Duckling Big Day Out & Chooks Big Day In

The ducklings are on the way to destroy their lovely paper home with their messy eating and drinking. So Craig had decided out they go. There a little bit of poultry movement required. We had to move all the younger chooks into the pen and move the ducklings into the coop.

so in went the chooks, ready to brave Feisty, Timid and Sickie(not so timid and sick anymore.....we have renamed them to Nasty Pasty 1 and 2 ). They will have to learn to share the food, water and sleep together in the new home Craig had built.

And in went the ducklings! they seem to love the open air and sunlight. I have them a small bath and yes, messy as usual. Some ducklings were eventually falling into the bath and having a mini splash.

drinking from their bath

oh, did I mentioned we have 12 ducklings???

and only one brave one to start using the bath??

 Overall, They seems happy with their new home :)

Ducklings Hatch Day 2

Day 2 and more ducklings hatched! When we checked this morning, 1 more were hatched during the
night!

you still need to stretch when you are sleeping ;)

The older ducklings are now yellow and fluffy and getting familar with their new home.They started eating, drinking and making a stinky mess as well!

During the day, 4 more hatched during the day!! We have 11 cute ducklings now. Can't resist cuddling and petting them....

one big family

And there's more to come!

Ducklings Hatch Day 1

Today we await the exciting event of watching our duck eggs hatched. We got them about 30days ago and the countdown began. Ducks take a longer time (about 1 week) to hatch compared to chicks. They will stay fluffy longer as well.

This is a great experience as it will be our 1st time being duck "parents"! The ducklings started pipping yesterday and this afternoon we witness the 1st duckling hatched. It was amazing watching the little one struggled its way through, pushing and wriggling. I reckon ducklings takes more effort to hatch than chicks because they have a longer neck and legs, which are folded up when they are in the egg. Ducklings also made a squeaking noise rather than chirping sound. They also squeak lesser compare to chicks.

The familiar incubator

1st duck hatched at 3.30pm. It had a little struggle trying to push itself out of its shell. What a champion! 

watch the 1st duckling hatch !!

Around 4.30pm (we did not witness its birth), the 2nd duckling was hatched...This one makes more squeaking sound than the 1st duck...

3rd duckling was hatched around 7.30pm.

1st and 2nd duckling were moved to their new foam home!

and very soon, it's bed time. It's been a long day......:)