Post Pics Of Your Duck Nests And Post Pics Of Your Ducklings That Are Hatched Naturally Thread

[lcw1995]

i think all of us "duck people" would love to see others peoples pictures
so post as many as you want
thanks to any one who contributes
cole

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

This is not the nest but this is a picture of mom and babies

 

[lcw1995]

nice picture "ilovemyduckies"
thannks for posting

 

[crazyduckmom]

Here's a pic of mine at 6 days old. They were hatched naturally on January 15th by their mom. They are a mix between a Pekin and a Snowy duck I believe. Their parents are owned by my fiances aunt and uncle. This was the first night we had them home,

Here they are at 4 weeks old, The white-ish yellow one on the far left now has developed a gray-ish black-ish brown marking on the top of his head. (I call it a helmet since he's so big he could be a football player) and on his back starting behind his wings to his tail feathers has similar markings as the little brown-ish female he is sitting next to.

They're 6 weeks old now and I cannot believe how big they have gotten. I need to get some updates pictures tonight after their bath time. I'll post those pics so you can see how much their markings have changed.

 

[Mike Winters]

 

[casslarrabee225]

Not the BEST picture, but the only one I have right now. This is my female Khaki sitting on her (12) eggs. They are DTH around March 14th, somewhere around that time. )

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

Not the BEST picture, but the only one I have right now. This is my female Khaki sitting on her (12) eggs. They are DTH around March 14th, somewhere around that time. )

Your KHAKI duck went broody???? I thought they were really unlikely to go broody. I had a pekin go broody last year but a KHAKI CAMPBELL? Lucky you

 

[casslarrabee225]

I KNOW!!

It's so exciting! I didn't think she would end up going broody either! I have an incubator as a back up cause I wasn't expecting her to. But she is really doing an amazing job with them!

 

[learycow]

I had a khaki go broody last summer. She first sat on 30 eggs. Once they started hatching, she would push the babies out of the nest (it was in a nest box about a foot off the ground). So she didn't make a very good mother! I ended up taking the eggs and letting the rest hatch in the incubator. She stayed broody though and sat on another 30 eggs for me.
Then I had a khaki make a nest under my coop. When I found it it had 56 eggs in it! This was back in December, so I ended up throwing the eggs out. Some were frozen and cracked, others had already started to ooze and stink. So whoever said Khakis aren't broody ducks, they were incorrect!
Here's a picture of here:


Here are some pics of my muscovies. Her nest is in an old dog house. She hatched 2 clutches last fall.



This hen made a nest in a barrel I cut the end off of. She had a hard time hatching though, only 5 out of 15 eggs hatched. She wasn't a consistent setter.


And here's my Cayuga, she made a nest, set for a few weeks, then abandoned it so the eggs went in the incubator.

 

[Mike Winters]

cute