I want to share my story of ocean and meadow
Our book is still in progress but I will continue to update their progress along the way
Last Sunday I saw a post in a town an hour away
2 week old emu babies in bad leg shape along with vitamin deficiency
Need a new home as the person couldn’t...
I just wanted to share sunshines story
In case anyone ever has this happen
My first time hatching chicks
Have hatched many ducklings
Sunshine was the first to hatch
She did the perfect hatch and looked great
She was moving around the bator within a few mins
An hour later the second baby...
I am going to try my luck at hatching my goose eggs
Anyone with tips and experience please share
My goose is young so I know it’s possible it won’t work
This is her second batch
She was born in April 2023.
She started to lay in late nov / dec
Then stopped till a few days ago
Her gander...
Has anyone else had a vet give their duck or any birds Lupron to stop them from laying eggs ?
I’m looking for others to see if they have had issues after
Back story
Dasher my pekin / khaki Campbell girl was born dec 25 2021
She started to lay eggs in april 2022
In December 2022 I found her...
Baby bruised the egg 3 days ago. I made a safety hole and left her till just over 60 hours. I could candle and see the veins were gone so
I hatched her
She had a brighter green poo within first half hour and her breathing was fast ( still is ) she is also open mouth breathing. Her tummy is now...
A little back story
I gave the school 6 eggs to hatch
Teacher used her brinsea mini 2
At lockdown we moved the 6 eggs into my bator as it has way more room to hatch
All 6 babies were moving but egg 6 had a small air cell
Day 28-29 five little ones hatched and baby 6 finally had his air cell...
I’m in need of extra advice and help
Yesterday I noticed baby out her head back and fall over
I immediately grabbed vitamin E capsule and a fresh duck egg
Mixed a little yolk and E and gave baby a little
I also added Nutridrench and vitamin B complex
Today baby did it a few times but was still...
Hi just wondering if anyone has had ducks put on hormone injections to stop egg laying
Long story short my poor dasher has been struggling with gleat issues
They lead to bacterial issues that got antibiotics ( 4 different times for different types ) that lead to further fungal
We are now on...
I thought I would share my beautiful girl daisy and her broody journey
She is a pekin who will be 2 in April
The first time she went broody she was younger and newer to laying eggs
Her eggs were to small for babies to grow and get turned properly to
hatch
This was dec of 2021
We had a big...
Good morning
A little back story leading up to what I found last night
Dasher was born dec 25/2021
I incubated her from my pekin mom and khaki dad
She has been a perfectly healthy bird up until 8 ish weeks ago
She started to lay eggs in April of 2022 and has laid one a day since even through all...
I noticed my duck tonight had something sticking out but it’s the same colour as her feathers so I’m not sure how long it’s been like this
It’s Rock hard
I’m thinking possible prolapse starting but got frozen with poo maybe
I have done one bath so far and nothing came off. She sees the vet in...
The last few weeks I noticed a magpie would come to the fence and chat loud at my ducks
As the time went on the magpie would get closer and closer
Today I was cleaning the duck pen and could hear the magpie very loud
I look and it’s sitting at the duck door looking in
By the time I got my...
I thought I would share our journey of our twin duck eggs
We are at the end of day 6 today and both eggs have 2 babies growing , moving and lots of strong veins
One egg started at 104 grams the other 98
I know many say never incubate twins but I like a challenge
So if your positive and you...
I wanted to share my experience with a duck egg I incubated
I noticed a little over a week ago these dark thick veins that didn’t move when I turned the egg
Baby was still moving at that time until a few days ago then baby stopped moving when I turned the egg but had slight flickers if I sat...
Hello guys
I recently picked up 3 Swedish babies at a day old now 5 weeks old
One of the moms they came from has a gene of possibly Rouen in her ? But what I am really curious about is the beak
One has a rounded down beak the other two are regular
What are your thoughts ?
The dad is a silver...
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I have a special needs duckling 40 hours old
He can’t stand on his own yet so I’m having to feed and water him
Just wondering how often I should get up through the night to feed him
He had a rough hatch and we found out after he got out his pointy end had a second air cell so he was...
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I’m looking for help for a duckling egg that is in trouble
Earlier today we noticed the air cell had dropped and you could see baby’s back against the air cell making breathing movements but no beak to be found. There was a bruise just above the air cell
We made the safety hole in the...
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I’m looking for some help with understanding breeding my ducks
I have a purebred khaki Campbell drake and a purebred Pekin Hen. They had babies that I’m keeping and I have both drakes and hens in that mix.
I have heard siblings are a No but mom to son and dad to daughter is okay but not to...
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I know it’s late but looks like I’m not going ti sleep tonight so thought I would check to see if anyone was up to help calm my nerves
Quick review of my last month.
My duck was laying eggs but sitting at night only so I removed 11 and only the one from that day took to incubate. I removed...
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I have a duckling 8 days old today
I hatched him/ her it’s never been outside as it’s winter here. It’s in a clean brooder with puppy pads that get changed regular especially around the water dish. It is a little more dry here this time of year. I did have wood shavings but at day 3 he...