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    Little dude found dumped

    It may just be the picture it'd just been dancing about then jumped on sofa and fluffed out its feathers it's eating and drinking well good poops very friendly I've got it on some.poultry tonic and chick crumb we have brooders set up for ducklings so it's got heat at the moment not sure how long...
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    Little dude found dumped

    It's hard to know the age with us finding it it's definitely only young it is a good eater and that pick it'd just fluffed it's feathers up has a crazy colour 5o the feathers at the minute x
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    Little dude found dumped

    Thank you it's a lovely little thing very friendly does dance around alot at the other animals lol but eating and drinking well
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    Little dude found dumped

    Thank you it's hard to give an age not knowing much about chickens but it's growing well and eating and drinking great very friendly little thing x
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    Little dude found dumped

    Hey guys I wounder if you can help me I keep ducks but this little guy/girl was found dumped in a supermarket carpark cold and wet at only a few weeks old whats everyone's thoughts on rooster vs hen and breed? I'd say approx 6/7 weeks now but I'm completely guessing im wondering if a brahma im...
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    Duck eggs and getting it right hydrometer/ thermostate

    We had 4 trying to hatch 1 was malpositioned and didn't manage to pip so I could help it and another one was doing so well and I was literally waiting a few more hours before intervening and helping zip and when I went back to check and turned and covered its air hole 😪 was so gutted I didn't...
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    LOCKDOWN QUESTIONS

    Thank you guys for getting me through my first hatch it was traumatic anxious and crazy but very worth having these two little fluffs xx
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    LOCKDOWN QUESTIONS

    Update: the second one managed to finish off and get out of his egg. The first born keep sitting on the smaller one and pecking it is this normal behaviour like grooming for ducklings or is she being a bully, it's pretty much dry is keeping them in the incubator 24 hours necessary once they're...
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    LOCKDOWN QUESTIONS

    They've been a complicated set these is that duck eggs in general or because they were shipped eggs is there anything I can do differently in future?? Thank you for your help xx
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    LOCKDOWN QUESTIONS

    I managed to free his head from under his foot without taking anymore membrane you can see some veins still in there so he can rest and absorb noe there doesn't look to be much in the egg xx
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    LOCKDOWN QUESTIONS

    I've attached a pic then I've tried to remove the egg round his foot and head there's some very tiny veins so I've put him back in is there a way to free his head easily from this position I don't want to hurt him
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    LOCKDOWN QUESTIONS

    I managed to free his foot a little bit so it wasn't squahing its face and it seemed alot happier once I did that then he's been back in incubator for about an hour now im going to go have a look see if I can get his head free will let you know how he's doing. Thanks hun there way really...
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    LOCKDOWN QUESTIONS

    HELP Update: we lost the malpositioned one its beak was to the opposite side to air cell and it didn't manage to bruise let alone pip 😢 But one duckling has hatched the other is nearly there but got his foot above his head I started to assist but there's some tiny blood vessels still and one...
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    No it had made about 3 more knocks along from the pip so I opened both up to over their beaks to not risk another blocking its self. The one that hadn't piped itself was further over than the safety hole so can see his veins alot more when I oiled the membrane, the malpositioned one still has...
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    LOCKDOWN QUESTIONS

    they're both cheeping away but still doing chewing motions and have visible veins I put some coconut oil on the membrane it looked good before though no discolouring and paper like I'll get pics now and yes I've open him further and I think it's its neck I'm looking at and can't see his beak at...
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