[freshers]

hope to breed my khaki campbells in the future, anyone have any advice/links to help me?
i have no idea if i will need incubators or if the girls can do the job themselves.
Mr duck seems to enjoy his piggyback rides almost daily so he is up to the job anyway!

[Sassy]

I'm most certainly NOT an expert, but from what I have been told ducks don't make good mothers and a broody hen can be a boon. However, I know 2 people in the village who have raised ducklings from their ducks - if you see what I mean :!:  :oops:

[Vember]

I have used both a broody hen & an incubator to hatch ducks
Alot less stress if you can go with the broody hen, with the incubator getting the humidity right is the key to a good hatch.

The thing with allowing them to do it themsleves is the slightest disturbance and the duck will shift and not go back to the eggs.
I think Muscovies are the best breed for hatching their own babies as they are more likley to go broody


Sarah

[flocko]

We hatched Call ducks by incubator, broody hen and Mother duck. The best results were gained by Mother duck doing the job herself.

Ducklings can be very difficult to hatch by incubator so if you can get a duck to sit on her own eggs for 28 days without getting bored (as they often do and get off the eggs with only a few days to go) its better for the ducklings. A broody chicken will also do the job but problems can arise later when the ducklings want to take to water.

[Kate and her Ducks]

I hatched my ducklings last year from an incubator and envy all who have a broody hen. Think you will be lucky if your Campbells go broody. In almost 2 years mine have not shown the slightest inclination even when I left a couple of eggs for them to sit on. As Vember says muscovies have a good reputation as mothers in the duck world but there are other breeds who have a tendency to go broody. Mallards and calls are meant to be good according to my book.