Incubating Wood Ducks - Similated Drop?

[bill3607]

Well, some of the harder varieties of ducks won't start eating unless you drop them, at least from what I've heard from the people who raise them. Goldeneye and buffleheads, for example, do need the kickstart of dropping mentioned, supposedly. They just sit there and refuse to eat or drink unless they're dropped 6 feet or more. But wood ducks and the other common tree ducks definitely do not.

Yeah, it was the same way with one of my brothers when he was born. Once they dropped him he started eating and never stopped.