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Thanks. He was alert and chirping and moving and did ok for a bit then we went out to check on him and he was gone :( I read where it’s kind of 50/50 on of they survive or not. I was really hoping he/she would make it.

It passed :( it only lasted a few hours.

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My husband found this duck in the coop still half in its egg in the mud :( he peeled some of the egg off not thinking. What do I do?? It’s now on a towel under the heat lamp. Do I try to feed it later?

It’s been on the high 80s for a few weeks with today being a tad cooler and rain this morning. I saw movement in some eggs while candling a few before I let the ducks back in so I hope that’s a good sign!

It has been very hot the last few weeks. High 80s. Has been cooler (mid 70s)the last 2 days with rain.

I have a momma duck that has been sitting on eggs for a few weeks, I have been candling them once in a while when I am able, and they all look viable. My husband sprayed the coop wall with raid due to a wasp nest and kicked the birds out for a few hours so they wouldn’t be around the fumes. I...

If you put them in a pan of water and they float to the top, they are old and no good. If they sink, they are still good.

I did do that as well. They all sank.

Thanks! I am not sure who laid the blue ones.

We cleaned out the duck coop this morning. All together we found almost 2 dozen eggs! I know some are less than a week old and I left them thinking they were being sat on but I don’t think they are. We pulled over a dozen out from under the ramp from the entry way going outside the coop...

I was looking for ideas of things to put around the yard and coop that might scare off other animals. Flags are a good idea. Maybe scare crows or things that move?

I really want to add to my duck family. Looking for ducklings for sale near Alpena MI.

Well as of now it seems to keep critters out. It was when the ducks were outside of the pen roaming the yard, something got them.

My husband works with a guy who had a bat in his house. The Wholee family had to get the rabies series as a precaution. I never knew you had to if it was just caught in your house. When I was a kid, we had a fireplace and once every few years we would get one trapped in the house. Never got...