one duckling????

[Wifezilla]

I decided that next year, if i need ducklings I will incubated mallard eggs then I can have ducks all spring and summer and they can fly away or not depending on their mood in the fall.

Ummmm..... NO! This is illegal.​

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Ummmm..... NO! This is illegal.

Thats what I thought to but didnt say anything.

 

[newbyduckmom]

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Adorable picture!


Sorry about the duck egg, Duckgirl99.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Adorable picture!


Sorry about the duck egg, Duckgirl99.

Its ok.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Adorable picture!


Sorry about the duck egg, Duckgirl99.

Its ok.

aww so sorry to hear your egg isn't any good. but look on the bright side you have some beautiful ducklings and ducks, go hug them.. it will make you feel better.

 

[m.kitchengirl]

I am sorry to hear that. I tried to incubate Ancona duck eggs this spring and it was AWFUL.
I borrowed the incubator from a teacher I know who loans out a few every year when she does incubation in her class. She said, after I brought it back heartbroken, that she "had a student clean them out for the first time this year" and they all had a 0% hatch rate. She assured me that she would not have students who were staying after school as punishment "help" with important tasks like the incubators anymore.
Even if it had gone well, I was a wreck. I think I'll leave the incubating to my ducks and hens, if they ever go broody.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

m.kitchengirl :

I am sorry to hear that. I tried to incubate Ancona duck eggs this spring and it was AWFUL.
I borrowed the incubator from a teacher I know who loans out a few every year when she does incubation in her class. She said, after I brought it back heartbroken, that she "had a student clean them out for the first time this year" and they all had a 0% hatch rate. She assured me that she would not have students who were staying after school as punishment "help" with important tasks like the incubators anymore.
Even if it had gone well, I was a wreck. I think I'll leave the incubating to my ducks and hens, if they ever go broody.

Thats so sad

im sorry? Im hopeing next year wont be so bad. Im also hopeing that the reason none of them hatched was becuz 1: they werent fertile and 2: their hatch rate was low. Im REALLY!!! Hopeing it was becuz I did something wrong. Im sure you didnt do anything wrong, maybe it was becuz the hatch rate was low? How late in the year were you?​

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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Its ok.

aww so sorry to hear your egg isn't any good. but look on the bright side you have some beautiful ducklings and ducks, go hug them.. it will make you feel better.

Thanks miss lydia, just you saying that made me feel better

always nice getting a hug.

 

[m.kitchengirl]

maybe it was becuz the hatch rate was low? How late in the year were you?

We think there was some sort of bacteria in the incubators. Everyone incubating got eggs from different places. My friend does 3 hatches in 3 classes, and runs them all at the same time. I started incubating in June, with a "due date" of July 9th.

I got my eggs from a friend who breeds Anconas in Maryland and when I set them all 9 were fertile (she has a 98% hatch rate), and by 2 weeks in I was down to 4 good eggs, by lockdown 2... I am not cut out for incubating, but I am a good duck & chicken foster mommy, so it is ok. Plus I LOVE my Anconas, especially my drake, Mr. B. Quackers. If I was a girl duck I would have a huge crush on him. It all worked out as it should, and when I am ready to add to my flock and one of my gals is broody I can order eggs from my friend again and introduce a whole new line. (Or get some Welsh Harlequins...)​

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

m.kitchengirl :

maybe it was becuz the hatch rate was low? How late in the year were you?

We think there was some sort of bacteria in the incubators. Everyone incubating got eggs from different places. My friend does 3 hatches in 3 classes, and runs them all at the same time. I started incubating in June, with a "due date" of July 9th.

I got my eggs from a friend who breeds Anconas in Maryland and when I set them all 9 were fertile (she has a 98% hatch rate), and by 2 weeks in I was down to 4 good eggs, by lockdown 2... I am not cut out for incubating, but I am a good duck & chicken foster mommy, so it is ok. Plus I LOVE my Anconas, especially my drake, Mr. B. Quackers. If I was a girl duck I would have a huge crush on him. It all worked out as it should, and when I am ready to add to my flock and one of my gals is broody I can order eggs from my friend again and introduce a whole new line. (Or get some Welsh Harlequins...)​

Sounds good! Awesome idea, sorry again about all the eggs

If you ever want to buy welsh harlequins eggs PM me. I will have 4 welshis. 1 male and 3 females. they are only three weeks now, but they will be laying by spring. So if you are interested give me a ring! I have rouen and khaki campbell hatching eggs now, but im not selling any eggs until I have the ones I want in my incubator. I wanna do a "succsessful" hatch this time. Maybe the hatch rate will be better with home grown eggs?​