Search results for query: *

The week-old ducks aren't much bigger than him and they're actually getting along quite well. Thanks for that feedback though. He is definitely learning from them how to be a duck.

Ruby, thanks for all your help!

Our new babies!

Baby duck just emerged from the egg and is drying off. Still had some yolk attached but thrashed a few times and broke the chord. We sterilized scissors and cut the chord to an inch. Just got home from buying two week-old baby Muscovies to keep him company and so he will imprint as a duck and...

We bought two week-old baby ducks to keep ours company and so it will see them and think he's a duck. This is what I've read to do. We will see how it works. Baby is out of the egg now and drying off.

We have one abandoned baby duck about to emerge from his egg and we don't want it to imprint on us. Any suggestions? We are looking for another local baby duck to buy or acquire but not sure if we will be successful. Is it safe to place it near the parents soon after it emerges to see if she...

We found the egg yesterday afternoon around 5. It was a cool day and the hen had not been on the nest since sometime early that morning, whenever something attacked it. We figured the eggs were dead. We noticed the one had a star crack from the pip and peeled it back a little only to discover...

we wrapped the eggs in damp paper towels. Just woke up to spray them again. Pretty sure the one egg has no duck, only liquid inside. The other has not progressed. I'm concerned the membrane is stuck to him and he can't move. He's peeping but breathing heavy. Also concerned that if he does...

Never mind. Got it.

My first ever post here. My husband and I recently were given two Muscovy Ducks and the hen proceeded to lay and sit on 8 eggs. 34 days later as they were starting to hatch, a predator got 6 of the eggs and the hen abandoned the last 2. We have no incubator. One egg just started to pip. We have...

Can anyone tell me how to post a new thread in a forum from an Android smart phone? I've read the instructions on how to post new threads but there doesn't seem to be that option on my phone. This is the only place I've been able to find where I can post something.