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I am delighted to announce that the Incubating, Hatching And Raising Ducklings eBook will be coming soon. Incubating, Hatching And Raising Ducklings eBook will provide you with information about: reasons for keeping ducks, ways to start rearing ducks, choosing and storing duck eggs, incubating duck eggs and incubator settings, candling the eggs, hatching duck eggs, … Read more
I am always delighted to hear from my customers especially when they have an excellent hatch like Ally did. Dear Sara I neglected to send you an e-mail thanking you for the safe delivery of my Khaki Campbell eggs! You will be pleased to know that all six hatched and I am glad to report … Read more
I love to hear from other smallholder’s, farmers and animal lovers and it is especially nice when I get sent photos. Here are Christina’s ducklings only about a week old in the brooder. Here are the ducklings enjoying time outside in garden in their outdoor pen. Here is the beginnings of the pond for the … Read more
Ducks like to forage for food and like to eat grass. Other greens and vegetables that ducks and ducklings like to eat include: cabbage lettuce chickweed If you pick the greens and vegetables for your ducks and ducklings then make sure that the greens and veg are shredded to prevent digestive blockages. What other greens … Read more
I received an email about ducklings that were poorly and were rolling their necks. “Hey guys, I’ve been reading some of your posts, and I have a really important question for the duck farmer. I have 5 3 week old ducklings, who have been living quite contently, until today, I put them in a sideways … Read more
It is always a good sign to hear a duckling chirping in the shell as it means that the duckling will soon be hatching. I’m hatching cayuga duck eggs for the first time in a home incubator,their at 26 days and I can hear one chirping from inside the egg quite a lot,does this mean … Read more
The hatching process takes alot out of a duckling which is not surprising when they have to break through the hard shell of the egg. I helped my duckling but it just sleeps there and when i put it in the brooder the other duck pecks it. I dont know what to do. ive separated … Read more
I was delighted to receive an email from Roz this morning letting me know that the khaki campbell duck eggs that she bought from me hatched out yesterday. Hi Sara Just wanted to let you know we have successfully hatched 5 of the ducklings, early yesterday morning (27th) in fact, we heard one of them … Read more
I was delighted to receive a photograph of Carolyn’s four khaki campbell ducklings that hatched from the hatching duck eggs that I sent her from my gaggle of khaki campbell ducks and drake. Attached a pic of the wee fellows outside the other day in their run. They love it out there in the sun. … Read more
I am often asked about how to tame ducks and ducklings. Hey i have 6 prob 5 week old baby ducks and am having problems getting them use to being held we got em when they was 4 weeks old and so there use to each other and are use to the fact we feed … Read more