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I went to put the flock to bed last night and noticed my drake, Tuna, limping. His foot was a bit bloody and he had two small holes in the webbing. Should I clean it off and wrap it, or just let it be. Normally, I would just let it heal on its own, but it’s feeling warm to the touch and is...

Oh wow, butchered the spelling on that one 😆. Thanks !

So, I have two of my female call ducks that I let free range during the day with their mates (these are my first generation calls, who have a very predictable routine). Lately, one of the drakes comes in way earlier with the other mated pair and I have a hard time getting Cookie (F) out of the...

Do you have a dog crate you can keep the duckling in around your geese so they get used to him, but he is still protected from their pecks? That’s how we usually integrate new ducklings if the moms don’t take to them right away. We have an XL dog crate that we set up in the duck run to get them...

Yes, and it still had veining, but no movement. Pretty sure it’s dead- but had never seen this before. Oh well 😕

Ah, this just happened to me about a week ago. You’re doing what I would have done. Fingers crossed for you!

My call duck’s (whom I’m pretty sure is a quitter as it was due last Thursday) egg shell is changing colors. I have never had this happen before. I took it out because I fear exploding eggs- that was a horrific experience

Poor sweet baby didn’t make it. I think her foot snagged the yolk sac because there was blood this morning on her toenail and the sack was ruptured. I thought I had her compact enough that it wouldn’t happen. My other thought is she accidentally suffocated on the cloth. I just buried her under a...

It’s a substantial amount. I tried to get it in and out of the incubator as quickly as possible so it wasn’t too exposed. I’ll try to get a picture through the cover, but it’s snuggled and sleeping. I’m looking in periodically to make sure the poor thing is still breathing. Hoping the sounds of...

Well, we have a very proficient little duckling. Unfortunately, she/he did a little too good and popped her head out before the yolk fully absorbed- I didn’t know this was even a thing! I took some advice I saw on other posts and put the duckling in a small cup with a cloth. Browsing through...

Just wondering if anyone has switched out dummy eggs for ducklings and if they have any advice. My girls are great layers, but not great in terms of hatching out. They are call ducks, which are hard to hatch as it is- my girl got 0 from her last clutch of 10 and was still sitting on them at day...

I don’t have advice, but as a fellow call owner I have my fingers crossed for her!!!

Oh my goodness, I know this feeling/panic. Just wait until the hatch date. I have shrink wrapped a call before (they suck at hatching themselves, honestly) and it feels worse than the anxiety of waiting. If you get stuck in a bind and need more I have fertile eggs I would be happy to send you...

The handsome grumps in question! White is Tuna and Mallard is Moo. My two year old named them.