So, my duck went broody. Which is fine except she built the nest in the wrong coop and I need to move it. The problem is that this monstrosity she built is best described as a volcano nest. Its about 2ft by 2ft and might be almost as deep. How do I move it without it falling apart? Or do I just...
So we have a backyard mix of eggs we hatched. Long story short we were told there was a good possibility that some of our eggs could be hookbill. I was hoping someone might be able to tell me how old the ducklings need to be before I might spot this trait. I tried looking online and it seems...
My duck eggs began externally pipping yesterday. This morning one of the larger eggs has an external pip at the wrong end.. What do I do? New to all this.
Hi everyone. So we have a bit of confusion over our hatch date. We were 25 hours, on the nose, into incubation when we lost power. Power was out 49 hours, by the second day the incubator had cooled completely. When power restored I candled the eggs and noticed that several had "dots" bigger than...
Hello. My household, NW Pennsylvania, is brand new to poultry. I spent more time than I should admit reading articles on it. We currently have: 14 ducks, Blue Swedes, Silver Appleyards, and Saxony. And 12 chickens, 3 Dominique, 2 Easter eggers, and the rest are blue laced Wyandottes. We just...