Baby ducks!
Our ducks hatched last night! We've been waiting patiently for 28 days (although they actually started hatching on the evening of the 27th day) for the latest additions to the farm. Eight out of twelve hatched, which is pretty good. We will leave the other four in the incubator for a couple more days to see if anything happens. I don't have a lot of good pictures yet, but stay tuned. The cuteness will flow freely very soon!
This is Yoda, who could hear the peeping from inside the incubator and was instantly intrigued. Our big dog won't let the cats mess with any of the babies who get raised in the house, but they don't get in trouble for window shopping.
One of the ducks got halfway pecked out of the shell and stayed there for several hours. I finally had to peel the shell off of it and let it hang out in the incubator until it dried out. We ended up having to soak the poor thing in warm water to get the shell off its fluff. It's doing fine now (we're calling it Shelley). Here's a picture of him/her:
I don't know if it's obvious, but Shelley is sitting on top of a puppy. The puppy didn't wake up during the photo shoot.
I will have more pictures soon. They are moving from their little tub to a stock tank tomorrow. It has more real estate for them to explore and should make for some good fun.
I want to give a shout of thanks to @viking-ventures for all her help and support via Discord during this whole process. She was watching our live feed and giving me advice all day. This is the first time we've used an incubator, and it's more complicated than I would have thought. She has years of experience and has been so willing to share her wisdom. Thank you!
If you want to check out our live stream farm feed, you can find it here: https://www.vimm.tv/@meanroosterfarm
Hi dear congrats on the delivery and what a great hatch ! Nice that Lori could help, good luck in rainy the bunch together with All the rest off the animalfarm hahah blog to you soon
Thank you! Lori was such a help! She has lots more experience than I do.
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They're very cute and fluffy! Thanks for the update and these great photos!
Congratulations on being featured by @viking-ventures in her entry for the Pay It Forward Contest
Thank you! They're terribly cute. I wish we could let them run around loose but I'm afraid the puppies would chew on them!
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Ah, I understand. By the way, do you know about @homesteaderscoop already? It seems to me that group was made for you! 😉
I do! They're fantastic! So many good people.
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I'm so glad I've got to be a part of this!
I hurried up and did my @pifc entry tonight before someone big descends to discover you... (fingers crossed.)
Anyway, as I threatened, I featured you in this week's Pay it Forward Curation Contest - keep up the great work!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you were riding shotgun on this adventure!
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I enjoyed every moment of it!
Oh, we used to have a pomchi that we named Yaddle (the female Yoda-like creature in Episode 1.) Apparently, her original name was Yoda.
I'm trying to picture a pomchi in my head and coming up blank.
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Pomeranian x chihuahua
She looked almost exactly like this one.
How cute!
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How cute!
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que hermoso! adoro a los animales!!! me encanta tu posts!
te invito a que comentes el mio @ideaselfoco
Gracias! Los animales son maravillosos. Me allegra que the gusten.
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Oh stop it!! Baby ducks are just the definition of adorable!!! Love these. Share away! Ignore my pleas to stop it - I just want more, really...!!!
Hahahaha! I will most definitely keep sharing! Baby ducks are in the top five cutest things in the world!
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Upvoted you because of the cat🐱 Yoda probably gets hours of entertainment each day from your ducklings.
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He sure does! We have two cats but they've been sleeping in the bathroom for the last couple of weeks because we have puppies running rampant all over the house. The little ducks were enough to drag him out for a viewing.
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Hello ...
@goat-girlz
Little puppies.....
And now baby chicks.....🐣🐤🐥
a whole lot cute going on there...
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It's hard to get anything done!
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@goat-girlz
I truly bet it is hard to get anything done...😊🐥
Adorable!!! ♥♥
Haha, I have that same incubator. Its pretty great!
We actually borrowed that from a friend. I think we might need to get one of our own though. We were pretty happy with the results. The results are super cute!
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They are terribly cute for sure, but realize they are POOP MACHINES! Seriously, they are worse than chickens...
So much worse! They have a passion for pooping that truly inspires!
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Hahaha~! Yes the DO!
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STOPThis is so cool and glad you had help 😊Pretty neat that the dog was protecting the babies.
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