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Chicks and Duckling love?! Is it normal?

Discussion in 'Raising Baby Chicks' started by ChcknLady, Apr 16, 2009.

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  1. Apr 16, 2009 #1
    ChcknLady

    ChcknLady Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I had 2 1 week old red sex links that were in the brooder with 3 ducks. Well, I transplanted the ducks to another box last night (they are much to wet and messy for the poor chickies) and implanted 4 amber links(?) into the original brooder. Well one of the rsl went crazy peeping and jumping around like she was looking for her ducks. I felt sooo bad! Is this normal or am I reading too much into it!
    Has anyone ever even heard of an amber link (it was a TSc purchase) they were just too cute to resist!
     
  3. Apr 16, 2009 #2
    Chicken Fruit

    Chicken Fruit Chillin' With My Peeps

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    My duckling is insanely attached to certain chicks. When we separated them (for the same messy reasons) he went nuts until we put the RIGHT chicks back in with him.
     
  5. Apr 16, 2009 #3
    dichotomymom

    dichotomymom Chillin' With My Peeps

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    My chicks use the ducklings as surrogate mothers and the ducklings long for them when we take them out of the brooder.
     

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