GarnerZoo
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- May 22, 2015
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My Welsh Harlequin is sitting on 15 eggs and they're due sometime between Sunday and Tuesday. I have a few questions as this will be my first time with ducklings (We bought the female and our male when they were already older). The male is also a Welsh Harlequin and they are both just over a year old.
My Questions are:
1.) Does she sit on the eggs as they hatch? Or will she get up until they are done? (I know this seems really weird to ask but I honestly don't know)
2.) Will our chickens try to hurt them? (There's one that is mean to our adult male, she thinks she's a rooster so I think that might be why shes mean to him)
3.) When they finally hatch how do I go about them and swimming. I've read that ones hatched out of an incubator need to be towel dried, but they'll have a mom so do I just let her take care of that?
Also, will I still need to supervise swimming to make sure they don't drown on accident. (Should I lower the amount of water in the duck pool so it's safe for ducklings?)
5.) We will be selling the ducklings, what age should I sell them at? I don't want to sell them too early, and what price do you sell ducklings at usually?
Any other advice for raising them with her would be much appreciated. Also sorry if someone else has asked these questions, I couldn't find any of the answers to these where they have a mom.
My Questions are:
1.) Does she sit on the eggs as they hatch? Or will she get up until they are done? (I know this seems really weird to ask but I honestly don't know)
2.) Will our chickens try to hurt them? (There's one that is mean to our adult male, she thinks she's a rooster so I think that might be why shes mean to him)
3.) When they finally hatch how do I go about them and swimming. I've read that ones hatched out of an incubator need to be towel dried, but they'll have a mom so do I just let her take care of that?
Also, will I still need to supervise swimming to make sure they don't drown on accident. (Should I lower the amount of water in the duck pool so it's safe for ducklings?)
5.) We will be selling the ducklings, what age should I sell them at? I don't want to sell them too early, and what price do you sell ducklings at usually?
Any other advice for raising them with her would be much appreciated. Also sorry if someone else has asked these questions, I couldn't find any of the answers to these where they have a mom.
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