We are on a learning experience! Our Pekin Duck has been sitting for about 5 1/2 weeks and an egg has hatched! We found the duckling outside the pen. 😳. I took it and put it in a brooding box. It is lonely! Has anyone taken their babies at night to keep them safe and return them to the nest...
My Pekin Duck has been sitting now for 2 weeks. This will be our first experience with newly hatched ducklings. Should I take them from the mom as soon as they are hatched? Could they stay with the mom for a longer period of time? The ducks free range during the day and are put in their bed at...
Hello everyone! I am new to raising Pekin ducks and have gotten a lot of good information from this site. So, thank you! I actually did not plan on raising ducks but our Jill decided to go broody! I read that Pekin ducks are not good brooders, so when she started staying on her nest I told...