I got her for free when I bought all my other chicks because of her bum eye, but I am intensely curious what it is and if this is going to be a problem at any point. The lid did not start opening and functioning until yesterday, before then it was completely closed over. The eye hangs out of her...
I got her for free when I bought all my other chicks because of her bum eye, but I am intensely curious what it is and if this is going to be a problem at any point. The lid did not start opening and functioning until yesterday, before then it was completely closed over. The eye hangs out of her...
One hatched a week ago, and the other one the very next day. The one born on the second day is about 1/3rd the size of the other duckling. Is this weird? He is always the first one to eat when I change out the food and water but he really has not grown very much in a week compared to his sibling.
Right now I'm using towels for bedding, as I read that was best to prevent their legs from getting splayed. They are 5 days old now. Can I use wood pellets? When are they old enough that I don't have to worry about their leg growth? I am looking for anything that would make a good cheap...
They externally pipped yesterday afternoon but haven't made too much progress. The one that did have a tiny hole I can see the membrane is shrinkwrapped on him. I'm using a homemade incubator so I knew humidity might be an issue. Please help with anything I can do.
My ducks started pipping externally yesterday afternoon, but there are still just cracks around the shell today, no one has really broken through except for one. I am concerned because the room I have them in doesn't have very good humidity. I'm running the dryer in there to up it right now...