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My cayuga ducklings hate me :(
Feeding them by hand will help a lot. When they look like they are getting sleepy hold them in your lap. If you talk softly to them like a mother duck cooing and stroke their bills and chest they should settle down for a nap. Lots of repetitions of that and you'll have them calling for you to... -
Ducks?
ducks eat dang near anything, but they need more protein than just corn can provide. If you plan on letting them free range around the pond they will probably find enough bugs to satisfy them. Don't feed the chicken food to them when they are ducklings, tho. Get Purina Flock Raiser as that has... -
Ducks are playing in our waste ditch..ugh!
I guess it depends on what sort of waste we're talking about. Some waste is yuckier than others lol -
Can all Ducks fly???
I have a mixed flock and they will try to fly but never get more than a couple feet off the ground. I have a Cayuga female that could fly pretty well when she was a juvenile, but she hasn't flown since she got big enough to lay. -
Will she sit on her eggs if I leave them?
I don't let my ducks go broody so I'm not sure, but I think she should start sitting once she has ten or so eggs in a nest. If yours always lay in the nest then they are smarter than mine lol... I don't know how you could make your ducks a little more domesticated. If you get them back in their... -
candling/hatching question
I grew up in Ruston. I don't have much advice for you since I incubate my eggs. Just wanted to say "hey" to a fellow Louisiananite ;) -
Will she sit on her eggs if I leave them?
It depends on the duck. Some will sit others won't. One of my ducks acts like she might want to sit but I haven't given her a chance to try yet. I eat all their eggs lol... When my ducks aren't cooperating I get some dog food or frozen green peas to bribe them. They come running to me if they... -
duck routines now that time has changed
My ducks were starting to wake me up earlier so the time change was welcome lol... It is problem with it being nearly dark when I get home now. Not anything I can do about that except use it as an archive excuse to work from home more. -
Farm Innovators Pro 4200 - Best way to run?
I've used this incubator for two hatches now and it does alright. I'm on my third right now and noticed that the motor on the automatic egg turner is running hot. 125° according to my thermometer... Is that something to be concerned with or is that a normal operation temp for this little motor...- TheDan
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New duckling sleeps on it's back. Wry neck?
It seemed like it was doing pretty good this morning, but I noticed it wasn't doing so hot. I picked it up and tried to give it vitamins but it couldn't even drink. It ended up dying in my hand. I tried a little CPR, but it was just gone. -
New duckling sleeps on it's back. Wry neck?
It does still sleep on its back occasionally, but I've seen it get up from that position to go get some water or chase after the other ones a little. I use the word "chase" very loosely. The others are turbo charged and this one very clumsily wobbles after them, lol... Thank you for the... -
New duckling sleeps on it's back. Wry neck?
Here's a video where you can see what is going on better. Do you think it's wry neck? From what I've been reading, everyone treats it with just vitamins? I can go pick up some polyvisol tomorrow. I feel like it needs a neck brace or something. Maybe even a helmet, lol... -
New duckling sleeps on it's back. Wry neck?
I'm putting nutridrench in their water and it's drinking that. It doesn't look crested, but one of my ducks are. I don't think this one is from her egg, tho. I'll read up on wry neck; thanks for sugestion. -
New duckling sleeps on it's back. Wry neck?
It's gotten where it can walk over to the water and is drinking by itself so that is a good sign. It's definitely not as mobile as the others, tho. It holds its neck and head to one side all the time. I've seen it turn it's head the other way, but only does so occasionally. I've started gently...