Mama ducks caused a Mandarin duckling Disaster.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2024
- Extreme weather & careless mama ducks caused some challenges hatching Mandarin ducklings this year...
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So many people are having a hard time getting birds to hatch and survive this year. We definitely are with our peafowl. I wish I knew why; nobody seems to totally understand what’s causing it.
Please ignore the folks who criticize what you do. I’m betting that none of them have a true working farm like you do. One of the things that makes your channel so great is that you honestly and humbly learn as you go and share that with your followers. You’re doing a great job! Keep it up!
Thank you, Laurel... I appreciate the support
@@tonynguyen6313 They tried to do something for the other two weak ones. Nature is something that chooses the strong and weak, their gene pool pretty much. It’s natures way of keeping weak genes from passing on to the next generation, so those ducklings had something wrong with them and that’s not by choice of this family. Humans can only play god so much, we can’t completely control life and death. If that were they case, none of our loved ones would ever die, whether young or old.
Its the weather
Yeah this year has been really bad for coturnix quail too. High mortality and bad hatch rates. A huge amount of people are mentioning it
I completely agree with you, Laurel. I had a broody hen, she had 23 eggs under her, most of them hatched, but unfortunately they died when they where wet. I just had one
baby hatch from her, but he died. (Hawk, and he was a month old) there also was a broody hen that sat on the first broody hens eggs. 6 hatched, but only 2 survived.
It’s such a weird thing. I wonder why this year is not doing well?
+please, never give up. I currently only have one baby chick still alive, (I have 9 hens, and 1 rooster)but, I will not give up, and I will always have next year.
The best way to heat any warm blooded animal back to body temp is with your OWN BODY HEAT… hold them against your stomach and it’ll raise their temp perfectly. The direct air from the blow dryer can be too much for them to catch their breath.
@@carrieanncancino5118 I 100% disagree with you
@@johngill9071 Did you even read the entire thing? You are disagreeing with him based on him critiquing your favorite TH-camr. Everyone needs criticism one way or another, but it's the way we say it and he said it in a professional manner.
@@Tari._.Dak15 I read every word of it. I think that what he said was untrue. To think the animals are "cramped in those little houses" you have to be delusional
@@johngill9071 Well I mean they kinda are being cramped because with animals being merged together there is less space for the animals and the surface area is shrinking. I mean I understand what you're saying but at least take into consideration that people say stuff that may be a bit of an exaggeration, we are humans and we're not perfect.
@@naerwyn239 instead, they only respond to the positive comments I have seen 😂😩 If I had birds of any kind like that, I wouldn't put them in crammed conditions. I think the ducks need a bigger space like the Emus have even though the aviary is done yet. I doubt the aviary pond will be able to hold all their ducks. 🤷🏽♀️
I always take the babies that don't get out of the box and put them in the brooder. Seems to up our overall numbers
I really do understand and appreciate that they show us the successes and failures of learning to breed and raise these animals. I have been learning for the last 3 years and have made many mistakes along the way. But I learn each time how I can do better and improve outcomes.
May the Mandarin ducks rest in peace.
Although I am sorry about the loss of 6 mandarin ducks, I feel like that could’ve been avoided simply by getting the ducklings out of the nesting box and putting them either in a brooder or with their mom so that they could stay warm and survive.
The mother just abandoned the other ones in the box overnight, while he was sleeping. He couldn’t have known don’t blame him.
@@carterpitbull7366 after going back and looking at the video I realized that when he said that ducklings may die in the box, he wasn’t actually saying it the night the ducklings hatched, so I get your point. Although I still don’t know why he wouldn’t have known, because this was filmed in April when the nights were cold, so if the baby mandarins weren’t warmed by mom then they would most likely die (which is what happened).
:-:Budgie :-: I just don’t think he was expecting the mom to just abandon the ones in the box and let them die. It’s a sad thing that happens in nature though. It’s likely she knew they were weak since they couldn’t jump out, or maybe she had too many and didn’t want them. Who knows, but I wouldn’t blame him for it.
@@carterpitbull7366 I see
I still personally would’ve taken the ducklings out of the box knowing the possible risks and that the ducklings might get abandoned, but that IS just me, not the person filming. I completely understand, and I won’t blame him.
@@-budgie-4923 i think one of the possible reasons why he couldn't take the chicks out the box is because he was expecting for the mama duck to return to the nest, like other birds would usually do. I don't blame or see that as a total mistake on his part.
You just had to put trust in the instincts of these animals to take care of their young. But one can learn from mistakes, hopefully.
Shoulda, coulda, woulda everything is easy to judge in hindsight.
Or with literally any amount of research. They knew the babies would die if they didn't get them out of the box and they also should have known that wood ducks don't go back into the nest once they leave. So, basically, they let these babies die for content. Letting nature do its thing is one thing, but then they tried to revive them and made a video about this completely predictable "crisis".
Why didnt you take them out when they didnt follow the mother duck out
They should still follow her out. Some did, some didn't. Easy to judge after the fact. Not a decision I take lightly.
I can't imagine how much work goes into a video like this. Saving footage for such a long time then finally editing it all together. It really is great story telling. It sets your videos apart. Keep it up we love your channel.
Rearing animals has its ups and its downs always. Still enjoy your shows every time! Your baby is due next month right? Would be neat to see you all have a girl since you have 3 boys but of course another boy is very special also. You have a really cool family!
Thank you, Brian. Yes, about 2.5 weeks to go!
Hope for an easy delivery and speedy recovery.. She look so beautiful!!!!!
Well, trial and error.That is a farmers life.I'm glad you guys intervened and were able to save 5..I think you guys do an excellent job.Keep up the good work.
I'm sorry about all the losses with the ducklings but nature can be unpredictable. And Becky is looking so beautifully pregnant! I can't wait for that hatchling😊
@UCyi9tqXn3xY2scpakCdum3A idiot he's making an aviary for the birds. He's going to give them more space and there is nothing abusive here.
@@naerwyn239 well if you are just gonna say all this CRAP just don’t watch the channel I mean why are you even watching it if you have nothing to say if you have nothing NICE ago say DON’T SAY ANYTHING
@@Emu_Playz You should always make the space before getting the animals. It’s like giving birth and not even buying a crib 😂
@@Thill85 imagine not being able to take respectful criticism. People who think advice on how to properly treat their animals is hate, shouldn’t own animals to begin with. My vet recommended me changing some stuff i did with my animals, am i gonna say they are hating? No, they are helping me properly treat me animals. You’re ignorant and should do research because they are not treating the birds properly. Even though they are making a bigger place for the birds, they should’ve done they before even getting so many.
I think when you have so many babies, it may be prudent to take the weaker ones and attempt to raise them.
Why were they weak? They could have jumped out and would have been fine. Easy to judge after the fact.
They might have been genetically weaker ducks which mean that if he would have taken them out and got them to survive then he possibly would be helping pass on bad genetics.
if you know that the ducklings die if they get to cold, why didnt you help the 5 chicks out?? You could have avoided the deaths... Its not the duck moms fault.
That’s how mandarin ducklings do their hatches, they jump out and the ducklings follow them. Last year I removed the ducklings immediately and viewers were angry for interfering. Now I didn’t interfere enough? I can’t win.
I love your little family, so sad hopefully you'll know it simply is a learning curve. Lower the hole to jump out keep the mates together. Daddy half didn't get out ? Well we go on. Waiting for your new arrival. Keep Mama there healthy should could have 15-20 little ones.
Wouldn't a hair dryer be a little too extreme?
Didn’t matter, the duckling didn’t make it inside alive. Yes, we’ve saved many birds with our hair dryer. No, we don’t run it on high speed, high heat.
My 2yr loves watching your videos. We just got some chickens about 4 weeks ago. He loves the chickens. He's started watching your videos to take a nap and to fall asleep at night. Anytime I pause the video he gets upset and tries to start the video back.
I would pull mom and babies next time and put in brood pen away from the flock, if you give mom a chance. Dolly is looking pretty nice.
🙋🏼♀️🕊it’s August. That little one is due this month. Have a healthy delivery, and a healthy little one. Blessings to you and your family
Ouch….so many nasty comments. Sorry for the losses.
ik im suprised on how many negative comments there are
It must be SO hard to step back and let nature take its course. You can't let that inner voice interfere even when you know you could probably save them. I would want to save every bird. Kudos to you and your family, Jake.
Thank you for understanding
Also they have had them only for two years. And the ducks being a once a year hatcher, they've had only two times with them. You learn as time goes by. Next year they can apply the things they learned the last two times.
Nature doesn’t have to take its course in captivity. If they were in the wild and had issues you wouldn’t want to breed that, but in captivity that doesn’t matter
@@domidoodle9723 interfering with natural selection is how we ended up with poor dogs like pugs. Any knowledgeable person who works with a variety of animals will tell you that of all things, one is consistent: Death is natural, normal, and incredibly important.
@@riley._.5332 okay?
Duckling survival is very low. They don't even have a 50/50 chance. And on top of that, you have an even more rare hatching breed. Even knowing all this, it is still a heart breaker. Also, I noticed that Eli and Uriah are just shooting up so fast. I think they both might be taller than Jake by the time they hit 15. Sheesh.
Liked the video but can agree with some that the deaths could of been avoided, it is very cramped conditions and the ducklings in the box wouldn’t of died if you took them in, the mother will only focus on the ones that are out and not in especially if it’s dark she won’t go back up at night when she knows she has to keep her present babies warm. I know your desperate to level the numbers but it’s way to cramped keep a nice small number and once the aviary is done and ready then you can hatch as many as you want with in reason. Keep up the good work on your videos can’t wait for the next ones
Ironic, last year I’m criticized for interfering too much and removing them immediately. This year, it’s the opposite. I should have interfered. While it’s easy to make decisions after the fact. Understand that I can’t win when everybody judges every decision I make.
Hi, I’m not sure if you guys have chicken wire inside your duck boxes, but I would strongly recommend it if not! The wire gives ducklings something to grab as they climb their boxes and can really help them get out and get their little lives started :)
We've watched them jump out before... you'd be surprised how high they can jump right after hatching.
It’s so sad to see so many little ducks die, but I love the amount of effort you put into them to give them the best chance, you really go the extra mile and it’s really nice to see there’s people like you guys in the world 💕
Thank you 😊
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I feel bad for the ducks. I'm not really a duck person but Mandarian ducks are really pretty. There's a huge flock of Mallard ducks in my apartment complex.
"six little ducklings yayyy"
Duck: O-O
U are so nice
Oooh the Turkey's grew up
Try separating your mandarins into pairs, they don't group breed or nest like other domestic ducks or geese. All the best.
Love you thank you
When we had quail my dad would cup them in his hands and blow on them with his mouth like "haaahaaa" to warm their bodies
Thanks for moving the rest to better arrangements
This is such a fabulous channel!
Those Mandarins are some mighty cute ducks
I would like to see you try out different DIY incubators for those of us on a budget that still would love to hatch our own chicks.
I’ve made an incubator out of a styrofoam cooler with a 90% hatch rate but I’d love to see different types, like the larger cabinet incubators
A year later, I've spoken to breeders, & they are still hatching more drakes, then hens plus hatching rates are still low. The type of duckling i wanted still hasn't become available for me to buy locally.
Hi, what temperature and moisture do you incubates runner ducks with?
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He says YAY!!!!
that was so nice of him
i hope all the animals are safe
Im so sorry! 😢
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You should get wood ducks for the aviary they would go great with the mandarin ducks
I once saw an amazing beautiful wood duck here in our neighborhood of SW Minneapolis. It was glorious. But I’ve never seen one since 20+ years. I love this channel. The care and love makes my heart feel so much. Be well, darling family.
It's not big enough as it is he should not get more birds he has to many
I’ve had absolutely no luck in raising mandarins, hatched three and no matter what we did we couldn’t get them to eat! It was so upsetting.
Make a mash of the feed like oatmeal. Put in a call duck chick to show them how to eat. Can add duck weed and meal worms.
I feel like I am going to cry
Waaaaaaaaaaaa so
Sad
WOW....Another great video...l just love watching u'all videos.....Thanks so much....!
Thank you, Steve
So sorry
Why didn’t you hatch them in a brooder. ?
Probably so that the mother could take care of them and to see if the mandarin ducks would take care of them! 😁
You live and you learn. Cant wait to watch your next video!
Live and learn! Beautiful birds!
You guys are the best
I love your birds
Love your channel
They are so cute.💖💕
On God I just feel comfort rewatching the hatching videos
i love watching your videos, sorry about the ducklings.
I see some people are very upset that so many birds died. I will admit it is a very sad thing to see. However, knowing to take them away comes with experience and sometimes you have to have the failures to learn exactly what to do next time. Unfortunately if those chicks had been in the wild they would have died anyway, it's kind of harsh to say but very true. It's all part of life, doesn't make is any less sad though. I just had a litter of kittens all pass away from Panleukopenia and it was terrible. With all that said. I don't think Jake and Becky are mis treating their animals. Do they need more space yes, and that is something they are working on. It is taking longer than planned but it is something they are working on. I'm not saying they are perfect as no one is but I don't think they are being cruel or behaving in a way that is overly harmful to their animals.
I started to watch your guys videos a few days ago and now I can’t stop watching your guys videos I love you guys so much 💛❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💛💛💛💛🦢🐣🐥🐣🐣🐣🐥🐥🐤
They're pretty great aren't they?
We appreciate it, thank you!
@@whitehouseonthehill Hey, take some advice from the comments. Any wood ducks are very territorial and shouldn't be kept in such small space. Try to work on some new pens for em, it just takes some wood, fence and something to make a roof. 6 hours at most for the big ones.
@@whitehouseonthehill I used to work on a farm when I was younger for a few years and we had the same types of birds aswell as other livestock and crop. You want to warm them with body heat or a lamp/heat pad rather than a blow dryer because it can burn, especially on such thin skin. With dew still on the grounds in the morning and winds the chicks are going to get cold, they're much smaller than us still. Overall they also need larger pen sizes because wood ducks and other breeds can be very territorial. There's plenty of amazing sources to take tips from, I'd recommend doing some more research. Running a family farm is difficult.
I love your vids guys
Good Work
Pretty ducks!
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Amazing video I enjoy watching the vids!
Thank you!
I had a near death duckling thisyear and I stuck her in my shirt and warmed her up. when I could see the slight flicker of her throat indicating a beating heart. I warmed her up as I got a brooder set up. got her in. She's 8 weeks old now.
Idk if you will see this Jake-or anyone- but ive found if i give all my birds that are hatched in an incubator sugar water (ive found 1 pt sugar to 2 parts water) they seem to perk up really well. I had a broody chicken the other day that one of her chicks got too cold-i thought it was dead- and brought it inside, warmed it up, and made the sugar water and put it in a syringe (no needle of course) and 6 hrs later it was back with its mom :) hope this helps someone ;)
Doesn’t seem like a good nesting box.
Those are the correct nest boxes. Just too many birds in too small of a cage.
I love your channel 💕
Thank you
I dont understand why you didnt took them out to the mother when the mother had jumpt out? She wont get back in the Nest!!!!
The pigs are now huge😲😲😲😲😲
Yep
I want to own mandarin ducks, they look pretty but funny as well, and ducks are just so cute
Hi Jake. Another lovely show. It makes me cry more though. I lost my last cockatiel today. He was around 30 and I watched him hatch. His name was Chickee. I loved him so much. First time since I was 5 that I have been without birds. Birds are angels.
Survival of the fittest, unfortunately. The weakest ducklings that stayed in the nest died of hypothermia. New moms are also inexperienced.
Hey, if it were easy, they'd be everywhere like robins, sparrows and chickens. ;) Hang in there!
It just so sad to see little baby’s dies 😭🤍🖤
Ever since i saw your videos last month I've been in l0ve with them!
I love you guys
But I’m happy for the ones who survived
Thanks for the update. Your editing and music choices are really impressive. Love watching your videos. Happy birth to Becky !
Thank you, Darlou!
I love these videos
Thank you
You should check them more often
I love the Mandarin and wood ducks to me they are just beautiful.
If I could find somebody nearby that had eggs for sale I would buy them and try and hatch.
I would say make a separate pen for the momma ducks and or when the chicks hatch. That way the mom can care for them in a seperate space. And maybe instead of trying to sell hatching eggs, just hatch them yourself and sell the baby birds or adults. That way you get more money for them and you avoid all those idiots that messed up your sales last time. Just a thought
Easy to say, but we had four different hens sitting on eggs over 3 months. We’re trying to get the aviary done so we can get them moved over so they’ll have plenty of space.
@@whitehouseonthehill I know but maybe just have one pen specifically for mommas and babies only and when more hens hatch more babies just throw them all in there. Pretty sure they wouldn’t fight. Or you could’ve put the mom in that little pen too that you put the babies inside the shed. You would’ve had better rate with her in there since it’s small she’d have to sit and they could’ve went under her. Cus even in the future cage if the babies don’t follow the mol they’re gana die since she’ll be outside. And it’ll be a big cage. I’d say best best is as soon as they hatch put all babies and their mommas in a small cage for about 2 weeks just till they’re strong enough to be outside
So cute chicks
I want some of these ducks next.
I grew up on a farm and raised birds as an adult. I always research the natural environment the bird comes from. I look up rain fall, temperature, causes of decline, and pretty much anything I can find. Maybe there is something in the research that can help. I wonder if they are like American Wood Ducks in behavior. I know that they do really well away from any activity during nesting, but I know nothing of Mandarins. I really enjoyed the video and feel bad for ya'll losing those babies like that. Take care.
My Muscovy hatched out 68 ducklings this year
Awesome, congrats!
I love your channel and your sweet family. I know when I click on a video made by you that is going to be wonderful. I don't think any other channel does videos like you do where you will take clips and show us from start to finish in one vlog. I don't know how you keep up with it. Do you create files with the project name and just dump the clips in that file? That is the only way I would be able to do it. Anyway, GREAT job. Keep up the great work. BTW did you guys ever say what y'all are having?
We film over months and save the files in one folder, yes. Thanks for noticing!
So cute
Wow!! So sad 🙁
Great video alot of fun,they are adorable 😁👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
That’s why you incubate them inside so they don’t die and you have to keep a close eye on them
aw man :(
Not just ducks I also saw a small baby chic and a small rooster!
Big fan from India
Wow some comments on here are quite unbelievable ......love all your videos :)
What brooder heater would you recommend for beginners up north?
We are moving our chicken Coop Today to
It's been such a hard year for hatching ducks. We have really been struggling to hatch runners. We have 7 in the incubator now. This will be our last try for the season.
what temperature and moisture do you incubates, do you wet your eggs? can you share how to hatch mandarin eggs in incubator?
The perfect way to wind down for the night is watching your videos. Love following your familys story!
Thank you, Jennifer