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CAN CHICKENS HATCH DUCKS?

My experience hatching duck eggs led me to ask: Will chickens foster eggs from another species and raise them? The answer: Absolutely!

I have female and male ducks, but only female chickens. My ducks lay daily and stop laying to sit on eggs if enough are stockpiled. Certain breeds of chicken go broody and will only start laying again

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