One of the eggs under my mama duck was damaged, looks like she tried to bust him out. A bit of yolk looked like it was sticking out through the membrane. I removed the egg from the nest and he's wrapped in a wet towel under a heat lamp. The membrane was solid white. I cut a small hole in it for...
My broody runner is hatching a clutch of eggs. I know with an incubator they need to go in lockdown and not be touched until they hatch. Is there any way to take an egg from my girl after it has pipped so I can show my son a baby hatching or would any movement at that point kill them? Has anyone...
Hi, I have a bloody girl sitting on her eggs and she should be at the end of it. There are 15 eggs, only 10 good ones every time I take the excess either she lays more or let's the others lay more. I don't have an exact hatch date for them because my Cayuga started the nest and then abandoned it...
My welsh harlequin, in the back, has been moving a bit slower then her sisters. And she lets her wing kind of hang, as shown in the picture. She tends to leave the other ducks and just sit by herself a lot now. I checked her out and her eyes and nose are clear. She seems perfectly fine but the...
I have 7 girls most of which have just started to lay in jnauary. Today i got my regular 5 eggs and then one of the girls (or 2) laid 2 eggs in the middle of the yard. One was no shelled and opened up on the ground the other was no shell but whole. They are on purina layer chicken food and have...
Ok so my 2 black girls, black swedish and cayuga, have these really low hanging butts. I have 5 out of 7 or my girls laying, could this just mean these 2 are due to start or should i take them to a vet? These are my first ducks, born aug 15 last year. This isthe first time ive owned birds and...
My girls are starting to get their big girl feathers in now. And man do they look a little silly. Well one of my girls turns out is a boy.... so i wanted to know if any of you had crossed breeds of ducks. My boy is a welsh harlequin and i have a cayuga, welsh harlequin, black swedish, buff...
Hey all! Can you spam me with pics of your ducklings in their various feathering phases? Ive tried googling what is normal but cant really find anything. My cute little fluffy ducklings have mutated into these creepy ugly ducklings with weird little half feathers and bald spots hahahaha.
I ordered some ducklings from metzer farms, they were hatched monday. 9 out of 11 are thriving. But my cayuga and golden layer are teeny. The others have all basically doubled in size and these 2 are still the size i got them. We had 2 golden layers (a friend took half) and hers is thriving...
Hey all i am new to the backyard poultry world and have decided i want ducks. I am from Tacoma Washington. I was set to pick up 4 cayugas yesterday but i guess the eggs didnt hatch :'( and now i am having a beastly time trying to start my flock! I am hoping to have either 4 cayuga or 4 ancona...
Hi all! I am new to all this and hoping to get ducks soon. I was supposed to pick up some Cayuga yesterday but i guess none of them hatched :'( ive been having a rough time finding my ducklings! I want either 3 girl cayuga and a boy or the same ratio of Ancona ducklings. Anyone near wa state no...