We woke up to surprise ducklings this morning, outside under the junk pile. However, only four ducklings are hatched out of what appears to have been over 20 eggs. A few appeared to have died at hatching, some pipped, but never zipped, and several are not hatched yet, or just pipped and not...
I have a few eggs that are under a broody hen get dirty. It appears that other hens got in the nest and laid an egg that possibly broke? I removed one egg that clearly was just laid today. Also, two other chicks already hatched(it is three days early!) but one was dead, so perhaps the mess is...
These two 13 week old bantams are pullets, right?? I have one that I know is a cockerel, and two that I'm sure are pullets, but these other two- also from the same hatch- I'm just not positive. They are about 13-14 weeks old. First two pics are the chicks in question.
Below is a comparison...