Just wondering if anyone has any experience with using a chicken to hatch duck eggs?
I have a hen who loves to be mommy more than she likes to lay eggs. In decemeber I tried to hatch to pekin eggs in an incubator, with no luck :-(
The beginning of Jan my motherly hen went broody again...
So Friday Jan 3rd I gave her 4 ducks, and the next friday I gave her 3 chicken eggs.
So tomorrow we should be coming up on hatching day...
Will she freak out when / if ducks hatch and they are "not" chickens ??
Do I need to be watching her non stop and pulling them as soon as the eggs crack?
She is a good momma, so I gave her chicken eggs also, so that it would not all be for nothing for her, I will let her keep her 3 chicken babies.
Thanks for sharing any experiences
I have a hen who loves to be mommy more than she likes to lay eggs. In decemeber I tried to hatch to pekin eggs in an incubator, with no luck :-(
The beginning of Jan my motherly hen went broody again...
So Friday Jan 3rd I gave her 4 ducks, and the next friday I gave her 3 chicken eggs.
So tomorrow we should be coming up on hatching day...
Will she freak out when / if ducks hatch and they are "not" chickens ??
Do I need to be watching her non stop and pulling them as soon as the eggs crack?
She is a good momma, so I gave her chicken eggs also, so that it would not all be for nothing for her, I will let her keep her 3 chicken babies.
Thanks for sharing any experiences