Aww so glad its doing better, good luck with the rest of your hatchSomeone is starting to wake up! Sooner than I expected! Not ready for exploring yet, so my little imprint project curled back up in my hand and went back to sleep after the photo shoot.. This one will be just fine! 8 more + the breech pip to go!
I've been trying to get some pictures of my breech pip. It's been tough to get the right angle to shoot through the sloped edges of the Brinsea! In the past few hours it blew a big chunk of eggshell off the pip, and has been working out from there. (it was quite impressive!) Hopefully it will be able to squeeze out that narrow end all by itself - it certainly is trying!!Aww so glad its doing better, good luck with the rest of your hatch
So sweet! I needs ducks now!! My husband is going to have a fit as I keep adopting new hobbies concerning animals. I started with bees. Now I've taken on chicks. I've already warned him I need ducks
My husband is worse than me! He brought home 4 two week old abandoned kittens this past fall. I bottle fed them, weaned them, gave them their first shots and they were ready for new homes. He apparently can't bear to let any of them go. So now we have 8 cats, and won't let me give away kittens.. Between the two of us bringing in animals we have quite a collection going on!! When I find a new bird breed that I want to start raising, he just rolls with it. He is a sucker for baby animals, and has totally enabled me by getting me a second incubator... So when he gets home from work, I'll hand off the baby duck for him to cuddle, and go about my afternoon chores, unless our daughter gets home first - and in that case she will likely abduct the baby. So far, this duckling has not seen the inside of the brooder since it left the incubator. I'll fire the brooder up this afternoon since I have more on the way... Mama duck will take care of the majority of the babies, but my daughter requested a couple of imprints, so today I am imprinting...So sweet! I needs ducks now!! My husband is going to have a fit as I keep adopting new hobbies concerning animals. I started with bees. Now I've taken on chicks. I've already warned him I need ducksHe's going to rehome me if I keep it up!
Congrats on all the new fuzzy butts!
Aww sweet
You were lucky! Mine exploded under my broody, who is in a nest box in my house!
Birds normally imprint to the first thing they see and hear - usually their mother, so they automatically can recognize mom. This way even in a crowd, they know exactly who their mother is. When this process occurs with humans, the birds see them as family, and are very friendly and people oriented as adults. The first 24 hours after hatching is when the babies imprint so if you spend a lot of time talking to them and playing broody mama like I am today, you will wind up with very social birds, who like being around people. Our imprints from last year will instantly cuddle when you pick them up, despite being free range for months. Our non imprinted ducklings from last year didn't like to be handled, and some were downright mean. One hen got a hold of my daughter's face and left quite the bruise!What do you mean by "imprinting"?
Also, my hubby is such a sucker for the baby chicks too! And he just gave me the "green light" to get ducklings! I'll be hatching them for the Easter HAL...
