Recent content by Jennyb473

Outside time went well, the babies followed the older one around like he was their mama. He tolerated them well and only pecked a few times, but gently like he was grooming them. I think if we do that more and more over time they should be fine!!

They definitely will not be outside unattended. For now we put the bug Guy back in his original bin and the babies in a new one and they are all happy. We're going to bring the baby jail outside in a bit to see if they will all explore a little together on neutral territory like @chickens...

Even at not quite a week old, outside is ok? Maybe we'll try that today.

We hadn't intended to free range, so right now they are all still inside in Rubbermaid bins with heat lamps until they are older and we can get an outside space set up for them. We have a baby jail that we've moved the older one into to separate them, but he doesn't like that at night at all

We had 13 mallard eggs, only 1 hatched on April 30th. We finally found someplace with ducklings born on May 13th and have brought 1 rouen and 1 pekin home to be friends with our lone mallard, only he's having none of it. He has imprinted on us, specifically my husband, as we were all he had...

We are totally new to this I'm in Florida, but it did get down to the low to mid 50s overnight those few nights and she didn't cover the nest when she left. I'm just confused on one making it and none of the others when all but 4 I think we're progressing the same all along

Not the best pictures, my 10 year old took them while I was candling them.

We are totally new to this, there have always been definite air sacs on the ends, some have gotten smaller as the ducks were getting bigger. I just attempted candling them all again and don't see any movement, but some are quite large black masses with good sized air sacs but I still don't see...

I've been trying that and haven't seen movement in any of them since before Easter, but obviously at least one still had movement! They feel heavy, except for the 3 i haven't been confident in for longer than that. Would they smell by now if all dead? Why would only 1 make it when all were in...

We have been incubating duck eggs in a makeshift incubator since April 4th, Rubbermaid bin with heating pad, bowl of water for humidity and a thermometer. We had a momma mallard lay her nest in our front flower garden, we didn't know anything about it until April 1st when we spotted her the...