Unfortunately no suggestions. It's sad to think about it, but keeping that chick in the egg was mother nature's way of trying to save you from the heartache of knowing that chick might not make it. But then again, it may become one of the strongest members of your flock - who's to say until it...
My hatch started on Thursday morning, finished late last night. I started with 14 eggs, 2 didn't seem fertilized at the 14 day candling, and 2 didn't make it through the hatch. That left me with 10. Not a bad turnout. How's yours going?
I've noticed my ducks don't eat the same treats that the chickens do, but they do seem to like scrambled or hard-boiled eggs and weeds. I walk around the yard once a day and pull a couple handfuls of weeds, dandelions, ragweed, silver dollars, etc. They eat them when they are free-ranging also...
I also have Pekin ducks, they are great! I currently have a male and female, and they make me ducklings that I sell to help pay for feed costs. The best thing (imo) about them is that they aren't any more work than chickens. I raise them together usually, they eat the same food and drink the...
I've also got several duck eggs in the incy with my chicken eggs. I started with 14 chicken and 12 duck eggs, now down to 12 chicken and 11 duck eggs after candling a few nights ago. I've got the chicken eggs in lockdown now, set to hatch by Thursday evening. The ducks will take another week, so...