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Do you do alot of duckling hatchings? When my Momma Goosy ( my female ducks name ) started laying eggs she had laid a good 12 and 2 in the pool and 3 soft shells. Shes about 5.5 months old. This is her first round of eggs. She and our 2 drakes are pets and indoors.
The female had devolped foor issues and off to the vet we went, she needed vitiman supplements and extra calcium. She was back up and going.
In the mixed of this she stoped laying eggs. Also is moulting. Losing loads of feathers. Mainly her flight wings. Her largest ones. Being she is indoors will she start relaying soon?
Also another question is we still have 8 eggs in the incubator. The last few my Daughter put in and didnt date. So im clueless as to when there ready to hatch. 4 have died there progress has done nothing past the first stages. There are 4 that are fully ready to hatch. Air sacks are proper. They apear ready. No signs movement though. No pip or zips or rocking. Do you have any advice for me on what to look for in the next 4 that are due. One is due to hatch on the 12th.
I use google for all my researching and i also read forums non stop. I don't feel i can ever learn to much
Also do you know an approximant weight of a newly hatched duck?
Pumpkin weighed 0.70 ounces is that averae for a Pekin Duckling? His egg was very small compaired to the others size.
Again Dear Friends, Thank you for your time, concerns, and advice ;-)
Do you do alot of duckling hatchings? When my Momma Goosy ( my female ducks name ) started laying eggs she had laid a good 12 and 2 in the pool and 3 soft shells. Shes about 5.5 months old. This is her first round of eggs. She and our 2 drakes are pets and indoors.
The female had devolped foor issues and off to the vet we went, she needed vitiman supplements and extra calcium. She was back up and going.
In the mixed of this she stoped laying eggs. Also is moulting. Losing loads of feathers. Mainly her flight wings. Her largest ones. Being she is indoors will she start relaying soon?
Also another question is we still have 8 eggs in the incubator. The last few my Daughter put in and didnt date. So im clueless as to when there ready to hatch. 4 have died there progress has done nothing past the first stages. There are 4 that are fully ready to hatch. Air sacks are proper. They apear ready. No signs movement though. No pip or zips or rocking. Do you have any advice for me on what to look for in the next 4 that are due. One is due to hatch on the 12th.
I use google for all my researching and i also read forums non stop. I don't feel i can ever learn to much
Also do you know an approximant weight of a newly hatched duck?
Pumpkin weighed 0.70 ounces is that averae for a Pekin Duckling? His egg was very small compaired to the others size.
Again Dear Friends, Thank you for your time, concerns, and advice ;-)
he's been by my side in my room this whole time. i mixed his crumb with water, and strained it, then dripped the solution into his mouth a few drops at a time, letting him swallow after each time. hes still sleepy but is trying to get up now. he was an assisted hatch as he could barely get through the membrane, let alone the shell, so maybe he is a weak chick. i'm fully prepared to nurse him 24/7, and i got up every few hours in the night to drip some more food solution. he's been drinking sips of water with biocare vitasorb B so that might have helped.
