Ducks take a week longer to hatch and are significantly messier in the brooder. However, their cuteness factor is worth the extra effort. Age group of the students may be your determining factor.
Test hatches are done on the farm in the Spring to ensure fertility. Although we hope every egg with hatch, reality is not every egg will develop. That is part of the education.
Chicks or ducklings can be purchased at the end of the program or returned to the farm. Here they will grow and enjoy a free-range lifestyle in the CowichanValley until they find new farms of their own on Vancouver Island.
Hatched believes strongly in humane treatment of all our birds. We understand not everyone can keep roosters. Our program will take back unwanted roosters or drakes.
