My 6 ducklings hatched out this time last year (3M/3F), the girls have been laying since early February and around June (middle of winter for us) 8 ducklings hatched and we sold 4.
Since then we have culled the three original drakes (never were aggressive or damaged eggs), all 4 of the new...
I got 6 duck eggs to hatch a while ago, they all hatched great and are all 3 weeks old tomorrow:love. I was told the eggs were welsh harlaquin/Pekin cross. One egg was blueish, this one hatched out yellow and is now growing in darker feathers (this would be the harliquin colouring). The other 5...
Hi everyone, I have read through so many posts about constuction and use of these alternatives to heatlamps but have not seen a post about ducklings that will not go under it.
When my bulb blew for my heatlamp I decided to construct a mama heat pad.
After getting the height and temprature right...
I recently brought some chicken starter from my local feed place, I just found out my baby ducks (under 24 hours old) have been eating the medicated version of this feed. I can not get any more feed until tomorrow morning, and from what I can see they do not provide a non medicated chick...
Hi everyone,
I'm new here so hopefully this us the right place for this... but my duck eggs have started to hatch, just woke up to put more water in my incubator (it is having issues holding humidity even with a few vents closed.) And found my pipped egg hatched (which is awsome). The incubator...
I have never had chickens, I have always been fascinated by the development that goes on in all creatures born from eggs. I loved (and still love) silkie chickens, especially the ginger ones. I tried to hatch silkie chicks in a homemade incubator over 5 years ago and failed miserably. Now older...