One duck egg in our yard is alive. My family does not want to keep it but wants to take care of it until it is ready to live on its own.What to ducks eat?:confused:

Hello Amburger,

If the parents are not caring for the egg it is important to make sure that the egg is kept safe and at the right temperatures.

Below are a couple of sites which can give you plenty of information about this and how to care for the hatched duckling.

http://www.carolinecrockeroriginals....g_duckling.htm

http://www.acornhollowbantams.com/raise_duck_gos.htm

Good luck and I hope all goes well.

Poseidon

I am not sure where you are located but tryU.S. Wildlife Rehabilitator Contacts by State you will find people in all state that will be able to answer all of your questions,

They eat grass chopped up vegies and fruitt any insects.They love snails

They should also be fed unmedicated chick crumbs or duck crumbs for the first 6 weeks of life,
They eat as mentioned insects and veggies and also fruit,
Bread bloats them so they get full quickly and do not give them the nutrients they need...
Can I ask how you know the chick inside the egg is alive, is the parent still sitting on the egg... has the parent deserted the egg, are you incubating the egg if it has... are they your ducks or just strays,
If your parents want to look after the chick if the egg does hatch then they will need a decent sized heat source either a big brooder or a heat lamp , you will need to grind the food up small and preferably have floating food so you can add it to the water so the duck learns to eat on itself from the water...
The heat will need to be around 36 degrees from the day the chick hatches and reduced over a number of weeks until it is at outside tempoerature,
I don't know what the weather is like where you live as I am in the uk but I don't think it will survive outside until it warms up quite a bit if it is cold as it is over here...

Good luck
Katie