The Brooding of Allie, Casey and Latte

[Tevyes Dad]

Well I have an extension. Looks like now I might disappear tomorrow, but I got to come back this evening

I weighed and played with the 'lings without the camera so far. Don't know if I will get a chance to take new pics this evening or not... So I'll give you what I've got.

Allie: 1lb,3.8oz - up 20% - at this point she is growing by multiple ounces/day so I am going to drop the decimal ounces so: 1lb, 4oz (or 1-1/4 lb WOW!).
Latte: 11.3oz - up 14%
Casey: 11.6oz - up 16% - she isn't giving up the number 2 slot without a fight!

Here is my walking out the door pic from this morning... Bye, bye babies. Ooops, I'm back today.


And here is their current chart - Pekin Power is truly amazing!!!


BTW - Allie gets around (so far) much better than Snow ever did - She still lays down a lot, but when she is up, her legs are strong and sure. I am attributing this to putting the food about 18" from the water. I did separate the food and water in my initial brood eventually, but this time I did it from the get go. This forces the ducklings to run back and forth and helps build those leg muscles. Before I separated them, Snow got in the habit of laying down between the food and the water so she could just turn her head back and forth and by the time I moved them, her legs were behind the power curve so she had a hard time (she could walk but was kind of weak) until she hit her first semi-stable weight of 6 lbs then her leg strength caught up to her weight and she was fine after that. We will see if I am right as Allie goes through the multi-pound sizes...

 

[Tevyes Dad]

The 'lings finished their first 5lb bag of starter crumble.

Now they get a 50lb bag.

When they are done with that, it is over to the All Flock crumble I bought by mistake

 

[Ravynscroft]

That is my fault...

 

[Tevyes Dad]

OK, I got all the weights and updated the chart:

Today's weights:

Allie: 2lbs, 1oz.
Latte: 1lb, 2oz.
Casey: 1lb, 2oz.



They are all over the size of a Call Duck, and Allie is half the weight of a grown Runner. They are getting the first signs of feathers. Allie is still walking strong (not shaking), but her stamina is down. Unless she has a good reason, 3 or 4 steps, then time for a break... Poor girl... in 16 days she has grown to 19X her weight and although her legs are ripped like a body builder, they just can't keep up.

I will get some good pictures this weekend, but for now, here is this...



@Debs Flock , see what happens when I just take a picture and post it... I tell ya, the secret is all the pics you don't show everybody

(decent picture of the rocks though).

 

[Debs Flock]

LOL...the blurry pic of ducklings in action! Gosh, they grow up too fast!

I stopped by our post office to let them know that a box of ducklings will arrive next week. They said their truck arrives around 6:30 and they'll call me then. She said I wouldn't be allowed to pick them up until they open at 9:00! I'm going to call them to see if I can't persuade someone to let me come earlier.

 

[Amiga]

Our postman called at 7:15 a.m. to tell me they were there, to come to the back door. Tell them it's standard to get the littles into the hands of their recipients a.s.a.p.

 

[needlessjunk]

LOL...the blurry pic of ducklings in action!  Gosh, they grow up too fast!

I stopped by our post office to let them know that a box of ducklings will arrive next week.  They said their truck arrives around 6:30 and they'll call me then.  She said I wouldn't be allowed to pick them up until they open at 9:00!  I'm going to call them to see if I can't persuade someone to let me come earlier.

Same thing with my post office, but they open at 8. They told me I couldn't come any sooner but by the time I got everyone out the door it was 8:30 anyway. I got the call at 7 that they had arrived.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Wow, they are growing up so fast!!

Strap books to their heads, maybe they'll stay little 'lings longer...

Deb, I hope you can get them when they come in... :/

 

[Tevyes Dad]

Wow, they are growing up so fast!!

Strap books to their heads, maybe they'll stay little 'lings longer...

Deb, I hope you can get them when they come in...

Nothing I can do to slow them down, but VP and DF will help extend the 'ling season. And I heard someone else got a brand new Snowy...


So the 'ling exposure prospects look good even though mine won't be 'lings much longer...

 

[Tevyes Dad]

Today's weights and roll call

Allie: 2lbs, 6oz - in true Pekin form, she has something to say about it...


Casey: 1lb, 5oz - She is still not ready to be the "little one." She is showing off her advanced sleeping technique. (Tevye still has a hard time with this.)


Latte: 1lb, 4oz. A little color is coming in above her wing.