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  1. olpoll

    another call duck question

    about 9 weeks ago i hatched a single apricot call duck wich i vent sexed at two weeks to be a drake i was correct as he as just malted into his drake breeding colors 5 weeks ago i hatched 14 more apricot calls i haven't been so lucky this time with the vent sexing and the question im asking is...
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    call duck colours???

    hello there, ive recently bread some call ducks i took eggs from a female apricot and a female blue fawn, all the eggs were fertilized by the same apricot drake my question is..... the ducklings are now feathering up and obviously i have pure apricot ducklings but i appear to also have pure blue...
  3. olpoll

    thanks sundownwaterfowl

    ide just like to thank sundown for helping me hatch my first call duck "little frankie" last month last week i hatched another 10 call ducks from 13 i set, i had to help 8 of the 10 and without sundowns advice last month im sure i would have lost a lot more there now 7 days old and doing great...
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    call duck eggs are starting to pip HELP

    hello my 14 call duck and 5 mallard eggs have just started to pip1call at dinner time and 2 more calls in the last two hours the humidity is at 70% in the r-com 20, over the past few days ive also been spraying them should i leave the door shut and let them get on with it or should i keep...
  5. olpoll

    **call duck eggs help please**

    ive currently 20 call duck eggs in a r-com 20 due to hatch on sunday there all coming on ok and their air sacs look about the right size for there age the humidity is at 45% should i raise it and how high??? any advice would be grateful Andrew
  6. olpoll

    humidity for call duck eggs?

    hello there, ive currently 20 call duck eggs in a R-COM 20 incubator due to hatch this sunday ill stop turning on thursday. the humidity at the moment is 45% (its accurate ive tested it) my question is when should i turn the humidity up to 65% on thursday when they stop turning or do i wait...
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    little frankie the call duck

    heres little frankie the apricot call duck i had to help hatch last week, now ten days old
  8. olpoll

    R-com 20 incubator.... any good for duck eggs?

    hello, can any one give me some info on the r-com 20 the one that holds twenty eggs is it any good for duck eggs?? ive got the smaller r-com mini the three egg one and its very good
  9. olpoll

    frankie the call duck 24 hours old (PHOTO)

    heres little frankie my baby apricot call duck who i had to help hatch yesterday he is now 24 hours old and up on his feet running around
  10. olpoll

    ***PLEASE HELP***call duck pipped 24 hrs ago

    Helo there, one of my two call duck eggs pipped about 24 hours ago and its now about half way round its shell but making very little progress its got plenty fight in it and is kicking and chirping like crazy with its bill poking out the egg but not getting very far then it will stop and have a...
  11. olpoll

    *DUCK ID AND INFO PLEASE HELP*

    hello there, could any one please help me id two ducks to got from a poultry show yesterday they were sold as "DUSKYS" i haven't seen them in the UK before and was hoping my American friends could help me out there about the same size as the wild mallards we get over here but darker and with...
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    eve and star my christmas chicks (photos)

    this is eve and star my christmas day chicks now one week old
  13. olpoll

    a christmas eve chick (with photos)

    well the first ones out my first chick and im deligted for now im going to call him/her....EVE. thanks for all the advice Olpoll from the first photo it took 20 mins to break out
  14. olpoll

    "HELP" THEY SHOULD HATCH BOXING DAY? BUT ONE HAS JUST PIPPED

    they should hatch on boxing day but one has just pipped this is my first time hatching, is this normal ? can they pip two days early and still hatch ok?
  15. olpoll

    any one from the UK

    I'm from the UK and think this forum is great, is there any one else using it from the UK
  16. olpoll

    whats the correct temp to brood chicks

    Hello There, im currently incubating eggs for the first time, im going to make a brooder for the chicks when they hatch ive also got a 175 watt red heat lamp, please could someone tell me the correct temperature the chicks should be kept at in the brooder when they first hatch and when to...
  17. olpoll

    R-com mini incubator advice please

    hello there, im having a go for the first time at hatching some hen eggs i have just got a R-com mini digital incubator (the one that holds three eggs) ive got three eggs in at the moment and after five days ive just candled them and all seems ok at the moment, has any one got any experience...
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    Please could someone help me ID my two new hens

    Hello there, please could some one help me ID two new hens my friend gave me, they are both small in size, about the size of a brown pullet the black one has a small tuft on her head and has a larger than usual tail the white one is pure white thanks Olpoll
  19. olpoll

    please help with call ducks

    hello, im new to the forum i keep nine hens one cockerel and three call ducks, the problem i have is with the ducks i got three apricot calls about three months ago from a breeder i was told that i had 2 ducks and a drake but have since found out that i have two drakes and one duck, i know this...
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