hi i have this nest of duckling that just hatched and they all hatched but one and she just like moved it and the ants were near so i took it in when she got off her nest and it hatched now its flopping around and still yucky from the egg any thing i should know she wont take it back .i haver it under a light a heat light and a towel.

She hatched a bunch of them, and then you got this one reject egg, is that right? How many ducklings does she have? She rejects this other one? If so, then you can raise it indoors. It's not that different from rearing chickens, etc. I've never had ducks myself. I know that without a mother, young ducklings shouldn't have a pool of water in which to swim because they don't have any waterproof oil. Ducklings with a mother get some from her. My page on raising chickens is at http://www.fishpondinfo.com/chicken3.htm but of course, some things are different (type of food, etc.). I think that ducklings also like it a little less hot. For the first week, 90 degrees F under the heat lamp is fine. Be sure there's a cooler area as well.

Here are some links of interest maybe:

http://www.liveducks.com/care.html

http://www.david.crocker2.btinternet.co.uk...ng_duckling.htm

http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/aggu...ltry/g08920.htm

http://members.iinet.net.au/~greggles1/duckpond/dp02_4.html

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/FeaturedArti...cks&Display=227

http://www.waterfowlrescue.org/articlesbrooding.htm

http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/poultry...sing-part-d.htm

Anyway, I could go on forever. There are many links out there!