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!

Chicks are 5 weeks old!!!

Our 7 chicks are growing fast and quick. They are consuming their food quickly and has taken a LOVE to bread.

We also had a few busybody chicks, always wanting to know what's out there!

Craig had put in a new perch for them and the chickies are showing their gratitude quick!

You can see Stripy standing up and Little sitting down. Little couldn't sit on the perch because of its feet.

Presenting some of the noisy buggers!

 One white with black feathers with no comb

This might be a part bantam. it has feathers on its feet. It has the best hairstyle among the 7 of them and I called it Elvis.

Stripy is now bigger as well and its watermelon body is over taken by its feathers. You can still see the stripe on its eye.

Little was the one born 2 days little, at week 3 we discover it's feet is deformed. Little can't sit on a perch so it's always sleeping alone, laying down. 

Today, we bought saw dust for the chicks because they keep eating their own poo and it stinks! They loved the saw dust once we put it in. It's soft on their feet and 2 white chicks start dusting themselves madly!

dusting themselves

Chick Hatch Day- Day 2 18May

Surprise Surprise! One more egg hatched today! Poor little fellow was alone in the incubator with no friends.

Chick Number 7

colour: brownish

Time of Birth: 3.10pm

Chicks hatch day- The day after

And the fluffiness begins!

At one day old, they are cute, still wobbling around and sleeps alot! They also get distracted at the slightest sound... The most interesting sight is seeing them nod themselves to sleep and wake up suddenly when they hear a sound. 2seconds later, they are nodding themselves to sleep again!

all huddling together....

having a nibble

and off to snooze again.....

2 pale yellow chicks...probably 1st and 2nd Chick

one (only) stripey one having a snooze...

Hatch Day 16May 2010....more hatching to come

Number One asking the rest to Line up! Attention!

Name: 2nd Chick
Time of birth: 1:39pm
Color: Yellowish

Name: 3rd Chick
Time of birth: 2.44pm
Color: Black-brown

2nd & 3rd Chick

Name: 4th Chick

Time of birth: 

Color: black-brown

3rd & 4th Chick

Name: 5th Chick

Time of birth: 7.45pm

Color: black-brown

Name: 6th Chick

Time of birth: 8.39pm

Color: yellow-brown

nearly there!

Free at last!

struggling with itself...

5th&6th Chick