Call duck eggs brooded by a Silkie

[Aves]

Due to hatch Dec 3 -4

any success stories?

Aves

 

[easttxchick]

Not a Silkie, but by a Call. 6 eggs, 6 ducklings.
Nice hatch rate, isn't it.
Silkies will do just as well. Call breeders do keep Silkies for just that reason.

 

[Hideaway Haven]

Hi
We have had silkies and bantam cochins raise call ducks. It is so much fun to see the hens chase after them when they get in the water.
Good luck

 

[Skittlez]

You mean likes this?

She had 3 eggs, 2 developed, 1 hatched. The one that didn't hatch quit 2 days before hatch.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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What color call duck is that? If I ever get call ducks I wont be useing incubators. Seems to hard to hatch them by bators. I would use silkie batams.

 

[JulieNKC]

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How cute. I have a silkie sitting on some duck and chicken eggs right now. I thought with it getting colder they'd finally be done being broody, but she wasn't giving up so I gave her a few.

 

[Skittlez]

What color call duck is that? If I ever get call ducks I wont be useing incubators. Seems to hard to hatch them by bators. I would use silkie batams.

Sorry, it is actually not a call. It is a Khaki Campbell, but it was hatched by my silkie Pebbles, so I thought I would share.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Oh, well, its cute

I love silkies!

 

[Candiss]

What I have been told, by call breeders, is to spray the duck eggs daily with a fine mist, if a chicken is hatching them. To keep the humidity higher. I have never hatched any ducks with my silkies, but I plan on it next breeding season.

Candace