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  1. Tilly6

    Can I get a chick to keep my single duckling company

    Lol I bet it would. I drove an hour and got some Muscovy ducklings someone on Facebook said they had, so they are all learning to get along. I’ve never raised Muscovy ducks before, we will see how it goes. My duck is imprinted on me so it’s still frantic when I leave, but at least it’s not...
  2. Tilly6

    Can I get a chick to keep my single duckling company

  3. Tilly6

    Can I get a chick to keep my single duckling company

    I had a duck abandon her nest when the duckling was hatching. I tried to hatch her eggs that were left, but nothing came of that. I have a 4 day old duckling alone in the brooder, in September, in UP Michigan, no one is hatching ducks. Can I get a chick or 2 to keep it company? It’s absolutely...
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    I’m fairly certain another hatch is underway. I hear pecking sounds in the incubator. Wish me luck because baby Rain is awfully clingy right now being on her own, I really need a sibling for her.
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    Brinsea heat plate to go under and another heat plate outside the back of the tub to increase the warmth since my house is kind of cool inside
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    Oh yeah, the mirror! I put a plush in there already even though the baby has been asleep for the most part. I figured it would help hold the heat too since there are no other bodies to cuddle.
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    No doubting my one black Swedish male is the daddy!
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    I will try that, thanks. :) :)
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    I washed the baby, cleaned the eggs, candled the eggs, put the incubator back together after it was cleaned, put the eggs back in and the baby into its oh so lonely brooder. I hope it’s ok. I couldn’t leave it to dry out in the incubator in that mess and it was absolutely soaked besides. it must...
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    So, I just bought that little giant still air incubator because I just needed the warm, the eggs were done, no turning or anything needed. Anyway, it has humidity channels in the bottom so I put water in there. Turns out, it also has holes in the bottom slightly above the water line. but if you...
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    Unfortunately it was a bad egg that exploded making the mess. Oh you guys, the smell in my house, I might have to move. I didn’t check any of the eggs before putting them in the machine, I just wanted them warm, especially the baby.
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    You guys. The incubator is a mess after this duck. Do I clean it out? Will the eggs be ok
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    Heading out to the garage to build a brooder now. I have everything, it’s just not currently assembled.
  16. Tilly6

    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    She’s a welsh harlequin that is 6 years old and first time mom. I don’t know if any of the rest of these eggs will hatch, but I could really use one more to keep the one who just did company!
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    Done! My instinct said the same so I ran and bought one.
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    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    I have acquired an incubator at good old Tractor Supply and moved the baby and eggs into it. She was gone for an hour and I put her back in the coop, she’d look at the nest but not go near it. I had a security camera set up in there to watch. I ran to the store and got the incubator and put...
  20. Tilly6

    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    So my 6 year old duck went broody, sat on eggs. One is hatching and it’s pretty chilly and rainy today. How long can she be gone and should I go get the baby? The nest is inside our duck coop. I have never hatched eggs before so I am panicking. Plus she is in with the general population since...
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