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What age should poultry club leg rings be put on call ducklings? Cheers

Hi, I have a RCom 20 pro which I want to double check the calibration of. I've got a digital hygrometer and and analog one in addition to the machines own sensors. They are all reading different temperatures and humidities! Which one do I trust?? Help me!

Peebles Championship Show is due to be held on 26th of February 2012.  This year's show is our 25th show - a silver jubilee so it is a special event for the Club and we hope that the event will be a success. The schedules and entry forms are available on our website...

Hi all, I've have a bit of a run of bad luck. I got a new mallard call drake to go with my mallard duck, she was previously with a cross silver drake but I sold him so I could have pure mallards. He flew away 2 days after I got him, I vever had to clip wings before but a lesson learned. I got...

Very sad this morning. Got home yesterday and discovered that my new boy call duck had disappeared. No sign of him this morning. Not a good start to my day! I had only had him 2 days. I didn't clip his wings as wanted to show him and he seemed happy and settled with the others and no major...

I need advice with my first Serama hatch. I have an r com 20 pro and I was away for the weekend and it stopped turning and raised the humidity as it was meant to with 3 days to go but they haven't pipped yet. Is this a problem? The books say once externally pipped stop turning and raise...

Hi, I am just wondering what size of dummy eggs I could use for my call ducks for next year? Would bantam chicken be ok? I'm going to use an incubator to hatch the ducklings then put them under sitting mum once they have safely hatched. Had a disasterous year this year with a lot of ducklings...

I need some urgent advice. My mallard call duck hatched 3 ducklings yesterday but when I went out this morning to check them the ducklings were wandering about the breeding pen and their mother was still sitting tight on the nest with nothing under her! She's not being aggressive she's just...

So happy with them. Father is a pet quality silver call and the mother is a mallard call. Got 11 more to hatch from my show quality silver calls.

Hi, My call ducklings were due to hatch on wednesday but still nothing. They are under their mothers and I've candled some of them and think I can see them moving. The eggs look like they should but why are they so late? The girls went broody on the same day. I'm worried that they might all die...

HI All, I just wanted to share with you how delighted I am! I have just candled my silver call ducks eggs and am so very happy that 10 out of 12 are fertile! I don't think that a bad fertility rate really. Not managed to candle my mallard as she was sitting tight but I will do it some time...

Hi, I have two pairs of call ducks who have been in their breeding pen for two weeks now. The girls have made nests in the nest boxes, even if they have changed position a few times, and have been laying an egg almost every day. My question is, when they go broody, which I hope will be quite...

I have 2 pairs of call ducks and this is my first breeding season. I want the ducks to do the incubating and brooding and they have just started laying. I need advice regarding what to do with the eggs. It's still really cold at night and I don't want the drop in temperature to damage eggs so...

Hi, I am just wondering if anyone knows what colour of call ducks I could expect to hatch from a silver drake and a mallard duck? Cheers

I was hoping someone could help. I have 2 pairs of call ducks that I am going to breed this year but am also entering them in a local show at the end of February. My intention is to move them into their breeding pens after the show. Will this give them enough time to get settled before laying...

Hi, I have got 4 call ducks, 2 of which I got and the beginning of September. The new drake was quite a bit smaller than the others as he was a late hatch but is still quite a bit smaller. He is about half way through getting his adult feathers and I just wondered at what stage should he be...

Does anyone use hemcore for their ducks? I use it for the chickens but have been using straw for the ducks. Although it's chopped it's not that absorbent and I would prefer to use the same for all of them. I've read about using shavings but would rather use hemcore if poss. Cheers

I'm looking for some fairly urgent advice. I got a new young pair of calls today and I don't know whether to clip their wings or not? At the moment they are in a large dog cage getting to know my other pair but they will be let out to free range tomorrow. I am going to start breeding and showing...

I wanted to ask a question. Do show birds have to have their primary flight feathers? I assume they do. My calls free range in the garden and my silver drake has just changed his flights. I am a little concerned that he might fly off. There's no reason that he should as he is fed well and his...