Acquired a baby that hatched yesterday from a neighbor. Can I introduce this new baby to my khakis?

[sorealitssick]

I have 3 khaki kambells. One male. One female. One alpha female. They were born March 9, 2021. My neighbor has ducks also. She borrowed my incubator to finish an egg that one of her runners sat on for a couple weeks. She brought the incubator back today, along with this lone baby. The baby cries constantly if you put it down, so someone always has to be holding it. It doesn’t like to be alone. My question is… Can I separate my motherly type female khaki from my drake and alpha female and put this new baby with her?

 

[Koko Acres]

It’s possible that she will take to it but it’s also possible that she will harm it. Has she hatched out babies before? Was she a good mother? If so, I’d try it, but stay close so you can intervene if you need to.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@sorealitssick did you try putting the duckling with your female duck?

 

[sorealitssick]

@sorealitssick did you try putting the duckling with your female duck?

Not yet. But today I put baby in a little yard and let my ducks see it. They looked a few times but that was about all.