Hello,
We are about to get 8 Rouen ducks; 6 females and 2 males.
The females are one and two years old.
We would like to try incubating some of their eggs, and raising their ducklings, but are unsure of what is a reasonable amount. We have raised over 100 chicks at one time, but are wondering how much more work it is to raise ducklings? We have been thinking about incbuating 40 eggs and hopefully hatching >30. Is this crazy?
Of note, we are currently off grid. We can keep the ducklings in town at one of our offices for a few weeks (3-4), but I imagine the smell and noise will quickly become too much, and they will wearout their welcome.
I have used the warm water jug trick succesfully before with the chicks, but was wondering if anyone had additional tricks for off grid?
We could install a small wood stove in the barn and thought maybe this would be sufficient in keeping them warm over the cool evenings. Has anyone tried such a thing before?
We are about to get 8 Rouen ducks; 6 females and 2 males.
The females are one and two years old.
We would like to try incubating some of their eggs, and raising their ducklings, but are unsure of what is a reasonable amount. We have raised over 100 chicks at one time, but are wondering how much more work it is to raise ducklings? We have been thinking about incbuating 40 eggs and hopefully hatching >30. Is this crazy?
Of note, we are currently off grid. We can keep the ducklings in town at one of our offices for a few weeks (3-4), but I imagine the smell and noise will quickly become too much, and they will wearout their welcome.
I have used the warm water jug trick succesfully before with the chicks, but was wondering if anyone had additional tricks for off grid?
We could install a small wood stove in the barn and thought maybe this would be sufficient in keeping them warm over the cool evenings. Has anyone tried such a thing before?