Pellets for ducklings?

[Runner duck mom]

I'll be bugging them too...I have no problem being that crazy duck lady

 

[DuckyDonna]

Oh my, I can't imagine having giant runners! They get into enough trouble as it is, there would be no plant or flowerpot that would be safe. I always forget how small runners are until I see other ducks. There is a male. muscovy at a nearby park and he is just huge.
I hope your hatch goes well this weekend, would love to see the babies when they arrive We aren't sure what our babies will look like either, runners for sure but mixed colors.
Haha, then you don't want an incubator for sure...you'd have to turn the eggs (and they are very heavy) and candle them ( very time consuming) and count down the days till they hatch (who has the time?). Plus sit around and watch them hatch, blah. Did that help at all?

@WannaBeHillBilly Think of the money you'd save if you had an incubator! No shipping costs etc.

 

[DuckyDonna]

And i so want to build my own Incubator from scratch! All by myself, the thermostat, humidity sensor, egg-turner, … - I guess i am a hopeless case!

@Jpat did and it works good!

 

[DuckyDonna]

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Sleepy ducklings.

that color on the darker one is awesome! None of the ducks that I hatched this year was that color! I can't wait to see what she (hopefully) grows up to look like!

 

[DuckyDonna]

They are so cute I need to put eggs in the fridge so they don’t go in the ‘bator

I've hatched eggs that were in the fridge so don't get too cocky!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hey how come we haven’t had pics in a few days?

 

[DuckyDonna]

Haha, look at me just trying to push baby ducks on you
That's awesome they get to raise them and you can visit whenever you want.
Poor confused chicken is probably wondering what went so terribly wrong with her eggs
Our blue runner was a medium grey color as a duckling but nowhere near as dark as that little one. Even the darker of our 2 is a chocolate brown now but I'm pretty sure will grow up to be black and white. Curious to see and of course they will be beautiful ducks.

idk Sara, Patches, who is from the same parents never was that color. He's very dark now with pretty violet wings, white patches on his belly and with an attitude that won't wait.

 

[Jpat]

@Jpat did and it works good!

more accurate than the janoel incubator i used!

 

[Runner duck mom]

1st time in the big tub yesterday and they had a blast already diving and splashing all around Those tiny little wings make me laugh! Now if I could just get them to hold still so I can get some good pics.

 

[Jpat]

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1st time in the big tub yesterday and they had a blast already diving and splashing all around Those tiny little wings make me laugh! Now if I could just get them to hold still so I can get some good pics.

My heart!