Jim, thanks for your moral support as the duckling will be here in 6 days as 1 day olds. I will build a chicken wire cage area beside my shop and have a shelter built for them to go into at 3-4 weeks old depending on their growth?. Would a 4' by 8' shelter be big enough for 16 ducks. I will move this to the island for the winter near my open water and windmill aerator. Thanks for your help. Can I buy an incubator that will hold a very small number of eggs? I will try to buy one used and do the manual labour to have only one incubator as indicated by you in your previous posts during the last three days before hatching and air movement

Rowly.