I'm hatching on a rota basis in the incubator, so we got another 6 chicks yesterday & about 8 ducks due next week - after the first week or so, they go down to the chook house into the baby nursery cage because after the first week, they are NOISY!!
I needed something to pop the tiny babies in whilst in the back room...... and after hatching 14 ducks all at once, I suddenly realised that while it's lovely idea, I didn't have anywhere to put them!!
So.... in one of the cheap shops, I bought one of those clear plastic 3 drawer kids toy units! 3 layers of baby cages, easy to wash, & ventilation controlled by opening the drawer a bit. It works well
I've found that with our brown chicks, it's hard to sex them, but others have more pronounced combs & are the roosters.
As Tony says, whatever comes, it's a great way to have table birds anyway
