Just thought i'd say hi am vicky, i'm a knew member , i have 3 dogs, a lizzard and a khaki cambell and a mallard duck, hoping to have some ducklings this summer and would be greatfull of any advice or good links to read through will make a change for me not to scoff our eggs there so yummy :D
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Hi Vicky for reading you can't do better than start here, if you click on ducks on the left of the page it will show lots of posts by members or you can search by typing any word in the search box
how old are your ducks and what are their names
by the way I have 5 khakis 3 girls and 2 boys nearly 2 years oldmo xPosted 1 year ago # -
hi, i got my ducks 2 years ago there called hoi sin and pancakes and just reading though posts now ,i have a friend whos willing to lend me a incubator looks like i am putting the tv remote down for a while and doing lots of research :)
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The names so made me laugh and your comment Victoria about the remote .Also 3 dogs and a lizard well i never lucky you ,we have lizards but not as pets .Hope you have many more babies they are such fun.mama
Goose GirlPosted 1 year ago # -
Hi Vicky
Welcome to the site! I have 4 khaki campbells and 15 hens. Duck eggs make the best scrambled egg ever! Am sure you will find out the info you need for incubating, and there are plenty of members who will be able to help you along your way!
nice 'meeting' you...
Karen xPosted 1 year ago # -
Welcome Vicky!
You have come to the right place. You can spend a lot of time reading through the posts on this forum and most likely will get answers to all of your questions, as well as questions that you didn't even know you had.
This is a wonderful and informative group here and discovered it when I moved to a house across from a lake and had questions about all the ducks that would come and spend time in my yard.
There are about 10 or so 'feral' farm ducks that live on the lake, that visit me- as well as wild mallards that come with them. I also have three ducks that I have adopted from the lake, that I keep in my enclosed back yard as pets. One is a Cayuga female (Daphne) that showed up one day under one of my bushes and a Black East Indian male (Indie) that appeared about two weeks after that. Both were friendly and I am guessing -either got loose from somewhere or were dumped on the lake. My third is a Swedish female (Lucky) that began as a duckling that was left in my yard by one of the grown ducks at the very end of last summer. I hand raised her inside until she was big enough to keep outside with the other two.
I just started getting eggs from my two girls and have discovered that duck eggs scrambled and as omelets are awesome!
Wishing you all the best,
DottiePosted 1 year ago # -
hi thanks for all your replies, ive decided am going to cheat am sending my eggs up to my friends farm on sunday to be incubated and will have my ducklings when they are about a week old he said ( well thats if they hatch ) the incuabator i was going to use is manual turning and wont always be some one at home to turn them plus will save my kids from tears if they dont hatch , least my friend knows exactly what hes doing and will save me disapoinment if i get it all wrong :D
Posted 1 year ago # -
Excellent and caring decision Victoria,wishing you a happy hatch and lots of ducklings. Mama
Goose GirlPosted 1 year ago # -
thats not cheating its a very good idea, is he using an incubator or duck or hens of his own ?
mo xPosted 1 year ago # -
he's going to be using a incubator ,now onto reading up how to care for week old duckies :D still would have been nice to see the eggs hatch but just the same will be made having ducklings
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maybe your friend will call you when the hatching starts and you can see them hatching
I got mine at a week old and its lovely, I have told Kim on the 'ducks or ducklings' post what I did with mine but if you have any questions just ask, im more than happy to have to remember them early days and share my experiences with you, happy memories lolmo xPosted 1 year ago # -
ive asked my friend to give me a call soon as they start hatching wont be able to get to the car quick enough, i have 12 eggs now in his incubator so fingers crossed we have some ducklings in the next 21 days, aslso have a quick question been looking at pictures of ducklings for sale on www.preloved.co.uk and theres a add saying ducklings have been vaccinated? didnt know they needed they vaccines thought that was just dogs and cats
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Some breeders do that Victoria against some diseases they breed so many most have to .None of us do though so don't worry .Really hope you get to see the hatch or part of it at least. Happy days are coming your way .Mama
Goose GirlPosted 1 year ago # -
Hi Victoria. You do know that duck eggs take 28 days not 21 days like chickens and they need extra moisture? I am sure you have done your homework but didn't want you to be disappointed after 21 days
Sarah LPosted 1 year ago # -
thanks for your replys,i had confused with chicken eggs good job my friend knows what hes doing, ive also asked him about vaccines and he said hes never bothered and had no problems for past 10 years so just the waiting game now feel like a little kid waiting for xmas :D
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi Victoria, I'm new here myself. So welcome.
Ducks are addictive so I'm sure that you'll have fun. Don't worry about racing to your friends to see them hatch, with 12 eggs they can take up to 24 hours from 1st hatch to last so you'll probably get there in time. As Campbell says, duck eggs do need more moisture to hatch than chicken eggs but it sounds as though your friend has plenty of experience so do have fun.
I made the mistake of keeping my 1st ducklings in the spare room but they can smell,no matter how clean you keep it, and it took months to get rid of the smell after they had moved out!!!
No holidays, too many birds.Posted 1 year ago # -
Just a quick up date we have 5 ducklings that has hatched and one still hatching have posted a pic on the facebook page dont know how to upload them on here :D shame ive missed them hatching tho :(
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi Victoria, shame you missed the hatch hope you get to at least see one hatch, been and looked at your photo so cute have to ask though whats on the floor of the brooder as it looks like a fine mesh cloth with holes and i'd be a bit concerned at them catching a claw in it
Sara can send you a code how to put photos on here so look forward to seeing more pics soon :)
mo xPosted 1 year ago # -
am unsure what it is on the floor, ive sent a message asking
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi All,
Here are Victoria's ducklings.
Mum is a khaki campbell and dad is a mallard.
Kind regards
Sara @ farmingfriendsPosted 1 year ago #
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