My Welsh Harlequin x Khaki Campbell duck(ling)s. (very pic heavy)

[jonasquinn]

Quick new update. Esmeralda, my broody chicken hatched out some ducklings a couple of days ago. They also hatched 3 days early for her too.

Here are the two wh x kc ones.


Bonus pic of the two welsh harlequins.


And all four with mum.

Esme does not seem bothered that they're ducklings and that they enjoy jumping in the water tubs already.

The photo is a bit contrasty, but Emmy's batch are starting to feather out. I'm pretty sure now that the dark one in the middle (female) and the one behind (male) are the wh x kc ones. The leftmost two and front right one are the wh x muscovy. There's a few photobombers in this one too.


I checked on Wanda, she's still sitting on both eggs. Both are growing nicely. The one with the detached air cell, it is expanding towards the fat end of the egg, which might help with hatchability .

 

[jonasquinn]

Esme is still not perturbed by the funny looking chicks that like to go in the water. Two days old in these photos.


Farewell to these two. They were re-homed last week. Off to live a better life on 20 acres and swimming in real ponds.

Just over 5 weeks for these guys. Strutting their stuff.