duckling advice

  1. dreamofwinter

    Newly hatched duckling with leg problem - neurological or just physical?

    This is my first time hatching ducklings. I normally receive them in the mail as (a few) day-olds. I hatched 7, and tucked them under a brooder plate atop puppy pads like I normally do. Well, the plate was too low, the pads too slippery, or both, because on checking several hours later I find...
  2. S

    Help duckling out of unpipped egg?

    Hello, Thank you in advance for any help offered. I have incubated plenty of chicken eggs and have had to intervene a few times, I always wait the 48 hours and only ever help minimally. I recently had some very clucky hens & there were not fertile chicken eggs in my city so I bought some duck...
  3. FAFOfarm

    Cayuga Duck Incubation - yellow spot in egg, active duckling

    This my first time hatching ducklings (hopefully). I only had 3 eggs incubating, and 2 made it to 5 days before set hatch date. I candled them for the last time today and noticed a few things. I think my humidity was too high given the size and shape of the air sac, I need an extra thermostat...
    • FAFOfarm
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    • candling duck egg cayuga ducks cayuga eggs duck eggs duckling advice help for incubating duck eggs
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    • Forum: Ducks
  4. K

    Rescue duck advice

    Hi there, I have a 4 week old rescue Mallard (found chasing our rooster around one evening) it is a solo duckling unfortunately but I spend 23/7 with it so hopefully it's not depressed. Recently in the past 2/3 days it's became less energetic, sitting in its bed a lot, sleeping, not very...
    • Kate_
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    • duckling duckling advice
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. E

    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    I had 6 Ducklings, all hatched 2 weeks ago, this morning and found one suddenly dead this morning. I am currently very ill myself, so my partner has been looking after them the past few days. I'm in Australia and poultry supplies are very hard to find, Duck supplies are almost non-existant in my...
  6. L

    Rescuing mallard duckling

    Hi, It’s been 6 weeks since my family took in a baby mallard (looked to be about 1-2 days). We found her parents roaming around our place and let the duckling go to them but they tried to snap at her neck. So, we took her back into the house. We tried looking up duck rescues around our area...
    • L_259
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    • duck duckling advice mallard
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    • Forum: Ducks
  7. C

    Distressed duckling in brooder

    Hi everyone! I was hoping you could give me advice. My pekin duckling hatched yesterday in the early morning hours (it is now evening next day). The duckling is completely fluffy and dried so we tried to transition her to her brooder this morning. However, whenever I leave her alone in the...
  8. C

    Baby Duckling HELP

    Hi everyone, I’m Carrie-Ann and I’m new here. I have a newly hatched (in the last hour) baby duckling. Still attached to bottom half of shell. When I looked there seems to be a large veiny lump. This is my first time hatching and I am scared something is wrong Any help appreciated x
  9. S

    Rescued duckling won't eat

    Hi there, I rescued a little duckling yesterday from a dangerous situation in a river. I think it's a Mallard. It appears very young, still has the little spike on its bill that I think is uses to help it hatch? I've gotten it non-medicated chick starter but it won't eat. I've tried feeding it...
    • Spiceystar
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    • duck duckling advice rescue ducks
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    • Forum: Ducks
  10. TheRealRyanGosling

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  11. R

    New to raising ducklings! Advice and Tips?

    Hello! My name is Rose, and I'm new to the website! I was considering and trying to convince my family to allow me to raise 2 ducklings in our home, but before I do, I want to be as educated as possible on everything there is to know. Does anyone have experience raising chicks and can give me a...
  12. M

    Duckilng foot bent

    My duckling just hatched and I picked it up to check on them and their foot bas bent. They can't open it and can't walk, not for lack of trying.
  13. K

    help! my duck is hatching infertile eggs

    hello! i have a female duck that has been laying an egg per day for almost 2 years but on May 8th she began making a nest and laying all of her eggs there… none of them are fertile since i don’t have a drake, but it’s been over a month and the last few days she’s been refusing to move so now i...
    • kln
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    • duck duck eggs duck nest duckling advice hatching hatching advice laying eggs pekin duck
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. N

    Wobbly Runner Duckling not eating

    Hi everyone, Pretty new to ducklings but I’ve got one not doing well. One of my 3 week old runner ducklings started getting a kinked a neck around 2 weeks. I began adding electrolytes to their water and that seemed to straighten out its neck. Yesterday I noticed it’s been very wobbly almost...
  15. Duck_Lover123

    Duckling not walking

    Hey guys, I am new to Backyard Chickens and this is my first post. My problem is that my (Muscovy) duckling hatched but has not been able to walk and is sleeping (It is alive because occasionally it moves and chirps) it is currently June 6 2024 3:13pm right now and this duckling hatched today at...
    • Duck_Lover123
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    • duckling advice duckling behavior
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. L

    Duckling behavior seeming slightly off, advice??

    I've noticed one of my 2 ducklings seems to be slightly wobbly on his/her feet on occasion, along with not running around as much, and peeping quieter. I've watched him//her eat, drink water, preen feathers etc. Just fine. Sleeps with the other duckling as normal. I've noticed it steps on its...
  17. F

    What’s wrong

    • fionnal
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    • duckling duckling advice injured duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  18. A

    I only have one duckling what should I do!?

    Hi, I incubated 3 call duck eggs with my chicken eggs just to see if they were even fertilized. Well we candled all the chicks and duck eggs that didn’t hatch and it seemed there wasn’t anything in any of them. We went outside to crack open the eggs to identify why the eggs didn’t hatch...
    • Abbyb
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    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. pax12

    My Duck Live Streams are back!!!

    Watch the little ducks live here!! LIVE Duck Sleep Stream (CRAZY SOLAR STORM TONIGHT) 5/11/2024 LIVE Duck Sleep Stream 5/10/2024 Other YouTube Shorts
  20. U

    HELP Our mandarin ducklings keep dying

    Hi guys, We got 6 3 month old mandarin ducks last June. They started laying eggs early in March as we had a 70 degree day and then back to frost and snow. We incubated the eggs that were laid early to see if they could be saved as none of the mums sat on the nests. We had a lot of bad eggs...
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