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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...

Hello 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...

Hello 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...

Hello 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...

Hi. 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...

Hello 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...