Recent content by duckherder561

only will comment on capacity. We have a hava bator claims 42 also. I put 40 duck eggs in without the turner no problem. I did eliminate 5 at 8 days. never had a space problem. They hatched over 36 hours freeing up space as they went to the brooder.

I would definetly make contact with a herding instructor in your are and consider some training before you expect any help from your Aussie with new sheep. That might be a disaster. I picture sheep being run into fences.

Thanks. As for the Aussie. why am I not surprised. We see alot of Aussies at trials. They are a different breed obviously than a BC. I think BC's have alot moe instinct. Aussies tend to run around and bark at the stock. I bet thats what he does with your chickens. Herding dogs take alot of...

This was our first attempt to incubate eggs. As my name indicates we have ducks for our border collies to herd. I know that must seem strange but we actually herd sheep, cattle and ducks in herding trials with both AKC and ASCA. We have a Hova bator. We set 40 runner duck eggs. Eliminated 5 at 8...

I agree. We hatched runner duck eggs a week ago. Things were pretty quiet until day 28-29 then bam they started hatching like crazy. took about 30 minutes once they broke through to finally crawling out.