IvysAnimals
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Hello. My little duckling passed on April 14, 2022. I waited a very long 28 days ( Felt like 4 months ) for my duckling to hatch. At one point I even thought he had died, but he didn't. I was very sad that he might've died, for some reason he was very special. He looked healthy and growing and moving around a lot in the egg. The temperature and humidity stayed the same and correct amount. When he was hatching ( April 14, 2022) I was very excited. I left him alone so that he could hatch peacefully and so I did not harm him, as well as I had to go to see my grandparents/uncle/ and great grandmother. When I got home around 8:00 P.M, I saw that he had hatched. I was really happy and even had some happy tears. He hatch maybe a few - 2 hours ago. There was no one else hatching so I quickly took him out and put him in the brooder. I have 13 chicks that were born on April 9, 2022 so I put him in a little basket that they couldn't get in and hurt him. I put him in a spot where it wasn't too hot or too cold, just the perfect temp. I took a shower and I kissed him goodnight. I woke up in the morning quite early to see him, 6:14 A.M. I went up there and he was sitting abnormal, on his back. So I was worried that maybe he didn't make it, something's wrong, or maybe he's just sleeping. I picked him up and he was limp. His body was still warm so he didn't freeze to death, but he didn't get too hot. I was upset and cried and went downstairs to where my family was. My dad asked me," How's my baby ducker?" I just started crying and I told him that he died. Everyone else was upset and cried, too. I was upset the whole day. I've hatched chicks and ducks before so the passing away or raising them wasn't new to me, I knew what I had to do to raise them. However, for some reason, this baby meant so much to me. Was it maybe genetics? Sickness? Weakness? Something else? When I was holding him, he felt like the chunky-est duckling I've ever felt, so it wasn't like he didn't form right or get enough nutrition from his egg. His foot looked a little chunky and was a little weird but I think I was because of him just hatching and being a different breed from the rest of what I hatch. I hatched Pekins, Runner, Runner mixes, Cayugas, And more, but he was the first and only Blue swede I hatched before since I only have one blue swede. I'm going to bury him by where I buried my female goose, Lelia. By the ledge of my house where the creek is and where the sun always hits. It's a pretty place and I want to plant some flowers or Flowering trees there for them both. I named the baby margarine because the last duckling I hatched last year was named Butters. She was a female that loved me more than any other duck I've ever owned. She hatched on Father's days so my dad named her Butters thinking she was a male. She followed me around even after she had all of her grown-up feathers. She drank out of the dog's water bowl, walked around the house, We would talk to each other and answer every time, we would sleep together, she'd Bob her head at me, and even cuddled with me for a while. So I wanted to name this baby something like butter, but different. I thought It would also be funny if the baby was a boy with more of a girl name like Butters has a more male name.
EDIT- This was him-
EDIT- This was him-
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