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thanks for explaining its all getting a bit clearer now Andrew

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...

so the blue fawns will be a apricot/blue fawn mix but look more like blue fawns than apricots? sorry but its all a bit confusing mums an blue fawn dads an apricot ducklings look like mum and nothing like dad?

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...

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...

Quote: thanks ill keep the lid shut hold my breath and cross every thing!! HOOOOOOO THE STRESSSS!!!!

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...

Quote: i haven't had a hatch from this bator yet all the disasters came from the rubbish r-com mini i never new the humidity because theres nothing to tell you but when i tested it was only 30% not very good for any thing i would of thought. the big r-com is very acurate and ive now got the...

yep! some say 45% some say 65% and some say 85% and some even say higher, i dunno either i cant seem to find a proper answer to the question. then when they die on day 25 all you get is the humidity is either too low OR to high??? ive got mine up to 70% now im holding my breath for the 20...

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

thanks lilducky, all my duck books tell me to keep humidity at 45% then when they pip to raise it to 65% i know you have had a good hatch with high humidity but i dont want to turn it to high when they have been developing well at 45% at the moment every thing looks well the air sacs are the...

thats great news is the cat still in the dog house

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...

he looks stunning he'll be flying around soon with them big old wings

Quote: lol i thought frankie was a good name for a duck or a drake, ive no idea what he or she is? ps i set 24 call duck eggs in my new bigger incubator last week some were over 2 weeks old and 22 out the 24 are fertile thats good going for calls little frankie will soon have some buddies

beautiful.... little frankies mam, and dad in the middle,

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

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

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

thanks again every one ill put some pics on tomorrow when i put him in the brooder