Old fashioned Broody thread for ducks 2013 edition

[HollyDuckFarmer]

Congrats ML, 4 for 4, that is awesome!

 

[DaytonDuckMom]

Congratulations Lydia!! Woot!! Your babies are so pretty!!

Ok. So I found one egg out from under the girls. the egg was nestled in the straw wall they built but not under them. I took it and candled it. Yolk. Bummed me right out. Are they all yolkers? Nooooooooooo!!

 

[EdenCamp]

Congrats on all you new "grannies"! Gorgeous babies!!!!!!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Adorable!

I'm sure they will all be girls!!

That's the plan GQ

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thank you!, I'll do that.Thursday is hatch day! I've actually got a plastic pan that a danish came in.....it holds water and its 2"-3" deep. Eep I'm so excited! Just put up the wire divider so that she can see the other two ducks, but they won't be able to get at the babies. I'll move them to the different pen after they hatch, I just didn't want to move her before because I figured she'd abandon the nest. BTW your babies are DARLING! Little cuties!

Thank you and sure do look forward to seeing yours too.

 

[stonykill]

Congrats on all you new "grannies"! Gorgeous babies!!!!!!!

don't forget us new Grandpa's

 

[Miss Lydia]

Congratulations Lydia!! Woot!! Your babies are so pretty!!

Ok. So I found one egg out from under the girls. the egg was nestled in the straw wall they built but not under them. I took it and candled it. Yolk. Bummed me right out. Are they all yolkers? Nooooooooooo!!

I sure hope not Dayton, It can happen and maybe that's why it wasn't under them, don't lose hope.

 

[EdenCamp]

don't forget us new Grandpa's

A thousand feathered pardons Gramps!

Dayton - kicking out bad/non-viable eggs is a good thing. Mom's doing her job to keep the others healthy. Much better than funky foul rotters exploding in the nest - trust me!!!!! Ma nature knows what she's doing. So that she kicked that one out and has kept others under her is a GOOD sign. Good LUCK!

 

[Miss Lydia]

don't forget us new Grandpa's

Gramps Congrats on your newest hatch of ducklings, how about Penelope is she sitting?

 

[gysygirl]

I lost one of my call ducklings yesterday the little guy made it to almost a week old but was smaller than the rest, but it seemed fine until yesterday when he went lethargic and not walking far and just upped and gave up

I know I still have 8 left but am still sad the worse thing is the mum has not even noticed

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I'm having to build a new pen for the drake as he was OK with them for the first day, Then they were fair game on the pond and he was trying to drown them

So since then he has been with my two chocolates in a corner of the pen fenced off as mum goes mad when the others go near the ducklings too!

On the good side my Black is due to hatch today or tomorrow and she is sat on 10 eggs so hopefully more of the little dears running around