The wait is finally over. We have baby ducks on the homestead! Yippee! Little Number Five did a great job! Bob calls them duckens. I call them lil’ Dickens 
By our calculations they were due on Sunday but you know how that goes. Three of the ducks hatched on Saturday and one more hatched on Sunday. Good thing I sent hubby to the feed store for baby food.
We got 4 ducklings out of 7 eggs. Not to shabby considering we didn’t use an electric incubator.
Bob just stuck the camera inside the door and tried for a decent photo of them. Turned out pretty good, eh? This was when Number Five was still sitting on the last egg.
Baby Ducks With Mother Hen
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They have been temporarily named Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, and Number 4 until we can figure out if they’re boys or girls.
I tried to include some video we took but YouTube was having issues or I was having issues with YouTube. Either way it didn’t work. I’ll try again soon because they are sooooo cute you’ll definitely want to see it.
Oops, not number four – it is unlucky because in several Asian languages the pronunciation of the number four is very close to the pronunciation of the word death.
We sure hope number four is not unlucky because it is limping a little. It looks like its right leg is not supporting it properly. I saw Number five step on it by accident and thats when I noticed it not walking properly. Hopefully, it will heal up soon. Other than that they seem to be doing fine:-)
Will Number Five certainly came thru for you…..Sounds like she deserves an extra scoop of her favorite treat. Now you will have some “extra” duck eggs in your future.
Thanks for the great picture of the baby’s and Number Five still doing her duty.
Perhaps these Ducken’s would be considered “honey moon babes”?
Remember in the “olden days” when things like this were more important….if the baby was born prior to nine months after the “weddin” the baby WAS EARLY BABY….no matter if it came out weighing 15 pounds with hair and teeth..HA
Hope the heat and humidity is not bothering you.
Sharon
will the chicken now accept these baby ducks as her own?
Wonderful news!!!
they are adorable!!! Great job!!! That xhicken deserves to stay off the plate 
Great pic
Have a great 4th!!!