![]() ![]() ![]() Single ducklings are almost sure to imprint on humans. This also gives them a "same aged group" to hang with and they totally act like a school of fish, moving like a gaggle in one direction or another. The ducklings make a certain amount of noise while hatching, and ones that have hatched will actually cuddle up to one that's half way out of the shell. This will actually promote a better hatch. The Bigger Issue: Is there a reason you're putting the eggs in the incubator one at a time? Normally, I would mark the date on each egg as it's laid and put them on a rag in a box and each day I'd rotate them (so Day 1 all numbers are up, Day 2 all numbers are down, Day 3 all are up again.) It is better if they don't hang around longer than 7-10 days, but at that time I'd put a whole group in the incubator. We had a chick once that had a stroke and made a full recovery with a little help from us - on its own it would have starved or been eaten by the first critter that spotted it. That said, if the only deformity is the foot, it may manage surprisingly well in a human-managed system. Since you said it was due at 28 days, I'm assuming it's some breed of Peking duck? I know that the Khaki Campbell ducks here on the Island don't have the best livability and certainly can have birth defects, so it may be that the duckling was doomed before you helped it. Could he have taken up the whole egg and his foot get deformed? He isn't getting up, but I have have him honey and water to see if that helps. Wendy Smith wrote:One other thing I'm sure he had taken up the whole egg and looks like his foot isn't right. ![]()
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