the life of chirpie bronye's ducks

[Miss Lydia]

YEAH THANK GOD THEY ALL HATCHED SUCCESSFULLY BUT NOW THEY ARE DRY BUT HUDDLE FAR FROM THE BROODING LANTERN....AM LOST ON THIS

Maybe it's too warm new hatched ducklings should be kept at around 85F do you have a thermometer you can put in with them to tell how warm they are.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/750869/raising-and-caring-for-ducklings#post_10611711

Congrats on your awesome hatch..

 

[chickens really]

As a rule aI never rely on a set temp ....I watch how the babies are acting.....If huddled under the lamp and quiet ? Possibly too cold? If walking around and eating ? It's great....If piled in a corner away from the heat ? They are too hot.....

Watch them and really see where they are the most happy.....Have a cool spot and warm spot in the brooder......


Cheers!..

 

[Chirpie Bronye]

YOU GUYS ARE JUST WONDERFUL

 

[Chirpie Bronye]

here they are @ 9 days old
already imprinting on me

 

[Chirpie Bronye]

They all grown up now with thier chick
Left em to the eggs and i got dead in shell unfertilized
Only 1 hatched

 

[Miss Lydia]

How adorable!!

 

[WVduckchick]

They all grown up now with thier chick
Left em to the eggs and i got dead in shell unfertilized
Only 1 hatched View attachment 1223455 View attachment 1223456

So cute!! Congrats!!

 

[Chirpie Bronye]

well peeps just haffta ppst this if if i candled an egg and the veins are red coloured then the next day veins are a darker colour what does it mean please don't break my heart by saying dead directly

 

[Miss Lydia]

@WVduckchick

 

[WVduckchick]

Well it kinda depends. The red will get thicker as they go along, up to a point. I'm not sure if you mean darker red, or black looking?

First picture is a healthy, growing embryo.
Second picture is one that was growing, and then quit.. Died. usually you will see a round "blood ring", which this second picture eventually looked like.

Does this help?