The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

[Ren2014]

I am so sorry you lost the duckling I cannot say what may have happened but @Lacrystol maybe able to say.

Thank you Miss Lydia. It is heartbreaking. I know posting a picture and asking for ideas is a long shot but I thought I would try at least.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thank you Miss Lydia. It is heartbreaking. I know posting a picture and asking for ideas is a long shot but I thought I would try at least.

Maybe @casportpony can help I hope someone can, I have never seen the yolk sac hard like that.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Calling @casportpony for HELP

 

[Ren2014]

Maybe @casportpony can help I hope someone can, I have never seen the yolk sac hard like that.

Thank you. I thought that was very odd. I can't wait for @casportpony to reply.

 

[casportpony]

hello everyone. I've been away for a long time and sorry to say I'm back with bad news

Our ducks never hatched any eggs or went broody after their first attempts but I recently had two broody chickens and I put one duck egg in with each of them after a few days. Long story short... ended up with just one broody, 1 chicken egg and 1 duck egg. (kicked the other broody into the broody breaker pen when I realized she was breaking eggs) The chicken egg hatched on Friday and all seemed well with the duck egg until today. Momma was still sitting on it yesterday but I noticed she was ignoring it today. After much thought, I decided to make a little hole it the egg and then ended opening it to find a dead baby duck

Can anybody tell anything about what might have happened by this picture?? If that is the yolk being absorbed, it was really hard. Thanks for any thoughts or ideas.

Sorry for your loss. The only time I saw something similar I think it had a yolk sac infection, which they can get before they hatch.

-Kathy

 

[Ren2014]

Sorry for your loss. The only time I saw something similar I think it had a yolk sac infection, which they can get before they hatch.

-Kathy

Thank you. I was afraid of that. It's just so sad to see the guy had gotten so far along and then died.

 

[casportpony]

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I feel your pain, it's been a bad hatching year for me, too.

-Kathy

 

[Lacrystol]

I am so sorry you lost the duckling I cannot say what may have happened but @Lacrystol maybe able to say.

Awee it's a little bibbed..

 

[Lacrystol]

He looks like he's a dry? Inside the shell would tell a lot.. Was this the first time Momma sat on Eggs?

 

[Ren2014]

This was an egg I had put in under a chicken. The first time for all of us. There was no liquid in the egg except for the dampness you can see on the feathers in the picture.