So I'm pretty hopeful that my egg (https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/905918/help-please#post_13785122 here's the link to the story and such) will hatch. Assuming it does, how should I take care of the duckling? I was thinking of putting it in an old fishtank we've got (without the lid, of...
Maybe here I can get some help, since nobody's answered so far.
I have a wild mallard duck egg that was abandoned by its mother over a week ago, and I rescued it last Monday. She'd been sitting on these eggs for about a month, laying new eggs all the while. The other eggs that were left were...
I'm completely new to this, and honestly, I'm not even doing this as a hobby. I've gathered the info I could from the magical internet, but I still don't know quite a few things.
So first, I need some help with the lingo. Could someone explain what lockdown means?
Also, I have a mallard duck...
So I don't have much info, I just know it's been a while since the egg was laid and it's got some gray spots and veins when I candle it. Will it hatch?
Also, I rescued the mallard duck egg about a week ago, and the mum had been gone for about a day, maybe two.