I'm pretty sure that hatching later than the other ducklings was probably the issue at this point. We're working on day three now with the duckling and all seems well. The duckling I call "Magoo" is eating, drinking, pooping and running about playing with the other ducklings just fine now. I...
Just a quick update here - after spending the entire night up feeding the little duckling by hand he/she finally started eating on his/her own late this morning. It took 24 hours to reach this point so I'm thinking maybe this one was just a slow starter. Still haven't confirmed the little one...
At the moment I'm thinking slow starter.
I spent the night up continually feeding the duckling about every 90 minutes giving a bit of starter food mashed with water. Almost exactly 24 hours after we got the duckling the little one finally started eating the dry starter food on his/her own...
I posted about an issue we're having with a newly acquired cayuga duckling in an introduction thread but I thought it might be wise to post in the ducks thread also just to make sure I'm covering all my bases.
The cayuga in question seems to sleep quite a bit more than the other ducklings and...
Quick update on the duckling - after a couple more hours of just occasionally sipping on electrolyte water I started seeing more activity. Eyes, (both this time) are opening a bit more and she/he starting running after the other ducklings as they run about between the water and the food. The...
I'm a new member obviously but I've been reading BYC for a couple of weeks, (you folks give really good advice ) and decided it was time to join in the fun.
Here's our story from the beginning - don't worry it's short because we're complete poultry newbs and the whole of it only covers the...