- Oct 11, 2015
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Hello everyone!
I randomly tried to incubate a balut duck egg from my local market and to my surprise, it actually hatched yesterday regardless of being stored at strange temperatures, having a detached air cell, etc. I had to assist as it pipped in only one spot for 48 hours and the shell did not even break. After countless hours of questioning myself and watching videos, I gently chipped away at the shell and it just popped right out! All blood vessels were empty and the yolk was fully absorbed.
It was actually my first time hatching anything and this is my first time having a duck/duckling.
The problem right now is that I can't seem to find any other ducklings for it. I tried 4 different feed stores and have searched all over my local listings.
I put a fluffy little teddy bear in its pen and it snuggles up to it. I've been spending a lot of time with it by holding it, etc.
My question is since it's all alone, whenever I put it back in its pen, all it does is snuggle up to the teddy bear and sleep. Is that normal? Should I be making it run around in the backyard by following me, the way mama ducks do? Or do ducklings usually just sleep under their Mom the first few days?
I taught it how to eat and drink. It actually seems really healthy as it's able to run fast, is really active, chirps a bunch, and eats! If I just let it sleep in the pen, will it not grow up to be a healthy duck? Thankfully, it seems like I found someone that has an egg that will hatch either tonight or tomorrow so it will have a buddy in there soon.
(Blood is from it's umbilical cord?)
I randomly tried to incubate a balut duck egg from my local market and to my surprise, it actually hatched yesterday regardless of being stored at strange temperatures, having a detached air cell, etc. I had to assist as it pipped in only one spot for 48 hours and the shell did not even break. After countless hours of questioning myself and watching videos, I gently chipped away at the shell and it just popped right out! All blood vessels were empty and the yolk was fully absorbed.
It was actually my first time hatching anything and this is my first time having a duck/duckling.
The problem right now is that I can't seem to find any other ducklings for it. I tried 4 different feed stores and have searched all over my local listings.
I put a fluffy little teddy bear in its pen and it snuggles up to it. I've been spending a lot of time with it by holding it, etc.
My question is since it's all alone, whenever I put it back in its pen, all it does is snuggle up to the teddy bear and sleep. Is that normal? Should I be making it run around in the backyard by following me, the way mama ducks do? Or do ducklings usually just sleep under their Mom the first few days?
I taught it how to eat and drink. It actually seems really healthy as it's able to run fast, is really active, chirps a bunch, and eats! If I just let it sleep in the pen, will it not grow up to be a healthy duck? Thankfully, it seems like I found someone that has an egg that will hatch either tonight or tomorrow so it will have a buddy in there soon.
(Blood is from it's umbilical cord?)
