2 embryo in 1 egg? Please look at picture

[EmilyP]

Well Lucy you have another namesake duckling. Yesterday morning my DH went out and found 4 of our 5 ducklings drowned in the pool

One was still hanging on but barely we got her warmed back up and once she was back up to temperature and eating/drinking she went back out with mom and is doing good! So her name is Lucy cuz she put up quite a fight and pulled through!!!!

Meet Lucy!

 

[microchick]

So sorry for your loss. "Lucy" is adorable and well named.

Do you know what killed her siblings?

Thanks for posting all the pictures everyone. I've been going through a rough patch with my flock and they have really been uplifting for my spirits.

 

[EmilyP]

So sorry for your loss. "Lucy" is adorable and well named.

Do you know what killed her siblings?

Thanks for posting all the pictures everyone. I've been going through a rough patch with my flock and they have really been uplifting for my spirits.

Thank you! Unfortunately we think that they got in the pool and fell asleep and it was pretty cold out and they either couldn't get back out or just got waterlogged/hypothermic and drowned

So glad my DH found them (not me) but we were both heartbroken. Lucy was freezing cold and stiff when he found her but she seems to have made a pretty good recovery.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

So sorry for your loss. "Lucy" is adorable and well named.

Do you know what killed her siblings?

Thanks for posting all the pictures everyone. I've been going through a rough patch with my flock and they have really been uplifting for my spirits.

Thank you! Unfortunately we think that they got in the pool and fell asleep and it was pretty cold out and they either couldn't get back out or just got waterlogged/hypothermic and drowned

So glad my DH found them (not me) but we were both heartbroken. Lucy was freezing cold and stiff when he found her but she seems to have made a pretty good recovery.

ducklings dont produce the oils to make them waterproof, the mother duck does this for them, so when you brood them you have to be careful of their down getting saturated and them getting weighed down and drowing

very sorry to hear of your loss @EmilyP

 

[EmilyP]

ducklings dont produce the oils to make them waterproof, the mother duck does this for them, so when you brood them you have to be careful of their down getting saturated and them getting weighed down and drowing

very sorry to hear of your loss @EmilyP

they were raised by their momma and had decent waterproofing for short periods of time but once they were in there a while it was useless, we aren't really sure why they decided to get in the pool as they always had slept with their momma in the house

 

[DwayneNLiz]

they were raised by their momma and had decent waterproofing for short periods of time but once they were in there a while it was useless, we aren't really sure why they decided to get in the pool as they always had slept with their momma in the house

ooohh, i thought you hatched them, so strange, was there a cinder block or something for them to climb out on?

 

[EmilyP]

ooohh, i thought you hatched them, so strange, was there a cinder block or something for them to climb out on?

yeah they had been getting in and out for 2 weeks without trouble

 

[DwayneNLiz]

yeah they had been getting in and out for 2 weeks without trouble

<<hugs>>

 

[NanaKat]

I've been letting mine swim in warm water in the sink, then drying them with a towel and blow drying them....spoiled little lings!

 

[FridayYet]

Nothing new with me, just working and trying to get the garden going. Hope you are hanging in there. And remember, we're all here pulling for you whether you feel like posting or not!