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Just introduced my four bantams into their chicken ark last weekend. So far they have not entered the upper interior portion at night. They typically huddle up in a corner of the run. I started placing them inside the coop at night and closing the ramp in hopes they will catch on. So far no...

Hello everyone. Just ordered my first chickens a few weeks ago, all bantams ( 2 Plymouth Rocks, 2 Easter Eggers, 2 Welsummers). They are scheduled to ship the week of April 6th. I just started looking at coops and I really like the A-frame style, particularly the Catawba coop. However, I had...

As hatchlings and juveniles my call ducklings followed every footstep I made. Loved being picked up and just hung out in my lap. There around 3 months now and pretty much ignore me for the most part, unless I have food...lol. They still will follow me, but only if something scares them. They...

Took a quick video of my call ducks following me around. The larger one is over 6 weeks and the smaller two are clutch mates and around 5 weeks. I hear a difference in their quacks but can't really tell if its male or female. Video

I wanted to order some eggs, however I only want to keep one for myself and give away the rest. Noting going to order them unless I can find homes for the others. Anyone intrested?

I have three butterscoth call ducklings I hatched out this summer (around 6 weeks old already!) Two of them are I am giving to a friend, so I want to add a white and malard drake. I would like to incubate 3 eggs of each color and give away what I don't want when they hatch. Is there anyway to...

Anything I can offer them for treats? Was sitting outside with them and they were nimbling away at my clothes and hands and was thinking I would love to offer them some treats besides their reg old duck food. Thanks for any tips!

I have ducklings between 3-2 weeks old, what age can you place them outside safetly. Once they start to feather? I am in northern NJ and its been in the mid 60s-70s during the day and low 60s at night. Lot of rain though. Do I need a heat lamp in there with those temps? I am looking...

I had two eggs hatch last week, and one this week. The older guys run head first into the younger one knocking him over. They also try and grab his beak or rear tail feathers. Is there anyway to get them used to each other? I don't want to have like five brooders in my house. Also what age...

Had two call ducks hatch out yesterday. Placed them in the brooder this morning and one seems to have an issue with one of his eyes. He's keeping the one eye closed, only seen him open it once or twice. The other eye is nice and wide open. The other duckling is fine too. They both are...

Well after having 3 failed eggs in a crappy R-Com mini (all were deformed), and one failed in my new Oct 20 Eco, I might have my first successful hatch. Beak looks good and head looks round...lol. The little guy internally pipped on Monday morning (day 24), so moved him into a hovabator...

These are call duck eggs on day 18, due to hatch sometime between tues and thurs of next week.

During the day it is usually 37.5-37.6c but in the morning it sometimes drops to 37.2-37.3c The ambient room temp drops around 4-5 degrees at night, but I thought the bator should be able to keep the temp stable. I have moved into another room that has more stable temps and going to see if it...

Just threw in my second clutch of call duck eggs into a new Oct 20. I have a water wiggler in there with a Brinsea spot thermometer inserted into it and a radio shack thermometer. The radio shack and brinsea (inserted into wriggler) thermometer both read 37.5, but the built in alcohol...

Just put my wiggler into my new Eco 20. Temp in the bater is 37.7c, and inside the wiggler its 36.5c. Using a cheap walmart digital thermometer for the bater and the brinsea spot check thermometer for the wiggler. Should I raise the bater temp higher so the internal temp of the wiggler is...

Just got it in the mail yesterday and have it running now to test temps. Temps are around 37.3, still trying to get it perfectly at that .5. Also still waiting on my water wigglers so I can use it with my brisnea spot thermometer and ensure proper interior egg temp. My problem however is with...

I have two butters that I bought last year and the hen has been laying a clutch almost ever two weeks or so. I decided I wanted to add a few members to the flock Now I have breed reptiles for years (recently got out of it though) and no problems and figured that ducks could not be that much...