Show off your babies for 2020

[ibarbidahl]

Five gray runners and one snowy Hookbill, hatched in late April 2020:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/XGwykPG72f8PtTC79

Do you have pics of the parents?

 

[Miss Lydia]

yes they will. Now they only go into the little stream on the other side of the house. Only predator under water is the pike.
above water ofcourse humans, crows, heron, seagul, cormorant, eagle and so on. But when they are full-size duckies I doubt that they will come and get them. Our call ducks never get caught... On land it’s more dangerous I think

That’s quite a few predators!

 

[Duchypoo]

 

[Stipenvlerk]

That’s quite a few predators!

But not really bad ones for adult ducks right? Which ones do you have?

 

[Stipenvlerk]

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How adorable

 

[Duchypoo]

These are my Runner babies, our first ever hatch, we got 3 out of 6 eggs. We had hoped for more exciting colours and possible pom poms
Next batch from a different source are now in the incubator, I'm hooked!

 

[Stipenvlerk]

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These are my Runner babies, our first ever hatch, we got 3 out of 6 eggs. We had hoped for more exciting colours and possible pom poms
Next batch from a different source are now in the incubator, I'm hooked!

They are lovely! Do you mean Crested ducks with pom-poms?? I’ve always understand that they have a lower chance of survival and when mom and dad both have pom-poms they don’t survive at all..

 

[Miss Lydia]

Birds of prey can kill a full adult duck if they can’t carry it they will ear it on the spot.

 

[Duchypoo]

They are lovely! Do you mean Crested ducks with pom-poms?? I’ve always understand that they have a lower chance of survival and when mom and dad both have pom-poms they don’t survive at all..

The eggs were from crested and non crested Runners so we hoped for at least one crest but no signs yet

 

[Stipenvlerk]

The eggs were from crested and non crested Runners so we hoped for at least one crest but no signs yet

Fingers crossed than!