We needed a female chicken for companion to our other female after rooster was killed, didn't want another rooster, anyway, we went to a local weekend selling place (where we think pretty much all ducks/chickens were for meat) and brought home a basic white chicken. The problem is we think she...
Our duck has laid a baker's dozen, and it's been a couple of days without any new eggs, how soon should we expect her to go broody? And how many days, of her not sitting on them, should we allow before we put her eggs in an incubator to hatch? Yes, we DO want this first batch of eggs to hatch...
We don't have an incubator. If we go that route, when would we put the eggs in there? If she's still laying, do we wait until a couple of days go by and she hasn't laid anymore? Will she be OK with us taking the eggs from her? If I'm gonna do that, then I have a whole bunch more to learn...
So, do I understand you, that I can't candle the eggs and see if they're fertilized?
I have not seen her doing any sitting on them during the day, not sure if she's sitting on them at night, guess I better check on that. I wasn't sure about them surviving, in the egg at the cold night temps. I...
I don't know much about ducks and their egg laying, and I'm having a hard time finding online answers to my specific questions, so I thought I'd try to post my questions and see if there are some experienced backyard duck owners that can answer them. We only have 2 ducks, male and female, she...