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No I don't do a lot of ducklings but the principles are the same as chicks. As pumpkin was a duckling of the first legs she laid the problems with it would not be uncommon many people wait untill they have been laying for 4-6 weeks before incubating them. Incubation starts with the egg. A good...

Sorry to hear about pumpkin :hugs I'm sure pumpkin knew that it was very much loved and that you did all you could to give it a chance of survival. I'm afraid it's the downside of incubating and hatching.

:celebrate Pleased to hear pumpkin doing better and has got more energy for climbing :lau

I know this sounds harsh but out in the wild this duckling would not have made it. Hatching is their first big test to see if they are strong enough to survive. It's quite common that duckling/chicks that can't hatch themselves tend to be weak and have ailments with one problem after another...

Because it was a difficult hatch that will have made it more tired. But all chicks and ducklings look quite weak when they first hatch and literally look like they are on deaths door so yes it's quite normal for them not too look quite good. They literally thrash about bumbling all over.

When they first hatch they do sleep a lot hatching is very hard work for them. The cord will dry up and fall off whatever you do, do not try to remove it. If you do it will pull the abdomen through the navel. The chick can poop because the cord is only attached to the navel ie belly button. The...