ducklings with mama

Hi All, I have two relatively new female Indian Runner Ducks and was advised to let them sit on their eggs as they came from a flock with a few males. They have been sat on them for around 28 days and they started hatching today. They are in an adapted chicken coup in a large fenced area that...

Ok, for the issue at hand, skip to the next paragraph!! If you’re bored and want to read the whole saga:caf, here’s the background on our problem: Our sixth and final duckling (Trooper) made her debut almost a week after her siblings. Mama was getting a bit impatient and was obviously torn...

Hi all, so I just walked outside and found one of my brooding ducks walking around with 11 ducklings We knew her nest was large and we also have another brooding duck with a large nest. Needless to say, we need to sell some of these ducklings. That being said, I've never taken babies away...

We had 4 ducklings hatch a little over a week ago and when they started moving around they kept bugging their aunt. She eventually completely abandoned her nest and we lost all of her eggs. She started following her sister’s ducklings around and she acts like a mother to them. Both the mother of...

Morning all I have a few questions about muscovys..I have 5 breeding females and one drake! My questions are about the girls because my Drake seems to be doing his job perfectly.. My white female is an excellent mother and is super aggressive and so far her first clutch of 10 hatched and have...

YAY! Morgana surprised me by going broody on me and now she has hatched her own eggs!! A month ago my male Indian runner sadly was taken by a fox.....For a week it was scary, always being on the look out for foxes. ( my dogs had a great time though helping me chase the fox away ) The chickens...

Hi I've only been keeping ducks 1 year, I have 3 khaki hens, 1 khaki drake, and 1 golden cascade hen. I was told ducks only get broody when they turn 2 but all my ducks except 1 khaki got broody hid and hatched out ducklings, each 1 week apart. The first khaki hatched 4 and I penned them in...