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YAY!!! one little on has started to show itself today, I cant wait for the little one to be completely free.

Ok well maybe I'll let her keep them, just see how it goes and then go from there, still no chicks yet but lots of peeping inside one egg, so I'm hoping for one to start breaking thru today.

Went In to check on Big Mama and heard peeping coming from atleast one egg, so I am getting very excited. Now comes the time to decide whether to take the chicks from her once they hatch. She is hatching 5 babies and is in with the entire flock still and I wouldn't second guess it if she was one...

Thank you, I do have her to where the flock cant get to her, now I guess its just a waiting game...Im gonna be a nervous wreck especially if they dont hatch before tuesday because i have to work that day :(

So, tomorrow will be day 20 of Big Mama sitting on her 5 little eggs, I am curious since this is my first time hatching eggs with a broody hen, I was wondering do I leave the eggs with her when they begin to hatch or remove them and put them under a heat lamp. Unfortunately she is in with the...

Well that's what I thought too, but only one hen is losing her feathers and has been for three months now. Can molting last that long? FYI - first time raising ducks so forgive give me if I sound like I have no idea...lol

I have 4 Ancona ducks 3 lovely little hens that laid for me everyday up until a month ago and I have or handsome drake. I was wondering if anyone had any advice, my hens have stopped laying ever since I let then outside full time(due to harsh winters up here in Alaska they stay indoors most of...

I was wondering if anyone else has a indoor pond for their ducks, due to winters being so harsh that the ducks can't go outside. I currently live in Alaska and as we get further into winter and our weather is getting colder and colder here, i am still trying to master my indoor pond for my...

I have noticed this with my little bobs too, they just started doing this about a week ago. However they are in a large pen and have plenty of room, so figuring out how i can fix the problem if becoming a huge job. my next step right now is to separate the four hens that are injured on their...

This is my first year owning ducks, I have 4 Anconas (3 ladies and 1 drake) i love them like crazy, i will say they are a messy animal, i didnt realize this until i actually owned them (their whole indoor area is covered with pond liner so it can be cleaned by spraying it down and shop vacuuming...

Yay! so far the eye is looking better, tomorrow morning will tell more but so far just the saline solution wash has worked wonders, hopefully it is gonna be way better in the morning

I have a nesting box full of straw that they lay in and they tend to be cleaner, but they still are somewhat dirty.

I am raising my first ducks this year and i absolutely love them, they have such great personalities. i cant wait to get more next spring

Thank you for the advice, Bruiser is a sweetie well when her eye isn't bothering her, you can definitely tell her she is a little cranky over the eye thing. I do have the Vetericyn at my parents house, which i will probably drive in tomorrow and grab it so i have it on hand. But it that safe to...

your little ducklings are adorable, remind me alot of my little ancona ducks when they were just babies, good luck with them and enjoy the duckling stage.

Thank you for the welcome So far Bruiser's eye seems to be looking slightly better, it is less red but still producing white foam, i am continuing with the saline rinses and will bring her in one more time before night hits. ill try to post a photo of her eye after the saline rinse. it looks...

Thank you all for your advice, she seems to be doing a little better this morning, but just to make sure the recovery continues, i am going to clean the pond again and wash her eye with saline solution. if that doesnt seem to work them i will get some eye ointment tomorrow as all the feed supply...

I was also waiting patiently for my first eggs from my Anconas, my husband had a idea to put a grow light (used for plants and aquariums) in the ducks nesting/pond area, as it seemed to help my quail and chickens lay. A week after he put up their new light, I started to get eggs. They were...

Hello all, I had a question regarding my 5 month old female Ancona, everything was fine with her this morning, but when i came home about 6 hours later i found her with her eye slightly red and weepy, so i put her and my three other Anconas outside (2 females and 1 drake) so i could see if...