I have one muscovy hen setting on a bunch of eggs ( our first time)
the other ducks eggs I have left to see if one of my other scovie girls will set too
the other ducks are not too interested, but my chicken hens are- they keep getting in the box with my mama scovie, and one silkie/cochin mix ( she is one of my favorite girls, Little Britches) has been starting to set I think- but she is not a big bird, she is just a little banty- and of corse duck eggs are large
should I take some of those eggs back out? Leave them? I was hoping my ducks would set if I left them and they got the idea- but once she starts to set on them, I will need to make sure she sticks with it, or put them in a bator, right?
like I said, this is my first time with one of my girls hatching out eggs- I started another thread about how to set up an area for her to rear her babies in the duck forum- maybe I should ask here too- right now she is just in the coop with all the other ducks and chickens- but I was thinking that once the ducks hatch I will need to move them so the other chikens and ducks don't kill them- what would be an ideal set up for that? Cheap is good, we are pretty handy and can whip something together- just not sure what, if I should just section off part of teh coop, or move her while she is setting- not sure
the birds just lay and sleep in the coop, they are free range
the other ducks eggs I have left to see if one of my other scovie girls will set too
the other ducks are not too interested, but my chicken hens are- they keep getting in the box with my mama scovie, and one silkie/cochin mix ( she is one of my favorite girls, Little Britches) has been starting to set I think- but she is not a big bird, she is just a little banty- and of corse duck eggs are large
should I take some of those eggs back out? Leave them? I was hoping my ducks would set if I left them and they got the idea- but once she starts to set on them, I will need to make sure she sticks with it, or put them in a bator, right?
like I said, this is my first time with one of my girls hatching out eggs- I started another thread about how to set up an area for her to rear her babies in the duck forum- maybe I should ask here too- right now she is just in the coop with all the other ducks and chickens- but I was thinking that once the ducks hatch I will need to move them so the other chikens and ducks don't kill them- what would be an ideal set up for that? Cheap is good, we are pretty handy and can whip something together- just not sure what, if I should just section off part of teh coop, or move her while she is setting- not sure
the birds just lay and sleep in the coop, they are free range
