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Good luck little chicks!
The hatch seems to be quite drawn out. We now have three ducklings, the first one as shown on the picture above a classic yellow ball of fluff, the next two black. Salvador, our allotment friend, had two drakes, so maybe the different colours denote different dads. I'm not the world's greatest expert on ducks, I'm afraid. There's still 24 hours to go to the official hatch time, so we have hopes for the remaining 5 eggs.I haven't set up our big brooder, so they're living in a banana box with a net over the top! There's an electric hen to keep them warm, of course.
They will grow up thinking they are chickens
Sorry for showing my ignorance - should have googled before writing. An electric hen is just an elevated heat plate to give the ducklings a warm place to huddle.Silverleaf, that is very interesting. I guess if handled very little by humans, they would imprint on other ducklings and not on anything else? Melbourne, hope today is very successful for the remaining birds. Good luck! It is such a nice thing you are doing to help out your neighbour whose ducks were destroyed by the fox. Keeping fingers and toes crossed for a great outcome.
They are lovely, ducklings are just so adorable