Thank you so much for all the great info!
Do you have any preferred brands that you use for the feed and vitamins?
Currently, we only have one duckling. He's only in the house with us at the moment, so I was considering getting another when he moves outdoors at some point. None of the other...
Hi everyone! I have a 2.5 week old pekin duckling and I’m pretty new to raising ducks, so I want to make sure I’m doing everything correctly!
1. He/she is inside our home in a brooder-
Does it still need a heat lamp when we keep our home no less than 74 degrees with the central air on but...
Hi everyone! My first and only Pekin made it to hatch today. We didn’t have great luck with any of the others unfortunately and lost quite a few between yesterday and today after they internally pipped. So here is our only surviving baby! I just want to know if the belly area looks ok or if...
1. How many eggs were you incubating and did you treat/wash them before incubation?
I had 8 (all Pekin) in the incubator at the time and these 2 moved to a separate incubator for lockdown. I didn’t treat or wash them but they were clean when they were shipped to me from the breeder.
2. Where...
No- I didn’t assist at all. I candled and saw that it passed and opened the egg to see what happened. Any idea what the protruding area is? I have seen yolk sacs and chicks with intestines on the outside but this I wasn’t sure of.
Thank you. We have been having the worst luck and I am wondering if I’m doing something wrong all of a sudden. Our chicks were hatching and some died with yolk sacs still very present. 2 ducks had only one eye at hatching and another batch of chicks that we hatched (some had their intestines out...
Hi everyone! This is my first time on this site and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction as to what could have gone wrong. I had Pekin ducks in lockdown and noticed that my incubator leaked some water last night. I had a wet washcloth inside for added moisture this...
Hi! There is a great place called Rob’s Poultry in Cortlandt. He is constantly getting new stuff in daily and is wonderful! We have been hatching eggs through him!