Finally hatched one!

[PetDuck]

Good luck and have fun Miss Lyndia!!!
Looks like you are going to have a big flock this year!!!!

 

[Mum]

Congratulations, billw. Sounds like you've gone from famine to feast in the context of ducklings

They look adorable and I can just imagine the big smile you must have on your face as you admire them and photograph them. Keep clicking, because they grow extremely fast!!

 

[billw]

The hatch rate has slowed down, but they keep coming. Up to 11 now, with 24 eggs still in the incubator.

Pics of the latest, which appears to be a mutt:

 

[Mum]

Aww, so pretty! Is it a Magpie? Maybe a Silver Appleyard? Or, Welsh Harlequin?

 

[billw]

We don't have any of those breeds, and it doesn't look like the possible parent breeds, so it has to be a mix. Based on the coloring, I am guessing a buff/blue swedish mix, but I don't know duck color genetics that well.

 

[billw]

Duckling update:

Up to 13 in the brooder, 1 in the incubator, with 2 more eggs pipped.

I am going to have to start up a second brooder. The size difference between the oldest and the youngest is getting to be a problem.

Here they are bundled up for the night.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Duckling update:

Up to 13 in the brooder, 1 in the incubator, with 2 more eggs pipped.

I am going to have to start up a second brooder. The size difference between the oldest and the youngest is getting to be a problem.

Here they are bundled up for the night.

They are adorable

I'd be concerned with the older ones suffocating the youngest, good idea to have separate brooders.