Such an adorable little duckling! Thank you!Congrats on your new baby!
This year was my first time hatching call ducks too, and having read so much about how hard it is for their short little beaks, I worried and added safety holes as soon as the internal pip showed too.
Here's one of our new baby calls
Hope the rest of your hatch also goes well!
yeah but in the incubator? before they are dry or just when they are up and moving? Also do you put the water in there and let them find it, or do you pick them up then dunk their bill in it?
oh, yeah I did miss those lol, so you think I should just move the duckling in a little bit instead of waiting til its dry in the incubator?I think you missed these.
I would, yes. Let it rest for a bit and then move it to the brooder.
Update on the eggs! White is doing amazing still, but resting a lot, but the whole hatching process was a lot on the white egg so I hope it has enough energy, if I give anyone sugar water its probably gonna be white. Pastel I went to start peeling back the membrane a little, when all the sudden pastel popped his/her head out! I put him/her in the incubator and then VERY quickly pastel flopped out of the egg and is VERY active almost doing laps around the incubator and is VERY active and amazing. Penciled has absorbed all the yolk I believe, I can see inside the egg and theres no yolk there so I opened up the membrane and I expect penciled will hatch soon. Nutmeg is still yawning so I assume is still absorbing the yolk!
So exciting!!! Get that pastel in the brooder if you haven't already. Don't want him bowling his brother's and sisters around.Update on the eggs! White is doing amazing still, but resting a lot, but the whole hatching process was a lot on the white egg so I hope it has enough energy, if I give anyone sugar water its probably gonna be white. Pastel I went to start peeling back the membrane a little, when all the sudden pastel popped his/her head out! I put him/her in the incubator and then VERY quickly pastel flopped out of the egg and is VERY active almost doing laps around the incubator and is VERY active and amazing. Penciled has absorbed all the yolk I believe, I can see inside the egg and theres no yolk there so I opened up the membrane and I expect penciled will hatch soon. Nutmeg is still yawning so I assume is still absorbing the yolk!
Lol, agreed. And guess who else just hatched? none other than penciled!
Will send pictures soon of all of them!
So much happening! So silly that they all decided to hatch at about the same time.Lol, agreed. And guess who else just hatched? none other than penciled!
Yeah, it is pretty silly lol, although I wonder if nutmeg is ready because I dont SEE any yolk, I guess we will see in a little while!So much happening! So silly that they all decided to hatch at about the same time.
Yay!
