Hatching ducks and chickens naturally

[Anonymous]

I have 3 drakes and six duck's 1 hen and 1 cockerel. At the moment I have a chicken sitting on a nest of both types of eggs and she is very serious about it. I just need to know when should I remove/seperate the drakes and Cockerel from the breeding area if at all. Should they be seperated off until the chicks are born and strong enough to be reintroduced ???

 

[daniellesdogs]

the cockerel might be a problem but if your ducks are anything like mine they wont be a threat to babies, id still separate them away from mum to be safe soner rather than later.
can others be moved away or has mum got to be moved as moving mum might upset her and stop her sitting

 

[victorias poultry]

Hi
If the chicken is sitting on both duck and hen eggs at the same time, you will need to remove the duck eggs as they take a further week to hatch and place in an incy. I would move the broody mum into a seperate area / run to hatch and look after the chicks.

 

[runningbeat]

I agree with victorious