She was still sitting on three eggs this morning and I couldn't see the one I thought was still with her last night, I was afraid she wouldn't take these back if she didn't have any with her so I slipped two back in to her she seemed ok with it. I took the three eggs out and candled them rotten...
Well that was this morning she's not totally in the dark and she can get out to eat and drink. I went back out just to check on her this afternoon and there was a dead baby duck on the ground a couple of feet from the door. I'm wondering would she remove a dad baby, did it get out and die from...
The ducks are hatching. I felt just to make sure the eggs were warm and felt a little fuzzy head. A little extra straw a tarp and a lean to over the door should keep the wind out. Gonna be 25 tonight.
Well the babies are hatching, I felt just to see if the eggs were warm and felt a little fuzzy head. I gave her some more straw put a tarp over the whole thing and put a lean to over the door to block the wind it's gonna get down to twenty five the next two nights.
I will keep you up to date. She was sitting on her own infertile eggs so I switched them out with khaki's that I ordered so that already lowers the hatch rate a little. But hopefully Wednesday we will hatch something.
I have a Muscovyduck setting on a dozen eggs due to hatch in three days. She's under an upside down heavy rubber pool with a door cut in it. It's dry and has straw. With the strange weather it's supposed to get down in the twenties for the next few nights. Can she handle it or should I finish...