How’s it going with the broody birds?
Don't ask! - A complete duckling desaster!
There are already four dead ducklings. The same problem as last year, they sit on their eggs, defend the nests viciously, but have no clue what these little peeping things are. They let them snuggle but that's it. I found two ducklings dead in the duck house, trampled. I rescued two other ducklings, sacrificing limbs, but they died in less than a day, most likely they had already been injured.
Buffzilla abandoned her nest, so i checked the remaining eggs and gave the good ones to Milka, who is still sitting.
Duckling #12 also abandoned her nest which was taken over by Smøre.
Tweedledee still viciously defends her nest and shares duty with Brød.
Darkbill and Minni have joined their nests and sit now on top of each other.
And the CCI became dyslexic too, but unlike
@Supercow 's incubator which was keepintg the eggs a tad too cool, the CCI went the other way. It showed 37.7° when the control thermometer reported 42.2°. Surely high enough for the four rescue eggs to be cooked.
The only good news is that all the initial issues with the model »Sunny« from the »Sunshine« corporation have been solved. Sunny is sitting on her seven (?) eggs day and night, only taking one or two breaks to do what broody ducks do during their breaks.
And i have five rescue ducklings: Between one and two weeks old, their mommy was taken by a masked bandit, who came back and took the sixth duckling, so i was asked if i could give them a safe(r) home. So they share the patio now with Sunny and Harry.
But not all is bright: One of the ducklings has developed, what looks like an egg pouch in its rump. It is asymmetric and looks squishy. I will investigate later and post pictures/videos.
So cute that she is sharing with Buffzilla. And Brød is stomping around like she owns the place. Gosh, you will be overrun with ducklings soon enough!!
