Currently incubating 3 duck eggs ( one has already hatched yesterday)
The other 2 had pipped almost 50 hours ago and had made NO progress at all, so after reading articles it said to peel off abit of the shell. i did that to find out they were completely shrink wrapped and could hardly move...
Hi i am hatching 3 welsh harlequin ducks, -one of which has hatched (day 27)
-two of which have made a small crack in the egg over 30 hours ago and has not made any progress. (currently on day 28)
I may be over thinking but isnt this a bit too long for them to not have made any more progress...
My welsh harlequin chip has been losing alot of feathers (he is moulting to his proper colours) but i noticed that he isnt eating too much of his dry food and his neck is like tucked in and his head feathers are tucked up, is this a problem. And any solutions on making dry food taste nicer?
hi, i have a welsh harlequin named chip he is 11 weeks. i just took a look at him today when he was sitting on my lap, and this strange soft squidgy lump on his bill had formed. its not too noticeable and you can hardly see it on camera, but i want to make sure its ok. it seems kinda like a...
i recently found oht that we have two male ducks and two female ducks. one of the males is a welsh harlequin and the other male is a khaki campbell. The females are all khaki campbells. what will i do? is this a problem? i couldnt take away one male as when i take one away they cry. the reason i...
My 6 week old welsh harlequin ducklings has now got alot of wing feathers and speckales, is this the last molt? and when will i be able to tell the gender by the adult feathers?
Hi we have 1 welsh harlequin and 3 khaki campbell female ducklings right now, We are beginning to prepare their forever home outside, first thing we need to get through is measurements. There big pen is 16ft square, and the pool will be around 5ft by 4ft. One thing i have been searching about is...
Hi one of my ducklings that are 3 and a 1/2 weeks old has a wet belly and it smells, i read on other threads saying to take the water away overnight? my ducklings love drinking, is there another way i could help it become dry, ive tried dabbing it with towels but it would still be wet, i have...
i have a 3 and a 1/2 day old welsh harlequin duckling, we are getting it friends but we can choose from them being a week and bit and alot bigger than him or we could wait a week for him to hatch day old ones but by the time we get them he will be a week and abit older than them,What should i pick?
Im not complaining but my duck almost controls when it poos, it doesnt ever do it on humans and we can tell when it needs to as it goes onto the floor 😂
My duck that just hatched is so scared of hands it is like a couple hours old. i put my hand in to see what the themometer was reading and it went into the corner and huddled, will it like me tomorrow when i feed it for the first time? and is there a method for it to like me? do i hold it until...