I didn't keep any of the Easter Hatch...I have 5 left from a hatch 4 weeks later and 5 little ones from my hen Honey's hatch ...they'll be 2 weeks old tomorrow. The pic is from last week. I just sold 7 cockerels...there were more than that but most people took one with their pullets. My second...
Awww...I love their feathers. What breed are they? Mine are barnyard mix...I have 24 altogether from this hatch. 2 left from the Easter hatch. Well really 8 but 6 thank goodness are spoken for. Now to decide which of my new hatch I will keep and which ones to find new homes for. :)
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How strange...were they caring for theirs the same as you do? I know next to nothing about ducklings but I wonder if since you'd had them for 5 days and your two are still well that it may have been human error...sad whatever the reason. Hope the three that are still alive continue to do well.
I've done the same thing. I hatched 28. So far I have given or sold 19. I bought 3 for me of "cute" bantams I wanted and 6 of other breeds because I was sure every one I hatched was a rooster! Oh my gosh! Overrun with adorable chicks...smh 6 more leave next weekend.