- Mar 19, 2018
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So I got five duck eggs from a friend to incubate for fun. I had never incubated any eggs before but I’ve raised a ton of ducks and chickens so it was just something I wanted to try for fun. After the first two weeks, two of the eggs stopped Developing. Of course I was disappointed but I still had three more and so i wasn’t overly worried. Then at twenty five days one of the eggs pipped but died, probably because it started hatching too early. Again, I was disappointed but I had two left. Then one of the eggs hatched successfully and one of them never made it. Now I have one duckling, by itself. I know how important it is for ducks to have friends because they’re social animals. The duck is a week old and is fine except that unless it is with me, it is freaking out because it’s lonely. I have three other ducks but I can’t put it in with them because they’re very aggressive towards other ducks. They are about three years old. I had ordered five females and one male but then got three females and three males, whom the males have killed off the females due to aggressive breeding behavior, but that’s a whole different story. I dont know what I need to do to help this little guy and for the first time in a long time I feel clueless. I am a student so I can’t spend all my time with this little one. I know lone ducks don’t usually survive but I at least want to give him the best chance of hope possible. Anything helps.