That’s what I was thinking, wait til night time and move the chicken to a separate area where the babies can’t see her then tuck the ducklings under mama duck and see how that works. Just hoping it doesn’t upset the babies.
The duck hatched one so far and is still sitting on a pile. I know that my chicken can’t be a good mom to the ducklings, even though she has been so far, but she won’t be able to show them what they need to know. I am wondering if I should separate her and let the duck take over. This is a first...
Hi there, hoping someone else has experienced this and might have some advice. My chicken and my duck tag teamed hatching some duck eggs. The chicken hatched 9 ducklings. 8 were black and one was brown. For some reason, Dottie the chicken rejected the brown one and pecked its head til it bled...
