Ducklings are hatching!

[Jrbd82]

OK so I have a Drake and his harem of five. About 12 weeks ago we patched out our own babies and we now have all the ducks in the same pen. One of my ducks went broody and sat on the clutch of eggs which are now hatching (2 so far) What do I need to do for them? I understand this is much different than incubating and putting them in the Bruder but I feel like maybe I need to keep the babies separate from all the adult ducks. What do I do to feed them? Will mama eat the babies’ food?

 

[Kellyjenny]

@DucksAreBest can you help.

 

[DucksAreBest]

Yes, you'll need to seperate them from the rest of the flock, and give the ducklings some duckling feed. Here is a good article about it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/broody-duck-what-now.75251/

 

[Jrbd82]

Yes, you'll need to seperate them from the rest of the flock, and give the ducklings some duckling feed. Here is a good article about it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/broody-duck-what-now.75251/

I’ve actually read that article before! Thanks for reminding me of it!