Preparing to set call and pekin duck eggs! Hatch day should be March 4, 2021 if all goes well!

[Miss Lydia]

All good. Only babies we have this year is 2 pullets that my chocolate Orp is raising. Everyone is doing great.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

All good. Only babies we have this year is 2 pullets that my chocolate Orp is raising. Everyone is doing great.

Glad to hear everyone is doing great! I’ve been thinking about you and your flock!
Yay, that’s excited that your chocolate Orp is raising two pullets!

 

[Miss Lydia]

It is, Thank you, love, to watch mama and babies. What about your Calls anymore brooding or hatching? can't keep up you were on a roll there for a while. lol

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

It is, Thank you, love, to watch mama and babies. What about your Calls anymore brooding or hatching? can't keep up you were on a roll there for a while. lol

Of course, Me too! The mommas just do such great jobs with the littles! Thanks for asking! I certainly was on a roll there for a while but I am taking a break for now on hatching. I am up to 21 calls and two regular sized ducks. I’m actually picking up a new house for them this coming weekend!
Cami decided that she didn’t want her babies anymore about a week ago and funny enough my other call Squeegee (who wasn’t very good at hatching her own babies) took all the babies in! She even took the 4 from the house (besides Bobbles who is still itty bitty and little Mustard who is only about a week). She is a wonderful momma! She took all of them swimming today. She is very protective and will chase me off if I get too close! She loves them like they’re her own! They’re almost as big as her now! So Squeegee has become an adoptive mother to 9 little calls! They are all about 5-6 weeks old.

Here’s some photos. Squeegee does have wet feather which I’m guessing is from being broody so long.

 

[arwoon]

I have a Bobbles update:
He is doing wonderful and definitely holds his own with the big ducklings! He will be 4 weeks old on Monday and is just as feisty as can be!
He still has barely grown but is finally beginning to feather out! Most of his hatch mates have almost fully feathered
All the other babies were able to move outside but he’s still little so he’s staying in side with the week old (Mustard)... Is it possible that he’s going to be really tiny as an adult? He eats, drinks, and poops well. He has also been receiving supplemental vitamin B. He is slightly pigeon toed from the look of it but I don’t think it could be nutrient related since I’ve been giving him vitamin B since hatch. It’s more like his feet curve slightly inward to the point that it doesn’t affect him. His toenails in the middle also curve inward. He is very healthy though and loves to zoom all around the house! Such a special little fella!
Mind the food on him, he just ate before this picture...

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That.duck.is.so.cute!!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Aren't they adorable, Squeegee liked the ready-made family bless her heart for taking them in. My Muscovy Dolly did the same thing when her and her 2 sisters hatched my original runners and buffs the 2 sisters gave up at 3 weeks but not Dolly she kept them all with her another 3 weeks . I wish I had pictures of her with her 9 ducklings following her but that computer died and I lost all pics. Now Dolly is the official Runner/Buff she has always been partial to them but this year she has completely turned from the Muscovy and does everything with the runners and Buffs. They sure are interesting aren't they?

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

@Pyxis little Beans is almost fully feathered now. I’d love to get your opinion on his color when you have time.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

That.duck.is.so.cute!!!

Thanks so much, I surely think so! He is such an itty bitty sweetie! He just has the biggest most stunning eyes I’ve ever seen on a duckling! I’m so curious to see how he’ll feather out. He is very special.

(Again not sure why I call Bobbles a he because I have no idea on gender yet)

 

[Miss Lydia]

He's gorgeous

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Aren't they adorable, Squeegee liked the ready-made family bless her heart for taking them in. My Muscovy Dolly did the same thing when her and her 2 sisters hatched my original runners and buffs the 2 sisters gave up at 3 weeks but not Dolly she kept them all with her another 3 weeks . I wish I had pictures of her with her 9 ducklings following her but that computer died and I lost all pics. Now Dolly is the official Runner/Buff she has always been partial to them but this year she has completely turned from the Muscovy and does everything with the runners and Buffs. They sure are interesting aren't they?

Squeegee is such a special girl! She gets along so well with all the ducks and ducklings. I’m certain she would take in any duckling she could find! She takes such good care of them and protects them so well! Aww that is so sweet that Dolly took in her two sister’s babies. I bet Dolly is a very special girl just like my Squeegee! Dolly also sounds like the most wonderful momma from what I’ve heard of her!

So sorry you lost those pictures. I would have loved to see Dolly and her 9 littles.

That certainly is very interesting that Dolly has a liking to the runners and buffs other than the Muscovy ducks.