2019 Spring Ducklings are here!

[Miss Lydia]

Hope the little one just need to rest and recoup now. Mice with mega muscles oh boy!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Good Morning y'all! - Dang! We had some severe Thunderstorms yesterday and power and internet were gone for hours. Power's not the problem, but the internet was, so i missed all the action!
Sorry @Magnolia Ducks that you lost the little one, i really hope that's it with bad luck for you for the future, you've suffered enough with all those predator attacks!
Crossing fingers for the ducklings to be healthy!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Hope the little one just need to rest and recoup now. Mice with mega muscles oh boy!

Just in case you have those super-mice, i will send you Blanca Duck, she just caught, killed and ate another mouse.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Better than nary cat!!

 

[quackiemama]

Hahahaa one of my runners caught a wren yesterday and was trying to eat it! That poor little bird was freaking out!!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I watched one of my Muscovy’s eat a frog once that was not pleasant.

 

[katiebrock]

Wow, those sound like some BA ducks. I could see mine being afraid of a mouse or a frog! They do like to hang out with the wild birds though. It is interesting that even though they are afraid of almost everything, they know the birds are safe! Except for the Great Blue Herons and Osprey - They know to "duck" when those fly over!

 

[WVduckchick]

@Magnolia Ducks sorry, I’ve been on vacation, just got home today. Glad you got the little one out and hope it’s doing well now.

Mineral oil would probably have been fine to use, I like to use Vaseline, or even a little antibiotic ointment will work if you have some. I remember someone using olive oil too, but I’ve never done it.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

@Magnolia Ducks sorry, I’ve been on vacation, just got home today. Glad you got the little one out and hope it’s doing well now.

Mineral oil would probably have been fine to use, I like to use Vaseline, or even a little antibiotic ointment will work if you have some. I remember someone using olive oil too, but I’ve never done it.

Not being a hatching eggspert at all, i think food grade mineral oil could be even better than coconut oil because not many bacteria can grow on that. (That's why oil-spills are so bad.) - I did not even know that something like »food-grade« mineral oil exists. What would happen if you ingest that?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Better than nary cat!!

Maybe i should not try to feed them cat-food?