Hiya,
I Went out half an hour later to find it had been dumped on the door step to die and of course the chickens were eating the remaining yolk. I am going to take the remaking 3 eggs away from both mums and put them in an incubator. It's the only way I can be sure they will be safe. I thought...
Thank you all for your replys. Unfortunately we lost that little duckling. But the other 4 are doing fine and one has began to hatch as of yesterday and over night. However the mother ducks have now started pecking at the soft shell quiet violently and there is still some yolk inside with this...
Hiya,
I could really do with some advise. I have 2 female African Runner Ducks who have been sitting on 5 eggs for around 2 1/2 - 3 weeks . around 5pm today I found one of the eggs in the garden. It looks like a rat has began eating the shell but the duckling was still moving inside I emptied...