Wondering ‘can a chicken raise a duck?’ The answer is yes, though you may need to be patient. If you want to learn how to hatch a duck egg without an incubator, you should consider using a broody hen.

And then there were three: three half-grown wood ducks, survivors from a hatch of 25 eggs. The hen began motherhood with a flotilla of ducklings swimming behind her. Prior to nesting season, we had ...

NORTHFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - Caleb and Courtney Sugarman were looking for something to do to keep them occupied at the start of the pandemic. So in April, they bought some ducks for pets. A few months ...

A worker moves mandarin duck eggs from an artificial nest box at the Yuan'an Juhe National Wetland Park in Yuan'an county, Hubei province. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] Thanks to a caring hen, eight ...

A broody hen has taken these three ducklings under her wing after they were abandoned by their impatient mother who fled the nest before they hatched. The Maran hen - desperate for chicks of her own - ...

An old proverb warns not to count your chickens until they’ve hatched. But counting chickens — at least the number residents might eventually be allowed to keep on their properties — is at the center ...

DEAR JOAN: We are thrilled to have three mallards — one female, two males — wandering our neighborhood in the last few days. They often waddle as a group up and down the sidewalk and through yards, ...

Leap Day is recognized Feb. 29 about every four years to keep human schedules and solar movements in sync. But leap days occur annually throughout May in Wisconsin thanks to an army of conservation ...

However, early on April 30, she noticed the mother duck had left to forage but never returned. "It may have met a natural predator," she said. After consulting experts, they decided to move the eggs ...