I rescued a f/w indian runner drake and two buff girls recently
. I learned that both of the buff girls had brooded on and hatched many ducklings in the past, one of the buffs very recently. I was hoping to hatch a few ducklings from one of them but my mom wasn't going along with my plan.
One morning, I went out the the "chucks" (chickens and ducks lol) to collect eggs. I went over to the duck coop and saw Wilma, one of the buffs, sitting on her egg she had just recently layed. I reached in to grab the egg and was startled when Wilma bit me over and over again, hissing. I quickly retreated from the coop, realizing that she must have gone broody
!
I had to tell my mom and also pointed out that it was only ONE egg! It would be sad to take it away from her
. I finally made a deal with my mom that i would somehow mark this egg with a sharpie of some sort, so if she laid more eggs, we would take all other besides this one. If that makes sense? I candled the egg on day 6 and say the dark shadow of the embryo and veins! How exciting!
So, in other words, we will soon have a little duckling!!
The little egg is on day 9 of incubation. I am hoping for a hen but would still be happy with a drake. He/she will be a buff/ runner mix
I will try to post pics of little Wilma on her egg soon
And definetly post some pics of the little duckling when it hatches
I am just hoping everything goes well and we are expecting the hatch date to be around July 4th or 5th
One morning, I went out the the "chucks" (chickens and ducks lol) to collect eggs. I went over to the duck coop and saw Wilma, one of the buffs, sitting on her egg she had just recently layed. I reached in to grab the egg and was startled when Wilma bit me over and over again, hissing. I quickly retreated from the coop, realizing that she must have gone broody
I had to tell my mom and also pointed out that it was only ONE egg! It would be sad to take it away from her
The little egg is on day 9 of incubation. I am hoping for a hen but would still be happy with a drake. He/she will be a buff/ runner mix
I will try to post pics of little Wilma on her egg soon