hi all ..good news all my ducklings have hatched .. but one prob ... ony of them is refusing to try and stand ..and i sthink the problem maybe because his feet wont flatten out when he / she tries to stand thay stay curled up ... is this a prob that will become ok or should i intervene or come to the worse dispatch this ickle baby ?

any help will be gr8ly recieved

oh they hatched one day early too

well .. unfortunatly had to have him put to sleep .. it was the result of major Inbreeding and not enough Vit B in the parent birds diet ..so i have notified the people i got the eggs off ...we tried for 2 days with splints on his feet to straighten them but once they came off they just curled back up ..

so there ya go .. if ya ducks are born with curled up feet and refuse to stand.. you now know why ..lets hope no one has to endure wot that little duck did .. may he have lots of swims up there ..

r.i.p littlefoot

Aww that's a shame
I wish people would learn a little more before going into breeding any animal

Well Rona ,
there are some out there who only init for the money .. i must put my hands up i am new to the duck side of things but i intend to show my ducks when older so i needed some good quality ducks .. these will now just be pets and will be spoilt rotten .. and the eggs will do for my constant baking, they wont be bred from and if they turn out to be drakes they will be found a good home to go too ...(unless of course i cant part with them )