The Duck Thread

[duckies1230]

The ducklings have arrived!The post office called at 6:10 this morning and said:Your chicks or ducklings or whatever they are are here 
I thought they'd be tired out since they just traveled across the country , but they were up , jumping around and OUT of the box...they weren't drinking even though I dipped their bills in the water , so I put some lettuce in and it turned into a free-for-all!I'll try to get some pics up later but my camera isn't cooperating...they are so adorable!
All six are Khaki Campbells ,  healthy , happy and currently sleeping like babies

Congratulations, they are adorable when they are little, and grow up beautiful but way too fast!

 

[backyardflock1]

The ducklings have arrived!The post office called at 6:10 this morning and said:Your chicks or ducklings or whatever they are are here

I thought they'd be tired out since they just traveled across the country , but they were up , jumping around and OUT of the box...they weren't drinking even though I dipped their bills in the water , so I put some lettuce in and it turned into a free-for-all!I'll try to get some pics up later but my camera isn't cooperating...they are so adorable!
All six are Khaki Campbells , healthy , happy and currently sleeping like babies

Congratz!!! I am very excited for you!

I remember when my two pekins arrived, now they are massive,

. I am getting seven chicks on June 8th, so I am excited for that too. Hope you have fun with your new babies!

 

[duckies1230]

Does anyone know if that's too cold, to let them play today. Maybe I'll just put warmer water in the pool! Please, any suggestions??? I gotta get n the move, I have to get ready for work!!!

 

[RedIII]

Those are actually Welsh Harlequins, it looks like you have a silver drake and silver and gold hens (the one with bronze [COLOR=545454]speculum is a gold). They are very pretty! Welsh Harlequin are my favorite.[/COLOR]

Oh good, I thought I was going nuts when I looked at those pictures and thought, "Are those WH?" Love those! Very jealous

LadyIsadora, I like your suggestions! I'm trying to teach mine "treats". They already answer me when I say, "I'm coming, babies."

Reese, love the morning photos, hehe Someone looks very chipper about going outside!

 

[RedIII]

Does anyone know if that's too cold, to let them play today. Maybe I'll just put warmer water in the pool! Please, any suggestions??? I gotta get n the move, I have to get ready for work!!!

Sorry, I meant to answer this above. I give mine supervised playtime in water. They are only allowed to be in there so long before I pull them out because they will start to shiver after a bit. If you watch them, you can tell about when that point is approaching (ie ten minutes, fifteen, etc.) I read that mother ducks will monitor the time their babies spend in the water, so that's what I do.

 

[Debs Flock]

@Lizzy456 Congrats! Looking forward to pics. My babies (2 pekins & 2 rouens) are 3 weeks old today. They grow so incredibly fast!

 

[AA Maple]

Does anyone know if that's too cold, to let them play today. Maybe I'll just put warmer water in the pool! Please, any suggestions??? I gotta get n the move, I have to get ready for work!!!

Mine have been going outside in the daytime for the last week or so and I'm up in Maine. The first 2 weeks of life they stayed in the brooder but they seem pretty plump and well insulated now and they demand to go out every day around 7:30am now. They are very vocal about this in the morning until they can go out and graze and splash in a pot of water.

Today I'm going to try to make a more permanent structure for them outside with a run that extends into the stream a little so they can have all the fresh water they like.

 

[blkjak]

Gotta love watching them when they are unaware of you.

 

[Julie Birb]

Here's the pic of my 2 mamas with the babies. See normal adult mallard female colors. This is our first duck hatch. I do have a question. Seems the girls are not interested in sitting on the rest of the eggs since these 2 ducklings are now in the world. They just want to protect them and keep kicking eggs out. What if we pick up the remaining eggs, candle them and put them in the incubator? Do you think we'd have any luck getting them to hatch?

OH so cute. I love them. Babies are precious. Sweet protective moms.

 

[Julie Birb]

Gotta love watching them when they are unaware of you.

eeeee, love the rump on the upside down one.