Breed?

[chickens really]

You were right 2 female harlequins named Jemima and Beatrix (as in Potter). Indignant things! Not very friendly very timid but we are working on that.

Easy to sex them now. If they have developed their voices, Hens Quack loud and Drakes have Raspy voices.
Cute Ducklings...

 

[HeatherD42]

Do you have a picture in plain light? They don't need a heat lamp anymore

 

[MagpieDucks]

You were right 2 female harlequins named Jemima and Beatrix (as in Potter). Indignant things! Not very friendly very timid but we are working on that.

Glad to hear you got females.

 

[Cklass90]

Do you have a picture in plain light? They don't need a heat lamp anymore

It's still really cold here at night so I put the lamp on then. Why do they not like being outside??!

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are so beautiful. Why do you feel they don't like being outside? Do they have any place outside to get into if they feel afraid?

 

[HeatherD42]

Haha, cuties! They're in that super awkward phase. Sorry about the heat lamp comment, I thought you had them in a brooder inside

What do they do when you try to get them outside? They're still fluffy, so maybe they're just cold?

 

[Cklass90]

They go just barely outside and sit there. I have a tunnel to a large chicken run where I've made them a pond. I'm just not sure how to get them through the tunnel to find it short of sending my 4 year old through the tunnel after them haha. And no worries on the heat lamp comment I'm new to all of this!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well you could try sending your 4 yr old through dropping meal worms behind him that may get them motivated. If you go to the other end and shake a can of goodies maybe that would get them through

 

[Cklass90]

Easy to sex them now. If they have developed their voices, Hens Quack loud and Drakes have Raspy voices.
Cute Ducklings...

One definitely quacks, the other (the bigger) squeaks. It's not raspy it's a duckling squeak still but the other has quacked for weeks now. Could I maybe have one Drake? They both have black spots on the tip of their beaks

 

[chickens really]

One definitely quacks, the other (the bigger) squeaks. It's not raspy it's a duckling squeak still but the other has quacked for weeks now. Could I maybe have one Drake? They both have black spots on the tip of their beaks

Hmmm? Possibly..If voices are just changing wait a bit longer...