How many eggs are left to hatch?That's possible! In fact, there were even a few chicken eggs in there that we removed. Dad was a Black Swedish, mom a Blue.
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How many eggs are left to hatch?That's possible! In fact, there were even a few chicken eggs in there that we removed. Dad was a Black Swedish, mom a Blue.
I doubt she'll take them back now. but if she has 5 to go and she is only hatching every other day my goodness she is going to still be there a while. Will she eat if you put food and water close by? add something with good protein in it like dried meal worms. and add poultry vitamins to her water. have you candled to see if the rest as living? If there isn't any more viable then take the last duckling the last duckling that hatches so she'll have at least one to raise. Or the last 3. if food and water is close by they will find it.Another Black hatched this afternoon, so there are five eggs left. Mama is starting to look really thin - hope she can finish up soon! Do you think putting the babies in a brooder was the right thing to do? I feel so mean taking them away from her...
Aww come on, she may put up a fuss but your bigger. LOL and what if another was to need help? I'd look and candle, she has to get off sometime, that's when you make your move. I go in and close the door so she can't get back on the nest till I'm through. I agree if there is a chance one of the geese or drake could get one then you did the right thing, can you not move her and rest of ducklings to a safer area till they are old enough to be out with the flock. I have 2 geese and know how worrisome they can be when there's ducklings around. Now that our ducklings are 10 weeks they all run together again.Thanks so much! She does have her own food and water nearby, and I have meal worms on hand I can add. We took the ducklings mainly because they're in an area where our Swedish drake and Buff geese can get to them. The goose has killed chickens before...it just seemed like a big risk.
Also, the feet of the little Blue duckling were stuck for a whole day in the eggshell, which was flattened and dried because mama was laying on it. We finally took him so we could pry it off, and he seemed very happy to be free. We know not to "help" ducklings hatch, but the shell was hard as a rock and we were getting worried he would suffer leg damage.
We candled the eggs a couple of weeks ago and removed the non-viable ones, but lately she won't let us touch them!