I have a mallard who was sitting on 4 eggs, but only 2 of them survived the hatch...So far. I really wanted all 4 babies to hatch too, so I'd really like her to hatch out more babies so I can have more, but I'm not sure if she'll go broody again, or stay broody enough to just put new eggs under...
I'm raising my ducklings in a brooder type setting and I suddenly heard my smallest Indian Runner screaming out, like the normal distress call for calling out in pain. I went over and noticed she was shaking her head in a manner like they do when shaking out food, repeatedly grooming and picking...
I tried looking on the internet for hours and couldn't find ANYTHING that addresses the problem I'm seeing, so I figured I would just ask and hope that someone can help me figure out what's going on. So here are the details:
I recently ordered some Canada Geese goslings, 3 weeks ago as of this...