I've meant to post weekly photos of the ducklings to show how fast they grow. I've taken pics, but got behind on posting, so here's a catch up. You may also be pleased to know that the wee duckling who was all twisted up due to a thiamine deficiency fully recovered within a few days and is now indistinguishable from his yellow siblings.
We have two batches of ducklings currently.
The first batch of ducklings hatched on Jan 22nd. For photos of them at 1 week and 2 weeks old, click HERE. Now here they are over the subsequent weeks so far:
 Three weeks old! |  Four weeks old. They're now in with the rest of the adult ducks - you can see two white and one black adult at the front (plus the head of the one just out of shot) - the rest are the "wee" baby ducklings! |
A couple of days ago at 5 weeks old! They're starting to get their feathers - breast and wings first.
As for the second batch of ducklings, here are their photos week by week:
 Day of hatching. |  1 week old |
Taken Thursday - 2 weeks old.
Even though I've watched it happen before, it still blows me away how fast domestic ducklings grow! More photos over the next few weeks.
The hard part will be when it is time to decide which ones to keep! Especially as I won't be able to sex them at that point - it takes time for the curly tail feather on the drakes to show up, and I don't want to keep feeding too many for all that time.
The hard part will be when it is time to decide which ones to keep! Especially as I won't be able to sex them at that point - it takes time for the curly tail feather on the drakes to show up, and I don't want to keep feeding too many for all that time.
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