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have 3 1 week old call ducklings that have been hatched indoors artifically.....need some advice as to when they can be put outdoors. I have a secure pen and house but a tad worried it may be a bit cold for them yet. Should i wait a couple more weeks ? or are they hardy enough to go out now? I...

I have 2 male mixed colour call ducks that need a good home. Both are a year old and in good health. I bred them myself last March (2012) and naively thought they would be ok with my chocolate and apricot female calls but they pick on them and may have injured one of the girls. I think it's...

My Apricot call has been sitting on eggs for the past few weeks and are due to hatch anytime now. I have a few questions that I am hoping someone can help me with. :D Firstly - Once they are hatched and (hopefully) all the ducklings survive, should I leave the ducklings with the mum after...

how soon before i can let my ducklings take their first swim?.....they are 2 days old at the moment thanks for any advice x

The mum sat back on them!. I candled them yesterday and they are all still alive! Couldn't believe it to be honest but hopefully in approx 2-3 weeks i should have more ducklings :D I will try and get some pics done of my ducklings when i have figured out how to do it ! lo l

Yippeee!! :-)08 As of 7pm tonight my 2 call ducklings were hatched!...........so far so good they are moving well and chirping quite a bit. Will be moving them into their brooder tomorrow morning :D Thankyou everyone for the advice and replies to my last few posts. They were all very...

Help..lol.. My apricot call duck was sitting on her 10 eggs quite nicely until 2 days ago. Now she wont go anywhere near them. The other 2 females aren't showing any interest either. I candled all the eggs which are 11 days old and 4 are fertile (going by all the pictures i have seen they are...

Hi I have 2 call duck eggs in my incubator and they have just over a week to go before they hatch. Upon watching the eggs after a turn in the incubator i observed that the eggs are wriggling and rocking quite a bit!!. Does this mean they may hatch early? prob a silly question but not having...

Hello from a relative Newbie! :) I adopted 4 call ducks last September and haven't looked back since! :D Not having kept ducks before I didn't quite know what to expect but since having them I have wasted soooooo many hours just getting to know their little "ways" and just generally loving...