OMG , I'm a new mom!

[Maxe's mom]

I have never hatched anything before. All of a sudden I heard this peeping noise coming from my incubator. I looked and a baby popped out of an egg. I hope another one comes. What do I do now? I have a male and female duck, Charlie and Lucy. Will they get alone with a baby duck? (Peken)

 

[Sagey_7878]

You shouldn’t really put chicks with any animal larger than them. You can choose to put the chick in the brooder or wait until the other ones hatches then put both in the brooder.

 

[AllenK RGV]

When you ask what do you do next I'm hoping you know. Food, water, and warmth until they are feathered out before moving them outside to integrate into your current flock. Please advise us if my information is too basic for your needs as I am having a hard time assessing your request for information.

Also please visit our knowledge center under articles that may answer any question you have.

 

[Sagey_7878]

When you ask what do you do next I'm hoping you know. Food, water, and warmth until they are feathered out before moving them outside to integrate into your current flock. Please advise us if my information is too basic for your needs as I am having a hard time assessing your request for information.

Also please visit our knowledge center under articles that may answer any question you have.

X2

 

[betR2]

I have never hatched anything before. What do I do now? (Peken)

... and now you,
* Enjoy the hatching process, which I'm sure you knew about, a bit at least, before you started... but now they are coming, but now they are here, but now it's Sooo exciting... !!!
I remember feeling like this when I picked up 3 week old chicks (all of 4 weeks ago). Even though I'd read and worked out everything, I still had to sift through my knowledge for the answers to right now when they came home. I had feeders for babies that they just knocked over; they kept putting their bedding in their water; giving them yoghurt when they hadn't finished playing 'what you got' meant the entire brooder (I used a fish tank) was coated in yoghurt and so were the chicks. They then proceeded to try to peck the yoghurt off the glass ... for hours... tap, tap, tap. When the grandkids were here the first time, the chicks stayed up long after the kids had gone to bed (just like hyped-up children at a sleepover) So cute and crazy!
* Keep reading and asking questions while wasting all your time watching tiny lives emerge and thrive.
* Share some pics and make sure you have a brooder and some supplies ready to keep your babies warm and fed and watered. DIY and what you have, sometimes, does the job. You've probably already got this on hand, but you'll need feed and bedding that works for peepers and a heat source to keep them at the right temp once they are out of the incubator, of course.
* Just like human babies, keep cleaning up all their poops and spills while goo-ing and gaa-ing.

Congratulations, Mum!! Enjoy!
PS How many eggs do you have in your incubator?

 

[chickens really]

Congrats...
The adults need to be separated from the Ducklings till the Ducklings are older. They will not accept them. Once the Ducklings are out of the Brooder, place them in a look no touch pen and then try to introduce them all as they free range.

 

[Maxe's mom]

X2

yes I know all of that but not sure when to start the water and food. Do I open the incubator with the other eggs not hatched yet?

 

[chickens really]

Yes. Take them out and place in the brooder. Humidity will drop but not in the eggs if your quickly doing it.
Put out feed and water.

 

[Maxe's mom]

... and now you,
* Enjoy the hatching process, which I'm sure you knew about, a bit at least, before you started... but now they are coming, but now they are here, but now it's Sooo exciting... !!!
I remember feeling like this when I picked up 3 week old chicks (all of 4 weeks ago). Even though I'd read and worked out everything, I still had to sift through my knowledge for the answers to right now when they came home. I had feeders for babies that they just knocked over; they kept putting their bedding in their water; giving them yoghurt when they hadn't finished playing 'what you got' meant the entire brooder (I used a fish tank) was coated in yoghurt and so were the chicks. They then proceeded to try to peck the yoghurt off the glass ... for hours... tap, tap, tap. When the grandkids were here the first time, the chicks stayed up long after the kids had gone to bed (just like hyped-up children at a sleepover) So cute and crazy!
* Keep reading and asking questions while wasting all your time watching tiny lives emerge and thrive.
* Share some pics and make sure you have a brooder and some supplies ready to keep your babies warm and fed and watered. DIY and what you have, sometimes, does the job. You've probably already got this on hand, but you'll need feed and bedding that works for peepers and a heat source to keep them at the right temp once they are out of the incubator, of course.
* Just like human babies, keep cleaning up all their poops and spills while goo-ing and gaa-ing.

Congratulations, Mum!! Enjoy!
PS How many eggs do you have in your incubator?

Thank you, I have 3 eggs in the incubator.

 

[Maxe's mom]

Yes. Take them out and place in the brooder. Humidity will drop but not in the eggs if your quickly doing it.
Put out feed and water.

Thank you, I will do that now.