Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Iain Utah]

Christine, LOVE the pics!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully, I only have to wait another 2 days before I have my own set of ancona babies.

By the way, I have to say that watching my geese guard their babies is actually more entertaining than my bator right now. I have never seen more loving, protective and doting parents before!!!!

 

[sbost]

It's officially named "Early Bird". We got home just in time to see it hatch out... this was from a pekin egg. What does this look like to you guys? We do have a khaki campbell male and a mallard male but it reminds me of a blue or black swedish. Would be great, we have lost all of ours to predators. It's very active and 3 days early... was put in the incubator on 2/29.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

URG!!! My ducks keep giving me scares!!!! The darn things flew into the goat pen, and hid uder the hay manger!!!!! They crack me up

 

[Iain Utah]

Congrats!!!!!

I thought pekin hatchlings were solid yellow. Whatever it is, it is adorable!!

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

It's officially named "Early Bird". We got home just in time to see it hatch out... this was from a pekin egg. What does this look like to you guys? We do have a khaki campbell male and a mallard male but it reminds me of a blue or black swedish. Would be great, we have lost all of ours to predators. It's very active and 3 days early... was put in the incubator on 2/29.

Aww. Definitely looks like a cross of some sort!

URG!!! My ducks keep giving me scares!!!! The darn things flew into the goat pen, and hid uder the hay manger!!!!! They crack me up

Silly ducks!

 

[sbost]

Congrats!!!!!

I thought pekin hatchlings were solid yellow. Whatever it is, it is adorable!!

Thanks again for all your help and support. I'm not sure what it is but we will love it all the same, especially since it was born and breed here... his feet and beak are multicolored too. It definitely came from one of our pekins.

How long should I keep it in the incubator until moving it to the brooder box? It is really active. As well I want to clean up the towel where it hatched but I figured I should wait until he is dry before quickly opening the incubator instead of worrying about him getting into the mess?

 

[country_girl011]

Sbost looks just like my duckling and he i a pekin x mallard or rouen

 

[Marty1876]

Well, he is a very cute cross. I'd guess a peking x Mallard, unless your swedish was alive and with them 3 weeks or less before you got the egg. It is definately not a pur Peking, but w/o a peking male, its not possible anyway! Very cute, I can't wait to see it dry!

It's officially named "Early Bird". We got home just in time to see it hatch out... this was from a pekin egg. What does this look like to you guys? We do have a khaki campbell male and a mallard male but it reminds me of a blue or black swedish. Would be great, we have lost all of ours to predators. It's very active and 3 days early... was put in the incubator on 2/29.

 

[psue]

Lost one of the 4 day olds.... failure to thrive I'd guess. He just never caught up with the others.

I better be able to post pics of lots of babies within 48 hours or so. I have 5 working hard at externally pipping... and another 4 that have internally pipped. And my goosies on day 24 are all rocking and turning into position.

Psue, you can also externally pip a hole large enough to shine flashlight to see inside of egg.

ok next step after candle if needed

Ok, Updates for me.

I have put the "babies" in with the teenagers. So everybody is outside with the exception of Fiona and her friends. I bring her in at night.

I got 2 duck eggs this morning so Mallard is for sure laying. (She had stopped for a week or so.) BUT the weird thing is, I can't tell their eggs apart anymore. Rosalee's eggs are getting bigger and less blue. So that kinda sucks.

Also.. I went out this morning to 4 HUGE hawks circling my yard. None of them landed.. but they were so big. So big. They are eyeing Fiona. I just know it.


I think that's it. It's gorgeous outside here!!!!

darn Hawks... I have bird netting over all my pens

QJ, love your posts! You one funny lady! I'll be sure to put a note on my paypal payment about your recommendation to get eggs from him.

It's official.... the goslings are not returning to indoor pen. It is crazy the way they are going at each other, which I assume is for dominance (like horses). They need the extra space and outside stimulation. Plus, I'm tired of hearing them scream. Since there is a quick moving snow storm coming in late tonight/early tomorrow, I told hubby we can either canvas tarp the pen and leave in front yard or move pen into garage... but they are not coming back into the house! The geese are in love. They can have them!

Teenagers are all the same human,beast or fowl. Gotta show who's bigger

Hi Everyone!

Always such a pleasure to see all the new babies everyone is getting.

Well, Happy to report that Lucky is walking around well, eating mush, and drinking water. He's in the brooder now with a baby chick from the other group.
Heres the newest pics....


Here is lucky trying to catch me as I try to snap a pic, he's bonding to me great.


Lucky snacking on mush

Its so nice that he's going to make it. He is doing just great. Totally healthy now, like the last day and a half never happened. He's certianly
caused me more trouble that other duck hatches, but I guess we'll just have to spoil him/her.

hi Lucky wecome to the world

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OMG, QJ... you have NO idea! One gosling will walk up behind another and bite its wing, which causes the bitten gosling to clamp down on 1st gosling's neck. The one getting bit will scream nonstop while trying to run away, but the other gosling stays clamped down like a pit bull and runs right along continuing to hold down the neck.

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awesome!!!

To true!

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URG!!! My ducks keep giving me scares!!!! The darn things flew into the goat pen, and hid uder the hay manger!!!!! They crack me up

crazy ducks

 

[sbost]

No, the swedish have been gone for a while so not a part of this breeding. Another thing is the tips of the wings are yellow. So should we wait for him to totally dry to remove from the incubator or wait until tomorrow? He has not slept since hatching a few hours ago... just keeps moving around. He almost follows us through the incubator windows asking to come out! We have other eggs incubating that are due in 2 days so I want to remove him and his mess properly to not mess them up.