Recent content by SammyKay

My ducks are about 5 weeks old and have been acting perfectly fine. Both quacking and and wagging their tails and running around a lot in their coop and run space not hunched and their eyes look fine. I have noticed their breathing more but I figured it's just because they are a heavier breed...

Thank you for the advice! Don't misunderstand, I fully want to make sure they are as safe and happy as possible. Just wanting to make they're able to free-range safely and have fun on the pond.

So my two Cayugas are about 2 weeks old now. Once they get feathered out I had wanted to have them outside on my pond. I know it takes about 7-8 weeks for them to be fully feathered. Right now it's a little snowy and cold but not too bad. My question would be, is there something I need to do to...

Yeah it's fine haha. I noticed both of them tend to lay their necks back when they start falling asleep 😆

Well in that case!

They're Cayugas!

Great call. I moved him and he's walking normally and even drank some water. Looked like he got some energy back in him and the other duckling calmed down too. I played kalimba for both of them and they passed out 😂 thanks everyone who helped me through this process. I did end up making a few...

It was kind of hard to get a pic of the lil guy trying to stand up since it was sleeping but I'll try to get a better one later. The other leg is like this too

It hatched last night at maybe 11PM around

So it's still not quite walking but trying to stand up and then its leg goes to the side. It's been scooting around and sleeping mostly. I figured it might be splayed leg but I'm not quite sure what I should do at this point. I'm nervous to put it back in the brooder with the other duckling...

Baby 2 hatched but it was a little smaller than the other one and very weak. It kept getting trampled and was barely moving. I took baby 1 to the brooder and put a little mirror to try and distract it from not having its sibling with it. Just not really sure what I can do for this little one in...

Baby 1 is running around a lot pecking at things and peeping 😊 but it's still slightly wet especially on its head. I started to decrease the temperature on the incubator just a little bit too get it ready for the brooder. The other egg hasn't made any progress though :/ it did peep every now and...

Within the past couple hours the one with the big hole finally came out! I'm so relieved. Poor babies so tired.

My little baby pipped! And definitely not the the place I though it was (the bruise). Is it possible it moved? But it ended up pipping in the hole I made!

No progress on the egg that made a crack this morning, but it has been shaking now and then and peeping. The egg with the bruise has been shaking and peeping a lot. No cracks in its shell though. So not quite sure what to do at this point. Tempted to just leave them tonight and see what the...