How to introduce mother duck to ducklings?

[Jani1652]

We have 2 Pekin ducks (male and female) both one year old. The female has been laying eggs and going down to pond all day and leaving eggs /not sitting on them, so my daughter put 6 eggs in an incubator. So far 3 ducklings have hatched from the incubator! Now we are wondering what is the best way to introduce the ducklings to the parents? The parents have no experience with ducklings and unbeknownst to them we have artificially hatched them. We want them to be accepted by mommy! What do we do now??

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mama is not going to accept those ducklings since she didn't hatch them herself. You'll need to brood them until they are old enough to go outside [all feathered in] and then they will need to be kept away from the drake till of laying age. Because to him they will just be something to mate with and that can cause harm to young birds. They sure are precious.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

We have 2 Pekin ducks (male and female) both one year old. The female has been laying eggs and going down to pond all day and leaving eggs /not sitting on them, so my daughter put 6 eggs in an incubator. So far 3 ducklings have hatched from the incubator! Now we are wondering what is the best way to introduce the ducklings to the parents? The parents have no experience with ducklings and unbeknownst to them we have artificially hatched them. We want them to be accepted by mommy! What do we do now??

I'm sorry but that is most likely not going to happen.
She will not recognize the babies as her own if she did not hatch them.
it is even more rare that a drake can be trusted around small babies they will attack and kill them.
You will need to set up a brooder and raise them yourself until they are old enough they no longer require a heat lamp.
You can take them outside for supervised visits when it's warm enough but have them in a see but no touch pen where the other two can get used to their presence until they accept them as part of the flock.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Mama is not going to accept those ducklings since she didn't hatch them herself. You'll need to brood them until they are old enough to go outside [all feathered in] and then they will need to be kept away from the drake till of laying age. Because to him they will just be something to mate with and that can cause harm to young birds. They sure are precious.

pinch poke I owe you a Coke. Lol.
You posted while I was typing.

 

[cluckadoodledoo13]

I think it’s very unlikely that mother duck will accept them if she didn’t hatch them herself. The male will kill them so unfortunately i think the best option is to hand rear them.

 

[Isaac 0]

X4! on what's been posted.