It's best to start a new thread. You can leave chicks with them as long as you want. Take them if you want to brood them. Sell them. Let the broodies raise them until they're done which depends on the hen. I do feed all my chickens with chicks starter. You can add a bowl of crushed oyster shells for calcium for the hens. Water in a chick accessable area which they won't drown in. Outside the nest but where everyone can get to ot.
They are Welsh harlequin ducks, last time we candled them they were all movibg that was 2 days ago.We rotate them 5 times a day and move them to different every time we take them out to rotate them. I hope its ok!
Yes, that makes sense. Sounds like you're doing good. I spray my duck eggs too.
Thankyou for your help i am doing the dry incubation were i spray them but i dont know how to get the humidity up to around 60% during lockdown as we have a homemade incubator and loads of tubs of water surrounding it and that only brings it up to 30% and no higher. How can i get it up to 60?
I use moist sponges. They seem to up the humidity more than open water for some reason. If you can put them in the incubator that'll be best. And use hot water because it lets off steam.
