hatching and brooding ducks

  1. V

    Looking for help/advice with duck egg

    Hi, everyone. I was hoping you could help me with a duck egg I've been looking after for just over the past week. I've been getting help and advice from a few people who have some experience with hatching eggs. They've aided me tremendously, but they're not always able to reply on short notice...
    • Vhiran
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    • candling duck egg hatching a duck hatching a duckling hatching advice hatching and brooding ducks
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  2. HeatherFeatherFlock

    Took Mama ducks hatching babies, will she be okay?

    Hi. So we were doing a natural matching nest with our khaki Campbell ducks. Mama is young, not even a year old. This nest was an accident we found her hiding in a bush with, so we went with it. Moved them to the duck house. Now it’s hatching time. One hatched but when I checked on the progress I...
  3. NeighborhoodEggLady

    Hatching Ducklings in a mixed Duck and Chicken coop

    For the last few years we have raised our ducks and chickens together. We typically hatch both chicks and ducks in an incubator. We have had one successful broody hen hatch, care for, and raise chicks. Now we have a broody duck. She is in the top nest box and has been intermittently sitting on...
  4. IsabellaMarilyn

    What online hatchery did you buy your ducklings from?

    Hello. I’m planing on ordering 3 female runner ducklings in the next couple of months. Possibly hatching eggs. I’ve been looking into Metzer Farms and Cackle Hatchery. Have you received ducks from either one; and if so what was your experience like? Are there other good hatcheries you can...
    • IsabellaMarilyn
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    • brooding ducklings buying online cackle hatchery duckling care female duck hatcheries hatching and brooding ducks metzer farms
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. Rammy

    Khaki Campbell Hatching Thread

    Put the khaki campnells eggs in yesterday after letting them settle for 24 hours after I recieved them. Some of the eggs are huge. Im hoping they arent double yolkers. One was broken when I got them and susnt look fertile. I did not see a dot anywhere on the egg. They will have that dot like...
  6. CLovesDucks

    The Mallards HATCHED! Question about ‘wry neck’

    Hi BYC friends! 4 of my 9 duck eggs (mallards - runners are in progress) have hatched! I left them in the incubator for 24 hours and then put them in the brooder. Three of them are doing great and are cheeping and sitting upright. I have one, who is secretly my favorite, that can’t hold her...
    • CLovesDucks
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    • baby duck hatch hatch a duck hatching and brooding ducks hatching duck eggs hatching ducks incubation wry neck
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  7. HenzandHoundzFarm

    How long until I get fertile eggs?

    I'm going to pick up a new drake on Wednesday! I'm so excited! :D I'm going to have to separate him for a few weeks but I'm pretty sure he's really healthy so I'll put him in with my girl soon. How long after they are put together can I begin collecting eggs that will be fertile? :confused: It's...
    • HenzandHoundzFarm
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    • breeding ducklings ducks hatch a duck hatching hatching and brooding ducks incubating incubating duck eggs
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    • Forum: Ducks
  8. HenzandHoundzFarm

    Which Incubator?!?! SUNCOO?

    I'm looking to hatch some ducklings from my show winning Welsh Harlequin! :yesss:I've never incubated before and am on a budget. I've found two incubators that look promising: SUNCOO Digital Egg Incubator Hatcher with Automatic Egg Turning Temperature Control for Chicken, Poultry Hatching for...
  9. BrightonBabies

    First Time Hatching Eggs

    Hello, We have 3 female chickens, 1 male duck and 1 female duck. Our ducks are Khaki Campbells. Our female has been faithfully laying on her nest of eggs. I recently candled the eggs and was tickled pink that we have 6 babies that seem to be developing beautifully. We believe we have about a...
  10. P

    Egg fertility

    My drake, Don, died about a week ago. We’ve had a terrible time with a bear. We even added hot wire, but Don thought he was a hero and must have stuck his head out of the fence to try and get it because it got ripped off. We added fine mesh fencing so we think we’re secure now, that’s not the...
    • Pseitz
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    • hatching and brooding ducks
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    • Forum: Ducks
  11. Mixed flock enthusiast

    Duckling hatching help!

    I’m a months long lurker but new member. Posted to duck forum with no response so trying this forum... We have 10 Welsh Harlequin and 5 domestic mallards that were set in a still air incubator together 27 days ago. Tonight will start day 28. We’ve been weighing the eggs and targeting 14% weight...
  12. Breemae123

    I never see Muscovy Duck off her nest. Should I move her to candle the eggs?

    I check on my ducks a lot. They have a good portion of the yard fenced off and I can peek over. I never see my brooding Muscovy off her nest. I know you’re suppose to remove bad eggs but I haven’t even candled them once since I have never seen her not sitting on them. Should I try to remove her...
    • Breemae123
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    • brooding candling hatching and brooding ducks muscovy muscovy ducklings
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. C

    hatching naturally

    Hi there I took on two miniature silver apple yard ducks from a local animal shelter last year - one duck and one drake - and am considering letting her sit on some eggs. I've been doing lots of research but most of the information I can find about hatching eggs is about using an incubator and...
    • Callie Ducks
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    • ducks hatching and brooding ducks
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. blayt90

    Egg development question

    I have 17 eggs in my incubator and they are at day 24. My question is has anyone ever had their eggs develop at different speeds. I candled my eggs yesterday and noticed that a few were almost completely black with very little liquid at the point. While others had a larger amount of liquid. All...
    • blayt90
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    • duckling development hatching and brooding ducks incubated eggs
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. T

    When to take Muscovy Duckling out of Incubator?

    I have rescued eggs hatching...please assist. forced air bator 99.5 humidity 65-70
  16. M

    Incubating ducks and chicks together?

    Hello! I’ve been looking at everything I can find on incubating chickens and ducks and finally decided to just join this group cause it seems to have a lot of answers to my questions! So I just wanted to say thanks! I incubated one batch of chickens and ducks and had good results on chickens...
    • Momma Jo
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    • hatching and brooding chicks hatching and brooding ducks incubating chicken eggs incubating duck eggs
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
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