All 9 babies hatched and are doing great. One of them needed an emergency rescue and had splayed legs but we splinted them and it's getting around just fine. Big sister did a great job taking care of everyone while I was out of town sure wish I could send her home with a few of these guys.
So I think the mother duck was actually trying to kill the babies so I removed the one that was partially hatched that I ended up helping out the rest of the way and the eggs. The one that hatched is doing great and the rest of the eggs are in an incubator my husband ran out and got. First time...
I have a first time mother duck with 9 pipping ducklings. I caught her pecking at an egg that I assume she stepped on and cracked it all up but the membrane wasn't punctured. While I was sitting there another baby broke through the egg a good bit and she pecked at it a couple of times. My...
