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  1. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    i'm so sorry to hear about your last hatch :( one of my hatches was on the 35th day, I almost threw the egg out. the next hatch was right on time. hopefully everything will go well this time for you. good luck :)
  2. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    I have found that the duck will push out a dead egg. Also, i read on this thread that a dead egg won't hold heat so if your dark egg is warm i would leave it with her. I almost threw out an egg that was dark but because of what i read i didn't and it hatched two days later. Hope this helps...
  3. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    Hello again, Miss Lydia I am sending a couple of pics for you, they are of Boomer. In one pic he/she is laying next to the drake on the other side of the panel. He/She is quite the politician haha he/she has slept next to him for the last couple of nights while the two mom ducks sleep on the...
  4. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    hello Miss Lydia, I have an update not only was Boomer two weeks old yesterday but we had 4 babies all hatch out. They are so cute. The mother duck is doing the same as the other mother did, she gets off to go outside and bathe. She just popped off the the babies and went out that's how I knew...
  5. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    He will be two weeks on Friday. The bricks are a great idea.
  6. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    thank you for your advice. I am not sure about the cat pan what if boomer gets into it and drowns?
  7. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    Hello, Ms Lydia, update on "Boomer" Well last Friday he was a week old. Everything was going great and then the Drake started picking on him. I guess he thought the mama was paying too much attention to the baby and not enough to him. I would like your thoughts on this as we thought at first...
  8. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    Hello Miss Lydia, well I was finally able to separate the drake and other hen. all was going really pretty good for the last few days, until this morning. I went into the barn and my wall I put up had been breached and the mother was in with the drake and the other sitting duck. At first I...
  9. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    oh, I didn't know she shouldn't leave it? she came out to eat twice a day to clean herself the whole time she we sitting. i thought it was normal. the other duck that is sitting is doing the same thing. she comes off the eggs at feeding time. they have pellets and water all the time but we...
  10. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    ok, I did put the divider back up to keep the other duck out and the baby in but he was still able to get over it. I will make it so the drake stays out. I had already put a small chick waterer in and some crumbles as well as water and food for mom up on a 2 x 6 pc of wood. is it ok to let...
  11. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    miss Lydia, HELP!!! I need your help. about a month ago I had two hens on one nest with 5 eggs. 4 eggs were thrown out. I made another nest for the second duck and she is using it. the other nest with the one egg I left alone. I honestly didn't think the egg was viable but I let the duck sit...
  12. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    I went in to do what you said and found an egg with a big hole in it by the pen door. it was empty so I checked the other eggs and there are only two. there were 5 to begin with four of which were fertile. there is no sign of the other two missing eggs. no shells nothing. I don't know what...
  13. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    they are K Campbell. she is def. sitting and the other duck is sitting with her? they are both sitting on the same nest? there are five eggs. she comes off them once or twice a day for a drink, quick bath and snack and she goes right back on them. the other duck stays on them while she does...
  14. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    hello all. I need some help. I have a few questions regarding my ducks. I have two ducks 1 drake. my drake usually mates with only one of the ducks. since day one the two of them have been paired. however, both ducks lay eggs in the same nest everyday to which I usually take them out. One...
  15. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    thank you so much for the advice. the only thing i'm not sure of is how to keep the other duck out of the nest. can she tell which babies are hers when they hatch ? the eggs are different colors, one lays white eggs the other lays a blue/green egg. the duck that I think is going broody lays...
  16. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    need advice, is my duck becoming broody? my two ducks have been laying an egg a day for about 4 months now. they have made a nest from hay in and old crate I put in the pen. I been taking the eggs out everyday up until this past week. I forgot for a day or two and now I notice that one of...
  17. one old chick

    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    hi there, where in nh are you?
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