Pekin hatching problem

[Sarkchick]

@Miss Lydia

Yes he is a camera hog. But he gets handled a lot more than the others. There is so much difference in size between Pretzel, the blk/wht ( Oreo) and the white ducklings. They were same hatch just 2 days earlier.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Miss Lydia

Yes he is a camera hog. But he gets handled a lot more than the others. There is so much difference in size between Pretzel, the blk/wht ( Oreo) and the white ducklings. They were same hatch just 2 days earlier.

Well they had alot of catching up to do too. The blk and white is part Swedish right so it won't get as big as your Pekins anyway, Pretzel hopefully will catch up soon. They all look healthy. Can you tell if Pretzel and blk and white are getting enough food?

 

[Sarkchick]

[@]Miss Lydia[/.

Yes, Pretzel and Oreo are with the grey/white. Just the 3 of them. The larger 4 Pekins are separate.

 

[CyndiD]

Oh, Sarkchick, your ducklings are so very precious. Pretzel is sooo cute they way he looks at you. you can see his expresions in your pics, like he is saying, "hey Mom, I'm over here, you don't neet to take pics of my brothers and sister" "I'm the only one important here"
You did good hatching all these beauties.
I'm going to follow you, so I can keep up with your duckies. Keep up the good Mommy business.
I will be getting Silver Welsh Harlequin duck eggs Tue or Wed, just intime for the Easter HAL.
I think I have some Pekin eggs, I'm not sure if they are Pekin, they look a little green tinted. Do your Pekins eggs have a green tint to them?
I have blue and chocolate runners and their eggs are light and dark green eggs, so I hope these are from my one and only pekin duck/female.
I wish I had a camera to mount in my duck house to see if she is laying yet, she is 10 months old now, all my other ducks have been laying for 4 months.
Are pekins slower to lay? When did yours start laying?
Thanks, sorry for all the Q's

 

[Sarkchick]

@CyndiD. I am so invious, love the Welsh Harlequin and the Runners. Was going to get runners when first moved here in the woods to eat the ticks. But no one in this state has any and tried mail order eggs once ( 4 out of 18) hatched, really depressing.
No, my Pekin eggs are white. The Swedish/Pekin mix layers a barely off white egg. My Pekins started about 8-9 months. These were only the 3rd weeks eggs that I hatched.
I tried putting a trail camera in my chicken coop to see if which of my EEs had started laying. Only caught blurred pics.
Good luck with your Easter Hal. When do you need to set the eggs?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Miss Lydia[/.<br /> <br /> Yes, Pretzel and Oreo are with the grey/white. Just the 3 of them. The larger 4 Pekins are separate.

That's good to hear love those names Pretzel and Oreo. okay what is the grey and white ones name?

How are they today?

 

[Sarkchick]

The gry/wht was a hard one. Ended up with Snickers. All snacks.

 

[WVduckchick]

Beautiful babies!!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

The gry/wht was a hard one. Ended up with Snickers. All snacks.

All cute names too.

 

[Lacrystol]

It's formulated for a baby who weighs much more than a duckling that is why very tiny amt and look already making such great progress. How is the Blk and White one doing ? Feed looks good. Protein is high so after a few weeks you'll want to cut the protein, you can add Oatmeal ground reg not instant. that will help get the protein down so you won't have to deal with angel wing. also you can start adding chopped fine romaine lettuce to [along with grit] to drop the protein level after a few weeks. I fed Purina Flock raiser to all my hatchlings and have never had a problem with angel wing it 20% protein but mamas always had them out on the ground very young too. Maybe wait a while on adding the niacin or brewers yeast hopefully by next week you can drop the poly vi sol and go to poultry vitamins. then you can start the BY or niacin they need the B3 till at least 10 weeks old.

Lets see if @Lacrystol is here she has used Poly Vi Sol with new hatchlings maybe she can weigh in on how long to give it. I've always used Poultry Nutri Drench and Brewers yeast but I haven't had to deal with this yet.

Polyvisol is GREAT FOR chickens, I have noticed less results when it comes with Ducks. I would recommend Poultry drench and Vitamin B complex for ducks.
@Sarkchick

I just joined in can you give me an update??