Also! Sorry for all the questions, I've ordered some A&P goose and duck starter crumbs online as no shop anywhere near me sells them. It'll be here on Monday. However, every single pet shop and farm have told me that chick crimps are fine for them. I read somewhere that it's not.
Do you think...
I do have a question. The ducks are eating and I keep dipping there beaks in the water but I'm worried they are not drinking enough with food or at all.
All 7 hatched!!!! All are healthy, happy and noisy!!!
They were trashing the incubator so I set up the brooder and they are all under there! I'm just worried as I don't know if they are warm enough!
I woke up at 5.45 this morning, the first thing me and my daughter did with litterly a minute of waking up was to check on the ducks! I saw that the first one was about to hatch so I ran up stairs and got my son up. Together we watch the first duck being born. Then the second happened just as I...
I've had 5 hatch so far! But I'm at work so that could have increased! I had 2 hatch before I left this morning and the rest have hatched while I've been at work!!!
I've had 5 hatch so far! But I'm at work so that could have increased! I had 2 hatch before I left this morning and the rest have hatched while I've been at work!!! I'll post pics as soon as I get home!
Hi it's me again.
So it's nearly 24 hours since the first one externally pipped. I'm worried it'll run out of air in there. Not a lot is happening and I'm happy to be patient, I just want to check if everything's normal and going as it should
It's now 12 hours since the rest piped. They also...
Hi everyone! First off sorry for all the posts. I lost my first load of eggs so I'm desperate to get it right this time!
So 6 out of my 7 eggs have piped externally. However, it's not large holes or anything. It's just a slight crack in outer shell. (See pictures attached)
The first one piped...
So 5 eggs have got slight cracks on the shell where they have piped! I'm so excited but so nervous.
It's been over 12 hours since the first egg externally piped but nothing more has happened. I can her the baby chirping and see the egg move when I talk to it