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. :)
Filling...
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.
Here's my Easter Hatchling tally:
47 set
12 clear: mostly Aracaunas :(
35 lockdown
12 hatched went to my brother
16 hatched still in my brooder
4 (I went to buy Layer feed) came home from feed store
1 died in zip
6 quit
Oh.My.Gosh! I think I'm addicted...
That is sad about your duckling. I helped a chick out yesterday...did everything wrong. It's neck was oddly bent and it's eyes weren't open. I kept seeing it breath. I left it in the incubator over night. It was much better eyes open and neck looked normal but terribly floppy this morning...
Cute! I went to get layer feed on Friday and came home with four chicks...I told my mom...I slipped and fell and they stuck to me like burrs...what was I to do? Oops;)
Thanks...I'm loving being a chicken Nanny.
If I'd thought of it I'd have drawn Easter stuff before they were set. I only drew one before lock down. Almost all have a smiley face...my way of marking them as candled and having movement in 3/24/15...it's a fun canvas. ;)