Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

[Going Quackers]

Going Quackers
I use the long chick feeders with the holes in the top. You have to fill three or four times a day, but the ducks cant get the feed all wet and packed in the feeder with them. Ducks are just messy to raise when you have them in a confined space.

Okay, perhaps it's the holes they like i had tried an open trough.. they acted like i added a snake to the brooder lol

Oh, and i know.. these guys are only 2 but they have many, many Muscovy siblings(and 2 buffs) that they don't know about...

 

[Jadis]

Two little call ducklings just hours after hatching. I couldn't not take a photo, when I walked by the tub and saw the yellow one sleeping on his back.

I'm not sure what color these will be, as I hadn't divided up my pair of Silver Appleyards, pair of Grays, and trio of Blue Butterscotch and Apricot Silver.



The Yellow one looks like he's sunbathing!! Tooooooo cute!!!!

 

[angiert]

Quote: i love this pic!

 

[minihorse927]

i love this pic!

That pic is adorable!

 

[sharebear29]

I've got my first batch of calls hopefully hatching this weekend. I'm so anxious. Hope all goes well!!!

 

[Blakmage]

Hi all from Ireland,

I was wondering if someone could help me. My 3 call duck eggs are on day 24. One is moving a bit and the egg is rocking but the other 2 are still. I candled them yesterday just before I put them on lockdown. No chirping is being heard yet.
Today it's still the same. I was just wondering if the fact one egg is moving is normal for 3 days before hatch date? And if it is normal, should I be worrying about the 2 eggs doing nothing? This is my first ever hatch and want to do right by the little ducks but I tend to worry a lot. Is there anything I should do to help? Any help or advice would be gratefully welcomed and I promise to upload photos of ducklings you helped bring into the world.

 

[angiert]

mine started rocking a day or two before internal pip, some almost flipped over while others just twitched a little. also they sleep a lot so you could be missing it....watch for the internal pip and be patient!

 

[minihorse927]

I've got 5 snowy babies, 2 more definitely going to hatch. I've got 1grey working on hatching. One snowy left that is questionable. 8 out of 10 for sure isn't bad for call duck eggs. Especially since this is the first real year I've been incubating a ton of them.

 

[minihorse927]

 

[bribre]

Sooo cute!!!