I remember these incubators well. I believe they had 2 different models that used the light bulb for heat. One of my teachers in grade school had one and I borrowed it a few times. I found one just like it on ebay years later and purchased it. I love those little Marsh Turn-X incubators.
Will raccoons grab ducks at night and carry them off? I lost several grown call ducks from a fenced in yard a couple of years ago. They always disappeared at night and there were no feathers or anything left. Coons had been seen in the area. I wondered if the coons were grabbing them at...
I have wooden nest boxes on the wall and the hens set and hatch in them just fine. I don't think it matters to the hen if it is on the floor or up higher. Is she is laying her eggs there she must like it and when she lays enough eggs to become broody then she will start setting. You can watch...
I'm looking for a pair of nice, small gray call ducks. Preferably around a year old. They have to be shipped to KY. May go higher on price. Let me know if you have a pair for sale. Thanks.
I have kept chickens and ducks together with few problems. The ducks would bully the chickens a little every now and then...nothing bad, tho. And ducks are messy with their water.
During cold weather I always brought the duck eggs into the house after they were laid to keep them from getting chilled. I would put nest eggs "dummy eggs" into the nest in their place to fool the duck. Once she started setting on the fake eggs I would take them out and return her eggs to the...