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Homesteadin
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- Mar 16, 2015
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Oh boy I think we're actually going to wait on going outside - look at this lightening activity!
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It probably came out too soon and didn't absorb all the yolk. This can lead to infection so if it's okay this morning you probably should take it and bring it inside so you can clean it up, bacteria in the nest can really be nasty, so use betadine or iodine to rinse off the sac. you want to keep it from dragging it or having another duckling or mamas grab it because that needs to be absorbed that is what they get their nutrients from for first few days of life so place the duckling inside a bowl lined with soft hand towel or wash cloth till it's sac has gone in. It won't need to eat for a couple days.The duckling is out now but has a very swollen navel, and it's just laying there - resting, I hope.
My sister lives in Colorado Springs and my folks live in Black Forrest. I did not know it was storming there.
It probably came out too soon and didn't absorb all the yolk. This can lead to infection so if it's okay this morning you probably should take it and bring it inside so you can clean it up, bacteria in the nest can really be nasty, so use betadine or iodine to rinse off the sac. you want to keep it from dragging it or having another duckling or mamas grab it because that needs to be absorbed that is what they get their nutrients from for first few days of life so place the duckling inside a bowl lined with soft hand towel or wash cloth till it's sac has gone in. It won't need to eat for a couple days.
Maybe @RavynFallen
has had more experience with this.
And, a picture! This is Cocoa and a Lilly, mommy-ing their hatched and un-hatched babies. Good, good mommies. I went ahead and helped the babies find water nearby in case Cocoa and Lilly don't want to leave the nest with other babies hatching.
That is such great news!! Congrats to 2 beautiful mommy's love that pic.
We actually have a drake that sits on a nest when the hen gets off to eat and drink. My husband has seen the drake on the nest quite a bit so it happe n s regularly.
@Homesteadin - My folks were on the news during the Black Forest fire because they were living in a camper in a Walmart parking lot during the mandatory evacuation. Fortunately their home was not burned. My sister was also part of a mandatory evacuation when the fire jumped over the hill just above her home in Colorado Springs the year before. They did not even have time to grab their pets because there was a knock on the door and they had to leave with the clothes on their back. Her home was also spared.