DUCK FARMING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15626, 4 June 1914, Page 11

DUCK FARMING.

principal' means *nea | ft ttfii' principal Mason* when »bo liatehed, but « 6 n»tter <rf iay bo hatched satisfactorily " ~ ' h '-'tho year. I have : set eggs o~%ms{Ui secured good resmlte, but the wlnnm ? and spring months. W^Mmlif^^, '"'. hatch hen eggs 1S ilftf three or four months, and those lip he in the ■ spring, say from. whereas duck eggs with the gWtesi.of-auc-; April, May, and June,; J |nd;«irly;>pring months, and fi S«pte»ber, October, and Novem'wlm&^'December in the spring land ;I prefer April and May in October, .and SSriO the spring. Autumn hatchtgStffot'i generally undertaken by the B !*« duck-man, as eggs arc so valuable Stb Uniii; and many think by hatch. ■Shi *eMCn, as it were, good results out of season with the ' " j taean the Runner sad Buff Or('ucU It is their natural time to lii the- fertility dining the autumn airaost always guod; also the IStthada n* l ixm pRR-productron It is not out of are in the , bwit <* aean the Runner and Ruff Orinch. It is their natural time to the fertility d-.uing the autumn | almost always g»*>d; also the ite had a rest from egg-production ih?ir mcult And are in the beet of breed from. Ducks a a role moult llllip two sooner than hens, and W®m i latter are shedding feathers tho Sare fully-feathered and ready to dicing eggs again. In the autumn SEE the ducks should bo in the pink 9S&M for, breeding purpose*, and if jj 4 .Mjjirjßian has ducks that are « a strain ho should uso every la few eeas in tho autumn from »t pay ß . Wftl! - Autuinn Duckling'." hatched in the early autumn bfcß&ty' feathered by the time tho set in and they will M^oib*:-'^/, best of layers and breed&'ior'lhß'>iMii:£6ason - Ducks hatched in ijj^jj|dllay;should lay at five and five old, that would be in ggg^'and; October. They would lay |||-jfiwiV the 'following January and then sssisii\!ik«ihei'fdd ducks and come.on to the dear egg season. "ducklings and two. and are generally the very I est ip», it pay ß - months, Autusan Buckling-, p hatched iu the early autumn nicety feathered by the time tho t months set in and they will ibe ,3rr best of layers and breednwt season. Ducks hatched in May should lay at five and five months old, that would he in and October. They would lay t the following January and then the old ducks and come on to ing daring the dear egg season. atche.3 ducklings and two and old dicks are generally the very rodndws in the autumn months, •fljflisjwkes (hat. are' hatched in the tctJsa -will mike excellent breeders for tfca following'r'siasoh as they have all the (ai''v!pi££if; their parents; also, if ther eel fct table purposes, you will BiicJ.iJsywiH W«n« on to the market when sfiirS aK>,.no dereint young poultry or ducks :; U -therefore, they .should, if fplf $p fed I alright, , bring top prices , •ma \'ib, I know that ducklings . .- the autumn. months 'pay», and ,' Hitching Suck Eggs. . m»lk understood • that .; duck - > ;ii harder to hatch in ' incubators 5 :*. eggs so the - ordinary ..poultry'B^jSl;i*ould. strongly advise tho begina*r in dock i culture to hatch' his - first « jpccuneii dicks under the good old hen. h ;■' ojst'aion hens will always give the b«4 j-Tcditage, generally speaking, in hakbog duck i>™*. There are makes of iiKtthitos ttatw specially adapted for i . ttJii/13 and some poaltrymen;are ".-ire sawfissful than others in. the btcluag -p'roceal of duck eggs. !<:. have stigma qniie so successful . "with; the' &M* : is with the hens. still ■ lam not t;;L-,'.i mcttbatora, far from it. There are k> big dock-rai'sere that use exclusively -.-- hi hatching-"operations,"-,: they are" sae the incubator, and no up-to- ;£<.?' poaEnniaj; can ignore the incubator, 5 it the lrfeol! the /cosiness t& : rio 2V*a 'as Brooder.. h]l,ri .bid * itt depend on the hens to }i-6 the required number that 'needstio fe 7E}»d every seajoii, where would the ssitefjndustiy be to-day? No, I TxJieve

IMtfcubator, but I would -advise a be*, ;o. slowly and get his fin* flock sjjr' in 1 a'^'ftl way, He should aoi sluab'a eijgs ji s. , machine.be'doe* taid>; far. better JvtoVV". batch"..'.»' jwhnber- ; well than a larger lot in ; a war*, 'if the incubator is not run! at mm manner during the' hatching, ; ; .feelings tliat do see the H*bt of day *!>> poor s|fefeimcn.v-''Dbcfc eggs 'take :: Mhp to . hatch against 21 days fro hen .>& and whetke? it': is : extra ■work' [they; . l»Mo hatch,or the make-up oVtha egg :<-:M {safesth«i difference in incubating fej ib 3 ißschine, 1 cannot tell, but they I 2 :W6wd' di?ewtit treatment to hen eggs. Incubating Dock JSggs. : ' " .1 . Ife bator mid be run one; degree I; if tr for duck %«than hen eggs during I **nofe peripu of incubation^'aiidrtbey ;|l^ ; pjofß.aioii4Qre also. Hen «gg».wul ■!::;•;•<' siojiiure also. Hen agg* will Twdi in ojrtain machines-with no B&viuppliiid at all, whereas duck ||||ptei&6. mjiisture after, the third; day iflij on to the finish. I believe in ■ duck:;eggß with moisture from ; fourth day. until the ducklings •wKrtcted. I,am : inclined •; to think the r sysUm at'} supplying;' mobturo i; tefckeggs isithe best, and I intend this |mm to iva:itbe : : system a 1; proper ferial. SPffiJ?p;d|3fereht: w&yaf of hatching I <feymg», boi&fffith the hen, with .duck?, r «ilVißCubat«;i and with incubator com» : : hinsfl with If I desire to only hatch : two!I use hens exclusively/ If |»qaire "a larger number I use 'i?ns comincobators. ; ■ ; ' I Bwdy He 'f* For Duck Rearing. :\ Iniight Jay ihere that it pays one who "is'to go :ia for ducks to also keep {a ieayy breed jjf Jowls, such '- as Wyari* I™'- Orpingtons or Plymouth Rocks, Btt Then the spring,comes round you are r i broody hens to, hatch any special you have and also to bo in the posi> '||| of -hafehy >; a large number jin ; . confmctioa with ; be; incubajjjoi. >I' will give l&Wleytlem'of combining hens with in«®^J^i the:hatching of duek'egfjj. I |vW/-antU ibe -spring has • thoroughly set v »3|^Wihe;Middle of-; September, when • I *»wy bens Jam , r fairly: plentiful. I then | j& ay incubator ■ warmed up to about f 100 jfl^A'h 6ll the ■ eggs': are all in. . I fill ; "8i < * gg9 ke *p them in the incu " ' '««!'for a wees or ten days, the'tempera-' 1 : j|Sgg*& kept at from 100 to 101. degrees/ j * to not matter if it should get down |sj. 88 on a cold night or up- to 105 j 3?n M it is warm, but the nearer to 100 ■> you i ' it the better. , I test the eggs some this first three days and take 3 ..unfertiles out. To .the expert duck ' <g* an oo tested at the end of 24 hours,; $Us«. heginnur will be wise if he waits. 'of! the first four or five days. f?*«s«isd of 'ho third day. I turn..the eggs W&& and night and start to'addaioisthe machine at the end of the first da;fs. Sens and Incubators. ■ , [^S%l»wwl broody. hens .'ready; and fertile ogga out of the in« ' A plaoo them under the: ; hens (|«. the strong fertile incubator of the inplaco tl,e * l vuder the *en» The incubator is now p.SJs.*si*r-nir it up again with fresh PRot oote than o week or ten days '■Jtat lt ty**» the operation of placing the sBI tmder hens after they have •been* in .say a week, fill the in"*"«stt *"*P * gain with' new e8 - You will If TJ?¥ ™ e h'JJis have only good, strongly* mm eggs placed under I them ■ and that &M*** used to finish off each hatch, |^^#«. ; dncMings aXt5 \ hatching under **&■ * talce them- away; 1 as they get j.;' ™ place;them in' the • nursery .:. of •' wctjbator for 24 hours. I do this in |M®Jg *ljen it is dark, so that the Wi»t get restless and want to leave fa" ) ? n ta^e another batch :of offi *h» incubator and ,place under 1 rf ik?f. t,,fit Drought out the first lot *;; filings, She will have „ finish off ggjl; hatch, and if she, is well fed imsm*3&~ '$* can bring out three lots P'^P^?.^ 0 ,! incubator,' after' which she IflliP*^'' of ' her duties 3in hatching. I teal! Bced m the laying - |^^^rt^jg.production ; again. -.■;