased humidity to such a high level when he locked it down that the chicks drowned. Don't be to impatient about the hatch date. I give all mine an extra 14 days after the expected hatch date before i...

My abacot took 3 days to hatch as the shells were to hard due to what the owner was feeding them. I helped her out when i saw she was struggling. I used tweezers to carefully break the shell away but left the membranes all intact so the chick didn't bleed. Its only been 12 hrs so in theory it...

Some ducks don't hatch until day 35/36 and I've had Muscovy ducks hatch at day 40 so be patient

I have an abacot ranger ducking and immediately put it on food designed for ducks, not a general poultry feed. If they grow to fast you might and up with a growth deformity called angel wings. Hens etc need different nutrient's to ducks so do use a feed designed just for ducks. I'm looking now...