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3 days to hatch, air cell way too small. Should I pip?
Hi all. 3-4 days til hatch. The air cell is way too small due to high humidity. I mean way too small. There is movement inside the two eggs (kicking and jerky movements) when candling. These are mandarin duck eggs. The air cell is probably half of what is should be, I know that the temp was...- slcjohn
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Found Duck Nest!
So early this afternoon I found one of my ducks in a empty dog box of ours. I was concerned that she was hurt, so investigated. She got up and walked away. I discovered she had 12 eggs she was laying on. Before I left I checked back to see if she went back in the box to lay on them but she... -
When Can I Bring Duckling and Chicks Outside? (not permanently)
Hey ! So I recently ordered 2 female Pekin ducks and 4 Rhode Island White hens, I was wondering when I would be able to bring them out? They’re 1 week old right now. Not move them outside permanently, but to just feel the grass and see the outside world haha. I would put them in a small fenced...- 0ddaudd
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- baby birds baby duck baby fowl chick 1 week duck 1 week duckling outside raising baby chicks
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Brewers yeast for ducks?
Hi every body. My family is going to be getting two 2 week old ducks in a few days. We have a starter and grower feed with 18% protein and we plan to feed oats and chick grit as well as supplementing electrolytes. I am a bit confused about the yeast. I heard baby ducks need yeast because they...- babyshark24
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New baby ducks!! Building a coop for them (:
Went to Lowe’s yesterday and bought all the material to build my babies a coop!! I have a picture of what it’s based on and will be posting the work along the way!! I’m 21 and couldn’t be happier with the decision of getting baby ducks!! -
New Baby ducks!! need help!
My friend bought 6 ducklings March 27th and just gave me two of them today.. I have no idea how old they are or what type of duck they will be... can anyone tell me how old and what type? thank you!!:) -
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Injured baby duck
Hi everyone ! Brand new duck mom here. We bought 2 yesterday from tractor supply and the guy gave us an extra one free saying it wasn’t going to make it . One leg works fine but the other sticks straight out behind it. It can’t stand. It scoots around and chirps ☹️ I thought placing it in water...- MelaniaD12
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- baby duck duck advice injured duck leg
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What Breed is This Baby?
So I'm a new duck mama, and while I have been wanting a duck for awhile now I ended up recently adopting a duckling completely last minute that was being neglected, and I have only two guesses(Orpington or WH) but idk... He(not even sure of the sex tbh) is possibly about two weeks old, hes...- BlueLovesBabyDucks
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- baby duck breed identification ducklings ducklings breed
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New to BYC and Ducks
Hi! We live on approximately 9 acres with a 3 1/2 acre spring-fed pond. We have always wanted chickens and ducks and have finally purchased 6 baby ducklings...they are almost two weeks old AND VERY MESSY...LOL! We are so excited about our new additions!- twinkletoes68
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Muscovy Duckling
I have a 5wk old Muscovy duckling that I rescued, raised by hand as a single duckling & now I have no where to take him! I do NOT want to dump him off at a park somewhere... Anyone have any ideas??? I live in Katy, am willing to drive wherever if someone can take him... he’s very sweet, but... -
Malpositioned/shrink wrapped duckling?! HELP!
Hey y’all!! I’m new to this forum and new to hatching ducklings. We have had ducks for a year now and these are our first babies... I have read many threads here on what to do... we are currently on day 30 and I’m a little worried... I feel like this little Guy is malpisitioned and possibly...- Tsam88
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- baby duck duckling hatch a duck malpositioned pekin shrink wrapped
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The Mallards HATCHED! Question about ‘wry neck’
Hi BYC friends! 4 of my 9 duck eggs (mallards - runners are in progress) have hatched! I left them in the incubator for 24 hours and then put them in the brooder. Three of them are doing great and are cheeping and sitting upright. I have one, who is secretly my favorite, that can’t hold her...- CLovesDucks
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- baby duck hatch hatch a duck hatching and brooding ducks hatching duck eggs hatching ducks incubation wry neck
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Pekin babies!
Anyone wanna take odds on who's the boy(s) and who's the girls? First was born starting July 24, and last on July 28th - at the front and center is Pipsqueak, in the Back is Hildebrand, the other two are Sugar and Sir Quacksalot. Just moved them into the garage in a 4x4' base, 2' sides and open...- chemwhizzz47
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- baby duck build female duck females male duck males pekin which are they?
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Baby duck won't eat
I got a phone call that a few towns over somebody had dumped a baby duckling in front of the hotel all by itself. No one would take it and it was without food and water for at least 8 hours, possibly more. I got there and I don't know what breed it is, a lot of people own ducks and from the...- HuskerHens18
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- baby duck duck duckling hatchling help wont eat
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duckling leg problem??
so i’ve got a baby duck and I’ve bought another for company to the first. The smaller is 2 weeks old, the other 3 weeks old. They’re normal domestic ducks. So the smaller one stopped using it’s legs 2 days ago. The vet said we can do nothing, everything’s fine, buy them vitamins. Okay I bought...- Glitterunicorn
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- baby duck duck duck health duck illness duck leg bad duck legs problems duckling
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