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treldib, we were just passing through with the same question, only we've got pekins. is it about the same for all duck species? thanks for the info.

here is what i can tell you. we have pekins, 2 drakes and 5 hens (mature) and they are busy laying us eggs year round. i've only heard that your other breeds of duck do not lay year round. the pekins will not brood, that trait has been bred out of them, so if you want ducklings you'll either...

thanks so much, we're headin out, so we'll see what happens. hopefully we'll be able to pull this lil' gal through. all we can do is all that we can do.

thanks again for the quick reply. on the flockraiser lable it says to use as a sole ration from hatch to market, but i'll take your experience to heart. in the meantime do we proceed with the niacin and polyvisol boost and hope it'll pull the lame one through?

thanks for the replys, we are feeding purina flock raiser. we have all of the ducks on it (highly recommended from the gal at the co op) we're heading into town and will pick up some niacin what exactly are we lookin for? also i"ve read somewhere about "polyvisol" do we do that as well? we've...

one of our 6 week old pekins is having issues getting around. her tail end appears to be turned to the left, her left wing drops off to the left when she tries to walk, and she has a significant limp (left leg) there are no other signs of trauma. she is still eating and drinking but not with the...

thanks for the quick reply. we've got some 500mg niacin capsules, do we just disolve 1 in his water or what? we've got him in with one of the more mild chicks for company, and the brooder they're in is 2'x4' so he has plenty of room to move around. again, THANKYOU!!!

so finally the last duck is out. this hatch we incubated 21 and if this last one makes it we'll have 15 new mouths to feed. problem is this last one took nearly 48 hours to get out, we had babies in there that were 5 days old, the first ones pipped and zipped on the first day of lockdown. anyway...

our local co op carries poultry/game bird waterers, different sizes i think 1 , 3, 5, and 7 gallon capacity. the 7 gallon is good for 7 full grown pekins for 3 days, 5 thriving pekin ducklings for 4 days. the waterer is gravity/vacume controled and works out perfect for us. they are somewhat...

a couple of our pekins were laying some soft shellers during the real cold weather, we fed more,(flockraiser*) and mixed in crushed oyster shell, and all is well. now it's just part of the daily diet. good luck to all, hope this helps.

txhomegrown, congrats!!! we candled 21 pekin eggs last night (day 13) and everything is developing as it should. we too had movement in quite a few and if i'm not mistaken, my wife even finally got excited about the whole "duck thing". a bit of advice though, be prepared with your brooder box, i...

tay_boe, here is what i've read and put into use. run your temp at 99.5* and your humidity at about 58% up untill lockdown, then bump your humidity up to about 78%. this i'm sure will vary depending on what type of bator you're using. i'm using a brower top hatch* with auto turner and fan. i was...

do you suppose this will work as well with our ducklings, i don't know about your chicks but i do know about ducklings, lots of water, and lots of poo. right now there are only 5 and they're in a 2' x 4' brooder box and it's almost impossible to keep up with it. still cold nights here in...

we're still learning,but from what i've read the "big boys" do the mist thing twice a week, know real explanation. i did mist once w/ the 110* water but that was more to get my humidity up untill i could "redneck" a better solution. i think you do more harm than good by opening up the bator and...

your candled egg looks like its a go. but be forwarned, the anxiety has only just begun. we are on day 10 of our second batch of pekins in the bator. first go we started w/ 18 and due to the learning curve we only hatched 5, but they are thriving. the last one has some breathing issues (panting)...

Here is what I know, if I were to even attempt to incubate our duck eggs in the master closet my wife would chop me into pieces and use my remains to fertilize the pasture. Yes i am full of good fertilizer material and yes they do smell when the hatch has begun. it,s up to you, but I'ld be...

be careful what you wish for. i've heard that if they imprint too strongly they can be a real pain,(tripping, stumbling, throw out your back, pull a groin) you know, that sort of mayhem!!! !!! ENJOY !!!

we are new at this whole hatchin' habit as well. we just finished our first go round and hatched 5 pekins out of 16 eggs (learning curve) currently we have 24 in the bator, we're learning loads from these posts. anyway we are using a "brower top hatch w/turner and fan. very user friendly. i cut...

we're back and again thanks so much to all who replied!! we're on what should be the last day of our first hatch. so we have 4 bright shiny baby pekins and as of this post 12 more that either better get real busy real fast or tomorrow they go to the manure pile.no signs of pipping at all, guess...

thanks so much for your responses, we weren't sure if we were conected or not. true story, the early bird is doing fine and has been joined by 2 more of his buds (day 25) a fourth is pipping as we write. our new "first hatch panic" questions are ...when we stopped turning what do we do to keep...