Chickens are capable of surviving terrible wounds. If she is alive and breathing she has a very good chance of healing and thriving. Please post a picture of her wound. Start to treat for shock by keeping her in a safe, quiet place (the dog crate is good) and offer her some water with sugar...
Welcome from Salem county NJ! What area are you from? Ducks are so much fun. They are very messy but a fantastic way to spend the day. (watching and laughing).
Take your Dads offer for necropsy. You can't treat/cure your flock without knowing what you are up against. This is so heartbreaking, I will keep you and your flock in my prayers.
I am sure some good duck people will jump on to help you. They will be asking for some pictures and a little more detail about their housing and feed. best of luck getting help for your duck.
This is interesting. Did you candle the egg to determine if the egg has an intact air cell?
This is what troubles me. But eggs hatch all the time in nature without help from us. Good luck and keep us updated !
It should turn once an hour. Have you reset the days? Every time power is removed from the NR 360 the days need to be reset. Press and hold the MENU and the (-) MINUS buttons at the same time. Hold for 5 seconds. This returns the days to factory settings. Press the MENU button to set actual...
I lost a few ducks one night. Their throats were ripped out. The next night we lost half the flock of chickens, in the coop. The door did not slide down all the way and a stoat (mink or weasel) was able to get in and destroy the poor girls. None were really eaten or removed.
We caught sight of...
She is a Cream crested legbar mix. I have one and she is petite but very fiesty. She flies well and lays beautiful blue eggs. Here is pic of my hen and her CCL rooster mate. The ears do not match. Perhaps yours is an Olive egger mix.
Although I have not hatched pure Marans (my rooster was infertile), I got a Cream Crested Legbar and he gets the job done! I have hatched over 50 olive eggers this year. My hens are BCM and lay nice dark eggs. I have included them in the incubator with Brahma and EE eggs and have not noticed...