Runner Ducks
Posted on May 27th, 2006 By ljrobinson at 12:30 pm (All, Ducks)
**UPDATE** Three is all we get from this hatch but I won another ebay auction and have another set of eggs on the way. I’ve learned more, like turning twice a day is bare minimum and I should always be turning an odd number of times each day - even up to seven times. This time I’m hoping for a much higher hatch rate.
As of this minute, we have three buff colored runner ducklings in our homemade brooder. There are five more in the incubator and I’m hopeful that we’ll get at least a couple more hatches. This week has been a real workout for my patience. The “official” hatch day was Wednesday and there it was late Friday afternoon before we got any action. Apparently duck egg shells are quite hard so it is a little harder for the ducklings to get out than it is for chicks.
“Two-ee” in his first moments outside of his (her?) eggshell:
All dried off:
With siblings:
Dena said,
May 27, 2006 at 9:20 pm
Cute babies.
Nanny said,
May 30, 2006 at 5:14 pm
I love the ducks … hope you get a couple more
megan laMonto said,
April 20, 2007 at 8:54 am
aww….. its so cute were hatching duck eggs in our 4th grade class today do you know were i could get the develipment of a duck egg?
laura said,
April 20, 2007 at 9:29 am
Here’s a link to a little video if you have a way to display it in your class as well as some other links that might be helpful to you.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/tdc02/sci/life/stru/duckdev/index.html
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:-6SBQuPti9cJ:www.backyardchickens.com/media/b-5084.pdf+development+of+duck+educational+worksheet+hatching&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
http://www.minkhollow.ca/HatchingProgram/Candling/index.html
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/farm/