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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar91912newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ged duck yard Ducks may be hatched in incubators if desired, and that is the practice, of course, on all large plants. If an in- cubator is being bought for this purpose, the purchaser should remember that it will no t accommodate as many duck as hen eggs. A machine with a rated capacity of sev- enty hen eggs will take fifty- six duck eggs; a machine to accommodate 244 hen eggs will hold 200 duck eggs; a 390 hen-egg machine has room for 300 duck eggs. When using an incubator for ducks, it is well to remember that much moisture is required. Where a cement floor makes it possible the floor is often kept wet with a watering can. The machine is run at 102 for the first week or two and then at 103. The ducklings are best left for thirty-six hours before they are removed to the brooder, which should be ready for them at a temperature of ninety. The ducklings need heat for a much shorter time than chickens. Although much will depend upon the weather, the temperature ought to be ma- terially lowered as the birds become stronger so that it will be down to eighty when they are two weeks old, and as soon as they begin to forsake the hover, heat may be dis- continued. It is well for the birds to run outside as soon as weather conditions are favorable. They need good venti- lation. Probably more ducklings are killed from too much heat in the brooders than any other cause. They are sus- ceptible to heat, anyway, which is not to be wondered at when the thickness and warmth of their feathers is consid- ered. In Summer it is well to have a shelter of rough boards or of canvas, if there is no natural shade in the yards. Sometimes young ducks get on their backs and find much difficulty in getting right side up again, unless they (Continued on page 191)
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Pekin ducks are pure white and they grow to full size within a few months from hatching. They are considered the best ducks for the market

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