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UPDATE!! It was definitely ascites/water belly. I watched a lot of YouTube videos. Went to tractor supply got a 12 cc syringe that’s the biggest they had and a 16 gauge needle. Had my mom come help me hold her and we drained her got half a Gatorade bottle of fluid out on our own. She still had...

Hello! In true need of anyone’s help. My vet does not do birds and the closest avian vet is two hours away. I have been treating my “Turk” for almost 5 days now for being what I thought was egg bound. My husband swears he felt an egg last night but she is way past the 48 hour mark so that made...

I didn’t candle all of them bc I didn’t want to mess up the temperature. But no more pops, movement or anything yesterday or today so that would be day 25. Guessing the ones that didn’t hatch would’ve been roosters. Thank you for your reply.

Hello! I am new to incubating and hatching. This is my 2nd run. The first hatch was amazingly successful. We got 24 hatched out of 30 with only one rooster. Not even sure how we did that! We have the Maticoopx and live in a camper so with little to no room we set the incubator outside in our...

It’s It is very likely. I’m a very light sleeper and they are literally 10 feet from my front door and I live in a camper but anything is possible. Thank you for all of your help.

Thank you. This is just so crazy to me. I would think they would quack about it if something was trying to get their babies but it has to be something. No way 6 eggs can just go missing. So sad for her. this is completely crazy to me but it’s been a couple days and there’s nothing so moving her...

Yes we do have some pretty big ones from eastern diamondbacks to racer and coach whips. I just find it so strange they wouldn’t make a huge scene. I feel so sad for her. They can actually eat them from under them??? I would think they would make such a huge scene if something were in there...

That’s so sad I’m so sorry.

It’s so sad. I was so happy for them!

Well dang! It’s so weird bc they never leave the nest. You’d think they’d make a scene. So sad I was looking forward to babies

This is day 4 of broody duck Tater Tot and maybe broody duck Feather Locklear. I went to go mark her eggs this morning bc she has not been off of her nest only to find NO eggs!! There were 5 or 6 eggs that I could see on day 1 & 2, I'm sure she had more buried. I am baffled. I feel bad bc I did...

Thank you! They seem to be taking turns, so I'm trying to watch if they're both broody.

Here you can see Feather is sitting on top of Tater. Not sure if she’s helping her keep the babies warm or if it means something else but they don’t fight and they usually just lay butt to head all day. Is this a best friend helping or is this something else?

You can see the light puffing/fanning here. It’s never more than a light puff and it’s about every 2 seconds. She’s standing over Tater. I think she’s helping her stay cool… does anyone else know what this means or what she’s doing?

Hello all! I have my first broody duck! We do have a drake so I’m going to see how it goes. My hen Tater Tot is a white and fawn runner and has been sitting on her nest for 2-3 days about 20 hours or so. I also have a pekin hen named feather Locklear that has been with her since they were...