Broody hen and duck eggs??

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flangey

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Broody hen and duck eggs??
« on: April 20, 2010, 18:53 »
Forgive me if this is a really daft question, but one of my Orp Bantams is broody and I was wondering if it's possible to put a couple of duck eggs under her?  I don't have cockerals, but I've got a drake and 3 girlies.  If she were to hatch them, would it not confuse her?  I know that sounds a bit bonkers, all my ducks and chucks live happily together.

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Kate and her Ducks

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Re: Broody hen and duck eggs??
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2010, 19:57 »
She and the ducklings would be fine although apparently the hens get a little panicked when the ducklings keep diving into any water they see!
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

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Re: Broody hen and duck eggs??
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2010, 20:47 »
Great, I think I'll give it a go! Thanks for that Kate  :)

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Re: Broody hen and duck eggs??
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2010, 22:30 »
Broody hens are apparently generally regarded as a better way of raising ducklings than ducks who can be quite unreliable. That being said my broody duck was unstoppable!


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Re: Broody hen and duck eggs??
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2010, 08:42 »
I have a friend whose broody hen raised ducks and a very good job she made of it. I am waiting for one of my hens to go broody to try some duck eggs. :)
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted!!


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