Call Ducks Finally Hatched

[casportpony]

Pic of this season's babies so far:


Yesterday's baby. This is actually the first time I've seen it sleep. It seems so excited to be out of its shell that it never stops moving.

Cute!

-Kathy

 

[Lacrystol]

Pic of this season's babies so far:


Yesterday's baby. This is actually the first time I've seen it sleep. It seems so excited to be out of its shell that it never stops moving.

SWEEET

 

[Lacrystol]

I've never seen a baby parrot, and now I don't think I want to. I thought that thing was a cookie until I found out it was alive.

HAHAHHA a cookie, THAT's SOOO FUNNY

 

[Lacrystol]

awww. They're cute. Here's some miniature parrots I raised a couple years ago

OMG< THOSE BABIES, Where is there FURR????

 

[Lacrystol]

I'm just a sucker for anything breathing.

-Kathy

Possum, DEATH, one of those tried to kill my Silkie, got right into my coop. GRRR she survived though

 

[Lacrystol]

I know this is a dumb question, but how do they get fed in the wild? Are they one of the animals whose mother/parents won't look after them if they're in captivity?

My question was going to be dumber, why do they need tube feeding?

 

[Lacrystol]

We call him rat, lol, and he loves grapes, cherry tomatoes, apple, strawberries, wet cat food, dry cat food, eggs, garden greens and meat.

-Kathy

RAT? what a name...

 

[Lacrystol]

AWEEEE so SWEET.....

 

[clousert]

My question was going to be dumber, why do they need tube feeding?  

Unlike baby chickens they're born with their eyes closed, they don't eat solid food at all (only formula) and are very easy to aspirate. They don't technically have to be tube fed if you have the time to give just a couple drops at a time for each baby until their crops are full. They do learn to swallow it down at a decent pace after several feedings. For me it was just easier and less time consuming to tube feed. When I was getting up a couple times a night to feed several babies and still having to go to work at 6 am the less time I spent feeding, the more time I got to sleep

 

[AmandaVirginia]

Pic of this season's babies so far: Yesterday's baby. This is actually the first time I've seen it sleep. It seems so excited to be out of its shell that it never stops moving.

They're so cute! Is that Whites or Snowys with the Greys? Congrats on all the babies!