2019 Spring Ducklings are here!

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Duckling Progress Report - One Week In​

One week after the first ducklings arrived on Wednesday and they have made a lot of progress, as you can see in the picture below.

The Google-spreadsheet and the Duckling Progress Report page of the article has been updated too, in a nutshell: They have all at least tripled their weight and the lightest duckling of all (White Layer) is now the third heaviest duckling. Have fun reading!

 

[casportpony]

I have a colleague with 1GBit fiber! When he talks, all we nerds all start to drool…

30 miles north of us most folks have access to wicked fast fiber.

 

[WVduckchick]

Duckling Progress Report - One Week In​

One week after the first ducklings arrived on Wednesday and they have made a lot of progress, as you can see in the picture below.

The Google-spreadsheet and the Duckling Progress Report page of the article has been updated too, in a nutshell: They have all at least tripled their weight and the lightest duckling of all (White Layer) is now the third heaviest duckling. Have fun reading!

Great progress!

Did you ever figure out which buff is the male?

 

[casportpony]

Great progress!

I agree!

Did you ever figure out which buff is the male?

I wonder if it is the biggest?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Great progress!

Did you ever figure out which buff is the male?

No, they all look the same to me and i don't have any experience with vent sexing, not to say i'm too scared to try it.

 

[casportpony]

With peafowl, the biggest ones usually end up being male, but I have not tracked enough ducklings to know if it is the same for them.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I agree!

I wonder if it is the biggest?

Yeah! There are three ducklings that are almost the same weight: 150, 155 and 155 grams…

 

[casportpony]

Yeah! There are three ducklings that are almost the same weight: 150, 155 and 155 grams…

of those 3, which has the largest percentage gain?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

of those 3, which has the largest percentage gain?

The lightest of those three (violet) with 294%, compared to 269% and 252%. This is also the friendliest of the Buff ducklings…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

So today we got 23°C (73F) here and i brought the ducklings outside to the patio, where they and the grown-up ducks can see each other. I couldn't put them on the ground, we had nasty showers last night and the ground is soaking wet. Here are the first pictures:

On the last picture you can see NoName Duck, she is most interested in the ducklings. First video is uploading, the second one is >3GiB, don't know how to upload this with my lame internet connection, will see.
The ducklings are sooo lucky that they are soo cuute! Tonight they toppled over the waterer and the feeder, turning the whole brooder into a stinky mess! And just this morning i had an appointment with my surgeon and they had to wait until i was back…
I was about to make duckling casserole, but then they sat on top of their hut and looked so cute and chirped so sweet »Hi humon, we are so glad that you're back! Now clean up that mess!«