Pipd's Peeps 2014!

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A few more of the day! The obligatory Elda cuddle!

Here's Kit and Louise perched together.

Louise. She's so pretty!

Mabey Mabel looking up at the camera.

And I'll finish the night with Wibbles! After a rollercoaster day yesterday, where I was sure Wibbles was sick or dying because she was gasping for breath, I realized her nose was plugged with food and we had our first warm water bath, which fixed her right up! I say we because, well, she was very generous with her bath.

Here is the tail end of her bath yesterday. She was sleepy, so not as active at this point, but it was still kind of cute. Also, don't mind the chicken noises in the background--that was just some nest box drama as heard over the baby monitor in the coop.



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Adorable! Especially Wibbles! She looks so sleepy in the video! I love it when they are so little and all they do is cuddle and sleep!

 

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Okay, well it's been a month now and today the youngsters have turned 4 months old, with the exception of Poppy and Violet both being a week older! It has been a long and difficult few weeks with classes starting up and all, but I set aside plenty of time for the girls so that I could get pictures!

I suppose I must start this post off with some somber news. My dear Wibbles has left us, unfortunately. What I suspect happened was when her nose was plugged (circa my last post), it caused a sinus infection. She got weaker and weaker, and in spite of everything I tried with her, I lost her. She was only 12 days old. So the plan is to look for an adult pair of call ducks at an upcoming show in October, and maybe next spring I will try my hand at hatching some of their eggs--with the hopes that without shipping stress I'll have at least more than one duckling hatch!

So on to happier thoughts! Here are the babies at 4 months old!!

Elda! I have no idea what she did to her beak, but it doesn't seem to be bothering her. She must have run into something.

Kit-Kit! These two are nearly impossible to tell apart visually!

Georgette--to my shock, she stood still for a picture! She always looks like she's glaring.

Louise, so shiny!

Mabel, big boss of the baby flock (well, if you don't count Tilde!). Look at those wattles!

Poppy the uncooperative model!

Modest but substantial Violet

And big sister, Tilde, whose first birthday was at the beginning of the month!

More pictures to come..!

 

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Elly getting her cuddles! This is from a couple days ago, before she did whatever she did to her beak.

And again from a couple days ago, here is Elly cuddling while Kit waits her turn. I had crouched to get a picture and they just ran right over!

I can't get over how lovely Louise's eyes are! Here is her left...

...And her right!

Poppy, err... She thinks she stepped in something... (This is one prime example of how uncooperative she is for pictures! )

A dark look from Georgie:

...I think Violet wins for dark looks, though.

And Poppy looks more wicked than dark.

 

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Aww poor Wibbles! She was adorable! SO happy to see all your girls! My girls are gettiing REALLY close to laying and I can hardly wait!

 

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Yeah, poor baby! I felt so bad that I didn't catch it in time! :/ But I try not to dwell on what-ifs, so at the moment I'm looking forward to my future duck flock. I have a corner of the area that will be the duck yard in mind for a nice garden in memory of little Wibs, though. We'll see how that works out.


Goodness, yes, I can't believe how fast that time is approaching! Someone on another thread had a Legbar the age Poppy is now go into lay already! I couldn't believe it!! I'm in no hurry for eggs from these babies, although it looks like Mabel may be the first to lay of this set with the wattles she's getting in already! Seems like it wasn't that long ago when she was a little ball of fluff wandering around the brooder!

ETA: Oh, goodness, baby pictures! The cuteness is killer!

Elda the Silver Gray Dorking!

Georgette the Black Copper Marans!

Louise the Black Copper Marans!

And finally, Kit the Silver Gray Dorking!

 

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Those baby pics are total cuteness! I miss that age.....

 

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Yeah... They sure don't stay that size for long, do they?

 

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Yep. I wish they did, but at the same time it's fun seeing them grow up.......

 

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My chicken laid the first egg today!!!!
I think it was Pepsi.