Baby!!!

[FowlPrincess]

My broody runner duck decided she was done yesterday so I ran and got a incubator, power ready through every post I could find on BYC and look what I came home to today!!!

 

[Going Quackers]

Awe. Congrats! i had a call give up on some late eggs too but no incubator here so i have just lost them.

 

[silkiecuddles]

Awesome! Congrats on your baby! Is it a chocolate runner?

 

[FowlPrincess]

Well, it is either from my black or chocolate duck. The father is either my fawn and white runner or a magpie.....lol It looks chocolate so far. I hope so!

Any advise? I am not really sure what to do with her now? How soon do you move them out of the bator and into a brooder with heatlamp? I have bought babies before, but they were 3+ days old when I got them.....

 

[silkiecuddles]

Well, it is either from my black or chocolate duck. The father is either my fawn and white runner or a magpie.....lol It looks chocolate so far. I hope so!

Any advise? I am not really sure what to do with her now? How soon do you move them out of the bator and into a brooder with heatlamp? I have bought babies before, but they were 3+ days old when I got them.....

I remove the shell almost immediately, and take the duck/chick out when its almost dry. Yes, you need a heatlamp. They technically don't have to eat the first day because they're absorbing the yolk sac, but I go ahead and put food and water in there. I put vinegar and garlic in the water. It will boost their immunity