Uh, is someone ready for lockdown a little early?

[Saigey]

Mine ate round the clock too, so I think they need to have food and water down 24/7 right now. what are you using for head dunking? they really are messy little creatures that's for sure. Mine was around 5 weeks before I took food and water away from overnight. I'd be worried if you take feed up for even a short period of time they would gorge themselves worse.

After lots of attempts and fails, I found a short, wide rimmed plastic cup inside a little kitty food bowl. They can all reach it and dunk their heads, but not make it a swimming pool. Lol I realized this was kind of a silly question - they start cheeping like a car alarm the minute the water runs out. I leave water with Downey and Loki 24/7. Maybe I never noticed they ate and drank 24/7 because I've never had 8 of them doing it at the same time before

Mine ate round the clock too, so I think they need to have food and water down 24/7 right now. what are you using for head dunking? they really are messy little creatures that's for sure. Mine was around 5 weeks before I took food and water away from overnight. I'd be worried if you take feed up for even a short period of time they would gorge themselves worse.

I thought I sent this days ago! I guess that tells you how much rest I'm getting! I had to adjust the setup because they figured out how to consistently knock over the water.

 

[Saigey]

Growth update, plus boy girl guesses!
First of all, Kai (the duckling formerly known as Clover, because Chloe and Clover were confusing) and Talahassee are giant ducks that I think someone replaced the babies with. Talahassee seems to have lady spotted feathers coming in, and Kai has a bright bill, so I thought boy, BUT Kai also has lady spotted feathers. Kai also makes a random little humming noise occasionally but refuses to do it while I'm recording. They're the biggest.
Remy is the next largest spotty one, has more of a white tint to his/her feathers, and is a little skittish.
Zac is the tiniest spotty one, and he/she is a very busy duck with many duck things to do and is far too busy to snuggle.
Val is the biggest of the snowies. He's a bit of an enigma as far as he/she.
Chloe (of the tiny nares and nose woes) strikes me as a girl, but I'm not quite sure. She's almost Val's twin, but a bit smaller with a pinker bill. Robin has the darkest bill, is very calm (except around the food and water) and has a very pretty whistling voice.
Willow is still the smallest of all, is feisty, loves to swim, and is super cuddly.
I'll get pics as the feathers start coming in!
An aside: Downey is super proud of his springtime spots, so I had to show them off. Loki is molting, paused in laying, and won't mate with him much atm (it dropped to below freezing in one day, but I gave her some Sav-a-Chick probiotics tonight in the water and she's already perked up) and he looks so proud, I have to post his pic. Lol.

 

[Miss Lydia]

What pretty spots and all those little ones. So precious.
How old are they? I love the way to tell your stories about them they are a hoot.

 

[Saigey]

What pretty spots and all those little ones. So precious.
How old are they? I love the way to tell your stories about them they are a hoot.

Val is the oldest, he was born on the 14th of Feb and started this thread, so he's 4 weeks old. Chloe and Kai both hatched on Feb 15-16, Talahassee hatched on the 17th (and is the biggest!), Remy on the 19th, Robin hatched on the 20th, Zac hatched on the 21st, and Willow hatched on the 24th.

So, hatching order:
Val
Chloe
Kai
Talahassee
Remy
Robin
Zac
Willow

From biggest to smallest:
Talahassee (girl?)
Kai (girl?)
Val (no idea)
Remy/Chloe (boy?/girl?)
Robin (girl?)
Zac (no idea)
Willow (girl?)

Not that I have a favorite.... but it's Wilow

 

[Miss Lydia]

You should be hearing some voice changes maybe a honk in between a peep? The older ones.

 

[Saigey]

You should be hearing some voice changes maybe a honk in between a peep? The older ones.

Yes! Kai makes a little honk noise!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sounds like one girl so far!!Hopefully many more.

 

[Saigey]

Sounds like one girl so far!!Hopefully many more.

 

[Saigey]

Update! Girls vs boys!
Willow (girl? Maybe?)
Robin (no idea, but look at that dark bill color!)
Kai (girl!)
Val (95% sure it's a boy)
Chloe (girl?)
Talahassee (girl)
Remy (boy?)
Zac (I could have sworn he was a "he" because of the feather patterns, but now I'm not sure)
Oh! And Castiel has his/her own pic, of course

 

[Miss Lydia]

Precious littles