I am so glad to hear from you again, but I'm also puzzled? What on earth are you talking about? We're not going to shut down your thread! It's one of the greatest hatch threads here! Very few threads here stay alive long, if you look around the forum you will see what I mean. It's not possible...
Oh, I love the updates! He sounds so cute Have you got a feather duster you can hang n his brooder? That he can crawl under. I used one for my first lone chick and it really helped! He thought it was Mom..
Grasshoppers, yum! I heard ducklings are incredibly messy and I've seen it with my...
Congratulations on your hatch!! So many fuzzy wuzzies! (speaking of, Basil has the cutest fluffy butt I have ever seen, chocolate brown on top and super fluffy white underneath! Waahh!) Thank you so so much for these recipes, they were exactly the sort of thing I was looking for! Everytime I...
You are a good duckling mommy and Basil is a very lucky ducky Thanks for the update! The way you described it I could almost see him playing in the garden!
I've heard about the niacin deficiency in ducklings, but I don't know much about it or their diets, but if you have a mo why don't you post...
Good morning duck mommy I was so busy with my duck hatch yesterday (got 8 fluffy butts now) that I didn't get round to it, but here's some homemade duckling feed ideas:
Homemade Duckling Feed
oatmeal
cooked egg
chopped apple (optional- if you have it)
Greens (Weeds are fine if they are...
I was hoping for some news before I log off for the night. How many hours has it been now since external pip, must be 24 or thereabouts? On the intervention: Candle before you do anything and check on the yolk and the veins. I have 2 ducklings in the 'bator now that pipped about 30 hours ago and...
Sally, I think we'll have to wait and see what hatches before we design the nursery. If it sounds like a duck and it looks like a duck, it's a duck. And if it's not a duck we have a problem