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Beautiful flocks ❤️. Which part of NC are you in?

Thanks! I think I'll try warm water and a cloth.

This duckling had a difficult, sticky hatch and is covered in dried membrane. It can't even move one of its wings or fully open its eye. Do you think washing it in warm water would be too much of a risk that it would take chill? If so, how else might I clean it up a little? It's still in the...

Wow, thank you!! Congratulation to all the winners :ya.

Adorable! So your drake does carry chocolate!

The egg does not look ready to hatch at all; definitely not pipping. I would guess it's somewhere around day 16-18. It looks healthy, so just get the humidity down (I do 50-55% with daily misting) and wait it out :).

Can I please replace my second entry with this one?

Thank you! It's an Ancona.

Fourth Entry

Update: the duckling's bill looks almost normal now. Even the other nostril is opening a bit, and there don't seem to be breathing problems anymore. The only real issue now is weak legs, so I'm still giving B complex.

Oh, they're beautiful! My guess would be lavender because her face is darker.

This is what you can get from all colors with either a blue drake or a blue drake split to chocolate. With the chocolate gene in either a hen or the drake or both, you have lot of possible duckling colors! This is one of my lavender hens vs my lilac. Lilac almost looks buff, with a caramel tone.

Thank you! I keep that on hand.

Both bills look the same inside. It actually looks like the duckling's one nare is opening a bit more like Jenbirdee said, so that's good. But now it's walking funny and sometimes stepping on its own feet. I think I'll give it some extra niacin and see if that helps.

No, but I'll do that. I'll have to compare it with another because I've never examined the inside of a duckling's bill!