- Jan 25, 2013
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Hi guys, I'm new to call ducks, and I have a few questions.
1. When is call duck breeding season? I heard that we a getting close to it, but I wasn't sure when it really starts.
2. How should I have them set up? I have read that you need them in a small pen up off the ground, but I have had a friend breed hers in just a normal pen. I currently have mine in 10x10's coops.
3.I have heard that hatching call eggs is hard, is that so? Am I better to let the hens sit, or put the eggs under my chickens, or bring them in the house and put them in the incubator? I have been very successful hatching Mallard eggs both under the hen and in the incubator.
The girl I got my pair of Ginger calls from said that they had never layed for her before, and they are already 3 years old. But she also had them in with all their chickens. In late Oct the hen did lay one egg for me after being caged and crated for 3 weeks after a series of back to back shows. I had had the pair for two months at that time.
The trio of White calls I got from another girl who had been showing and breeding them, She hatched several of their eggs (I'm not sure is she did incubator or under the hen, I think she did both). I have three of the offspring as well.
Thanks ~4-H Girl~
1. When is call duck breeding season? I heard that we a getting close to it, but I wasn't sure when it really starts.
2. How should I have them set up? I have read that you need them in a small pen up off the ground, but I have had a friend breed hers in just a normal pen. I currently have mine in 10x10's coops.
3.I have heard that hatching call eggs is hard, is that so? Am I better to let the hens sit, or put the eggs under my chickens, or bring them in the house and put them in the incubator? I have been very successful hatching Mallard eggs both under the hen and in the incubator.
The girl I got my pair of Ginger calls from said that they had never layed for her before, and they are already 3 years old. But she also had them in with all their chickens. In late Oct the hen did lay one egg for me after being caged and crated for 3 weeks after a series of back to back shows. I had had the pair for two months at that time.
The trio of White calls I got from another girl who had been showing and breeding them, She hatched several of their eggs (I'm not sure is she did incubator or under the hen, I think she did both). I have three of the offspring as well.
Thanks ~4-H Girl~