Hi! I have ducklings due to hatch in a few days and have a trip scheduled the day after they hatch. How long can they safely stay in the incubator before being moved to a brooder? It would be about 36 hours after they hatch I would be back (and we do have someone watching over them if they need...
Ya! You usually can! Sometimes they won’t take them, but usually they will. Just keep an eye on them and have a backup brooder just in case! @Pierre duck drake you have broody hens a lot right?
Thank you for this info! This is our first time hatching poults and we have grown quite attached to the little guys, so we don’t want to send them to a death sentence. I think I’ll offer to sell her some fertile eggs for her turkey hen to sit on. But I think you’re right- if she won’t sit on the...
Hi! Someone wants to buy my turkey poults to put under her broody hen. She’s never hatched or raised poults before (the hen). And isn’t doing a good job sitting on her eggs (she won’t stay on them long enough to hatch them). My poults are a week old and thriving in the brooder. It’s still rainy...
Thanks for the welcome! These are just some of our animals! We have about 40 chickens, 20 ducks, 3 turkeys, two goats (I need to find a picture of them!), barn cats and indoor cats. It’s busy and fun around here!