Oh my gosh, thank you so much. This duckling does have that little ball thing on top of its head. I knew what crested meant, but I had no idea about the lethal gene and all the problems associated with breeding crested ducks. I woke up this morning and the duckling was all fine, like nothing...
I got them from a lady in Houston, she sold them to me and I went and picked them up. I incubated them in a Mini Brinsea incubator. I was thinking maybe the parents were inbred or something? Would that cause all of these problems?
Can someone please help me. I have a mallard that hatched 4 hours ago and it keeps throwing its head all the way back so far that it flips over. It's like its in a constant state of neck spasms. It has been like this since it hatched. I had 10 eggs, all were fertile, 5 died within the first few...
Can someone please help me. I have a mallard that hatched 4 hours ago and it keeps throwing its head all the way back so far that it flips over. It's like its in a constant state of neck spasms. It has been like this since it hatched. I had 10 eggs, all were fertile, 5 died within the first...