batcatz Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 6 white campbell duck eggs are going under my broody speckledy this evening. It's taken me two years to decide to go for it. Fingers crossed that at least half hatch and at least two are girls! They were posted by next day post and have been resting at 45 degree angle since yesterday morning. Edited: Going to put them under her now so they hatch in the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppers Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Good luck! I hatched 14 duck eggs under a broody hen a while back. I had a male and female duck at the time so used their eggs. (They had hatched ducklings previously so I thought their eggs would probably be fertile.)Every one hatched out and they were gorgeous! I used to dampen the eggs when the broody hen got off to eat etc ,as I was told that when a duck sits on a clutch, and hops off for food and things, she gets her underside feathers wet before going back onto the eggs. You can wet the hen's feathers apparently but I found just sploshing a little water on the clutch of eggs worked fine. Duck egg shells are a lot tougher than chicken egg shells and the moisture helps to soften them. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcatz Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 Thanks, I sprayed them when I first put them in her nest and she went on them fine. Took her out this morning and she stayed crouched as if she was still sitting on the eggs for a while. ha ha. Sploshed water on the eggs this time! Will prob take her out of the eglu twice a day so she can eat and drink and I can wet the eggs. She's used to it, because I've been doing it for a week anyway. I even managed to give the eglu a throrough clean before I put the ducks eggs in. It took an hour and she still went back in. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Ive never bothered with putting water on mine just give them to the chicken and let her get on with it i think to much water and you can damage the eggs leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Where do you put your ducks at night Leanne ? Sara x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Hi sara they live in my daughters old log cabin that she had when she was 2 shes now 20 so dosent need it anymore leanne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Hoping to get 2 chocolate muscovies as apparently they just hiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Yeah but their good flyers leanne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Got 6 foot fence all round - I'll have to pinion them then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
