My pair of wood ducks hatched some ducklings! Unfortunately, one looks like it is starting to develop wry neck.
This duckling in particular has been very difficult to get to eat. I’ve tried using Mazuri waterfowl starter and smearing it everywhere to no avail. It was about to starve when I saw...
This little guy hatched on Saturday with my assistance and I immediately noticed the strangely shaped bill and face. I suspect the bill was the main issue as to why the duckling was unable to pip. It struggles to walk and is very wobbly, but was improving each day. I think it also hatched...
One of my welsh harlequin ducklings was shrink wrapped yesterday and needed assistance in getting out of the egg. I came to check on the duckling this morning and it had come out of the remainder of the shell, but it looks like the umbilical cord is still attached. Is there anything I should do...
I’m incubating eggs from two of my runner ducks and I’m curious as to how the ducklings will look when they hatch. The drake is an American fawn and white runner duck, and the hen is a blue runner. The parents are pictured below.
Any insight would be appreciated.