[lisa123]

hi i put four duck eggs under by broody bantams and could hear them chirping in the shells yesterday so hopefully soon they will hatch, i just hope the chickens look after them? anybody else done this?? thanks lisa

[lisa123]

hi there i had a broody bantam so i put some of my duck eggs under. i went in there yesterday and could hear the ducklings through the eggs just wonderd if anyone else has done this and hoping that the chickens will rear them?? hopefully they might of hatched today so will have some ducklings. cant wait.

[joyfull]

Lisa you have posted this once already, I have moved it to the chicken chat pages as it really isn't a problem - so I will merge this one with it 

[joyfull]

lots of people on here have had chickens raise ducklings. It seems that hens are generally very good at this although they do get a bit puzzled when their little ones want to keep taking a bath 

[Kate and her Ducks]

I've always used an incubator nut lots of people use broody hens to good effect. Hope the hatch goes well and just leave the broody to get on with it. They usually know best (although they sometimes get a bit confused as to why their babies keep taking a bath in water!).

[lisa123]

sorry didnt ralise where this had to go.have just given chickens some food have got one duckling that has come out and the other nearly out so have left them to get on with it. they are beautifull. only thing is i have some chicken eggs under the other bantam and they are sharing the eggs so will this stop her looking after the ducklings?? worried now.

[joyfull]

By sharing do you mean that they are both in the same coup or that they are both sat on the same eggs?
sharing eggs doesn't often work as one of the hens can attack the others chicks  . The mum who is sat on the ducklings eggs will get off her nest when she is sure that either they have all hatched or that no more will hatched.

[lisa123]

both are in the same coop. one of them is on the duck eggs and duckling and the other hen is on the chicken eggs.

[lisa123]

have got two ducklings now and can hear the other duckling pecking trying to get out. hopwfully that will be out tommorow. yipeee

[Kate and her Ducks]

Ooh, how lovely.

Can't wait to see the pics.

[joyfull]

is number 3 out now? 

[lisa123]

yep woo hoo number3 is hatched, did try to put some picks on but not sure where they have gone will try again in a while. 

[lisa123]

er how do i upload? i have got the pics on photo bucket. but not sure how to get them on??  

[lisa123]

i did it lol more now.
the one on the right was the first, the darker one second.

this is the last one born this morning.

[joyfull]

they are so sweet