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.

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 - ...

Yet another hen mallard has picked an unlikely downtown spot to lay her eggs: in the former KDLH TV parking lot on Superior Street at Fifth Avenue West. Scott Miller of the Downtown Councils' Clean ...

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 ...

One day after hatching, a baby wood duck is ready to take a remarkable leap of faith. The fluffy chick climbs to the narrow opening of its nest and peeks over the edge. Its mother paddles in a ...

Ciara has written to me from Wexford with an query: "Last summer, I bought two Miniature Appleyards, one duck and one drake. We still have had no eggs from our duck. When will she start to lay? I want ...

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 ...