The Ducks

Page 3 (the Ducklings)

View from above - Two wet ducklings laying down on a paper towel next to a red bowl that has water and marbles in it

View from above - Two wet ducklings laying on their sides on a white paper towel that has ha heart with 'home sweet home' written on it

The ducklings are exhausted. Hatching is hard work!

View from above - One duckling is standing overtop of a sitting duckling on a white paper towel

Over a dozon eggs in an incubator. one egg is beginnign to hatch

Duckling Number 3 Begins to Hatch!

A newly hatched wet duckling is on a paper towel inside of an incubator next to a lot of unhatched eggs. The egg right next to it is beginning to hatch

Duckling number 3 has hatched and number 4 is on its way.

Two ducklings are begining to dry off while laying down on a paper towel next to a red water bowl with clear marbles in it

Duckling one and two are drying under the heat lamp.

View from the top - Three ducklings are on a paper towel in a box with a water and food feeder. The third duckling is wet.

Duckling number 3 joins the group. Usually you would leave the ducklings in the incubator until fully dry. However in our case the incubator was equipped with an automatic egg turner and the ducklings were getting themselves into trouble by crawling up on top of the other eggs getting stuck between the moving egg turner and moving too close to the hot heating element and motor.

Two Ducklings are laying next to each other and one is looking around on a paper towel

Three ducklings are on top of each other. One duckling is getting a drink from a red water dispenser

A Ducklings First Drink

Marbles are placed in the poultry water feeder so the newly hatched ducklings do not drown.