I have Khaki's as well and I LOVE them! They ARE they best. Not sure how much to have to spend but metzerfarms.com sell them and ships day old chicks to you.
Never had chickens..But I know ducks are SO MESSY from personal experience. They stink, they poop....a lot, you can give them a tiny bowl of water and they will soak EVERYTHING around them and in a 5 foot radius. But they are also sweet, cute and full of personality. I wouldn't trade mine for...
Aww how adorable!!! I love having ducks they really pull at the heart strings!
How long do the legs need to be held in like that? I hope the little one gets up to par quick. :o)
My previous post was about the first egg (if it hadn't already hatched). I miss read you last post. I wouldn't help with the others that haven't pipped yet. When they start to run out of air there muscles will contract and that will cause them to pip through the shell on their own.
If it was ME...I would slowly start to assist. The membrane around the duck could have shrink wrapped him when you opened the incubator. I have to assist once and used a pair of tweezers to help break the shell and pull away a LITTLE at the membrane. The blood vessels are attached to the...