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Thanks you are a big help. :ya

I thought the flock raiser was too high a protein (20%) for layers? I was looking at feeding the 16% Layena for a couple of months while laying. The Mazuri waterfowl breeder is 17%, but the cost is very high. My ducks won't touch the oyster shells. They are on a 16% duck grower and I add meal...

Does anyone feed the new, well maybe not that new, Purina's Layena Plus to their laying ducks? Is it really any better than the regular Layena?

Seven wks ago I took the eggs my Mandarin was sitting on and hatched them. They are doing great. Since then she has laid eleven more eggs and has been sitting on them for the last eighteen days. I finally found her out of the box and candled them. Only one was developing and to be honest, I...

Quote: After a few sleepless nights, I would like to share with you my first hatching of 6 Mandarins ducklings. Although I can't take much credit for them, I didn't incubate them long. My DD did help one get out. It was fully zipped but a few spots of the membrane were still attached and would...

I feel so bad right now. She came out of the box tonight, so I took the eggs. I candled the eggs before putting them in my hatcher and all six are in the air cell. I didn't see any pips though. What I don't understand is why is she leaving the eggs when it is obivious that they are getting...

Ok, After reading all the horror stories here and on the other thread, I am going to pull the eggs. I get the humidity but what about temp the last few days? I do my BEI's at 98.5 the last days. Also, how do I pull the eggs if she doesn't come out of the box today? She hisses some fierce at you...

I forgot to add, they are in a wired covered avairy. I could fence off the area to herd them into the pen in the barn but I don't know if she would rather be outside with them? They do have some nice logs that I have made almost waterproof to stay in but don't know if they are good mothers or...

My Mandarin is sitting on six eggs. The 28th day will be in the neighborhood of Thurs, Fri. or Sat. this week. She still comes out of the box every evening. I did candle the eggs last week and saw movement in them. Shouldn't she be sitting continuously on them now? It has been quite warm. Also...