Duckling Watch 2010 - we has babies!
Aug. 7th, 2010 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnRincewind, our Khaki Campbell/Silver Swede female has successfully hatched a few of her eggs. Roughly estimating 1/2 have hatched, so 3 of 6. I can't really disturb her to the point of getting a good view, so no pictures, sorry!
I have two brooders ready to go, one with room for mom, one without. All I need do is flip the heat lamps on. I have three more brooders I can set up for the mothers and ducklings, though one of them is purely in case of an emergency. We'll be putting out food for the little ones tomorrow, the egg will provide three days worth of food for them so we have some time. Water, however, is the most immediate need. Given the rain, this may be somewhat troublesome and inconvenient for all involved.
Our other nesting ladies:
Babs, our Black Swede, has yet to hatch any of her eggs. She's been a very dedicated mother, so I have high expectations of her ability to mother. (Babs is the duckling on the left in my icon)
The 3 Khaki Campbell ladies (Madame, Lucy and Penny) who are sharing a large clutch together are roughly a week or two behind Babs. No peeps yet. Should these three begin hatching, we'll put them in the new section of the shed so there's room for them all.
Bianca, our very protective Khaki Campbell, who laid her nest next to the back fence is doing great. I think I may have heard a few peeps, but she's making little peeping sounds to herself, so the jury is still out. We may have missed her nest in the rounds, we found it just after we found the trio of KCs.
Luca, our Runner, is still sitting on her nest which we believe was started several weeks later than the others.
I have two brooders ready to go, one with room for mom, one without. All I need do is flip the heat lamps on. I have three more brooders I can set up for the mothers and ducklings, though one of them is purely in case of an emergency. We'll be putting out food for the little ones tomorrow, the egg will provide three days worth of food for them so we have some time. Water, however, is the most immediate need. Given the rain, this may be somewhat troublesome and inconvenient for all involved.
Our other nesting ladies:
Babs, our Black Swede, has yet to hatch any of her eggs. She's been a very dedicated mother, so I have high expectations of her ability to mother. (Babs is the duckling on the left in my icon)
The 3 Khaki Campbell ladies (Madame, Lucy and Penny) who are sharing a large clutch together are roughly a week or two behind Babs. No peeps yet. Should these three begin hatching, we'll put them in the new section of the shed so there's room for them all.
Bianca, our very protective Khaki Campbell, who laid her nest next to the back fence is doing great. I think I may have heard a few peeps, but she's making little peeping sounds to herself, so the jury is still out. We may have missed her nest in the rounds, we found it just after we found the trio of KCs.
Luca, our Runner, is still sitting on her nest which we believe was started several weeks later than the others.
