ducklings dying

So I got these eggs ordered and they incubated fine. The first one was very healthy, moving and exploring alot. Then the second one came, more smaller and with curved feet. But so far they were okay. But then the first died, it's feet was pushed back. The other one died later on, before it was...

Hi there! I had 9 duck eggs incubating. 8 of them had hatched as of Saturday night (2 minimally assisted, 6 hatched completely unassisted). It is now Monday night, and 4 of those ducklings have died. 2 deaths were the 2 assists, and I can understand why they may have died. The other 2 were the...

Hi all! So my three ducks that made me a duck mama are feathered and out in the coop. Logically, I got 4 more ducklings to appease my “empty nest” syndrome. The first batch of ducks I got, I got four, and lost one within an hour of having them home (it was weak when we picked them up from the...

Of course, I’m one of those people who just doesn’t understand how people brood chicks and they die. I’ve rarely had chicks die and I have chicks about 8 times a year. But here I am criticizing chick owners and I can’t even keep ducklings alive. I’ve had ducklings around 2 times a year for the...

Good morning! I'm new to this website I've been reading multiple threads about my ducklings but i truly don't know what else to do. I had 9 Cayuga ducklings when i left for work yesterday they all looked healthy and happy and had plenty of food and water. I came home from work at noon and 1 of...

Hello, I'm in desperate need of some insight, I'm pretty heart broken because this morning we had our 5th duckling die during hatching. We hatched eggs about a month and a half ago and we lost a couple which I understand that the mortality rate during hatching for ducklings is roughly 20%, but...

I am fairly new to having exotic ducks, one pair of ring tea, one pair of Mandarins and wood ducks. They are in a 12 by 14 foot aviary that is eight feet tall, part of it is covered and six foot is wired for sun light and plants. All of the ducks are last year hatched. The Mandarins did not...

I have one nest that was pretty big (~20). Last two days I go out there and she had a few eggs kicked out of the nest. I candle them and I can see that many internally pipped but then died. Why are they dying before they fully hatch? They eat all-natural feed 16% protein lay pellets (other...

Hey all, have been having a lot of broody hens and have hatched several successful clutches. We decided to try our hand at hatching ducklings and are having a lot of trouble. On the 1st clutch of ducklings, only 1 hatched and it died about 24 hours later. We thought that maybe the duckling...

I have a 14 hour old duckling who still isnt showing any signs of wanting to move?, he hatched on day 28 of incubation and since hatching it has just lay under the mother hen still with its eyes closed and only showes signs of life if i pickit up. Is he dying?? Can i save him??

I have around 8 duck eggs being incubated by a hen and they are on day 28 and i have noticed yellow and grey marks appearing om the inside of 2 of them, are they dead???? Do they need rescued???!? I will post pictures in a short while.

I have two first-time Welsh Harlequins moms who have been sitting side-by-side (now more like one large) nests of about a dozen eggs each and are around day 38. I have four live ducklings, four found dead in the nest (fully formed, feathered and out of shell), one found in the nest dead with...