This morning Mary discovered that George experienced a miracle last night, at least 10 little baby Muscovy ducks were born. George is a wild Muscovy female duck (we named her George before we knew it was Ms. Duck).
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| Looking at freshly born Muscovy baby ducks, less than 12 hours old |
Poor Billy, George has evicted Bill (also female) from the house. It appears, she who hatches first, owns the house. We are watching the drama unfold on a pair of wireless cameras. Billy has been sitting on her eggs almost as long as George.
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| George with her baby ducklings (Goldie on the right with her back to the camera) |
It has been a couple of hours since we first saw them. George let them fool around a little in their family room then she gathered them all back into the nest underneath her.
The above video was looking in the front door when we first discovered them this morning.
They grow up so fast, I'm going to try to get more pictures and videos this time around.
I shot this video off our wireless cameras' screen.
BTW Marilyn one of our favorite Silkie hens is sitting on three of Billy's eggs. She has been on them for almost a week and Billy had been sitting on them. It will be amazing if Marilyn hatches the baby ducks, she is a great foster mom.
More Day 1 Videos
Can't Get Enough of These Baby Ducks
BABY DUCKS AT START OF THIRD DAY OF LIFE
The baby ducks look so yellow against the bright green grass. They are running around like crazy, having a good time exploring the world. Yesterday mom had them out for 1.5 hours in the morning then called them back into their house for the rest of the day. In the evening about half an hour before bed time George (aka Mom) brought them out for one more little period of play before calling them all back into the house.
BABY DUCKS: DAY 4
FIRST SWIM: Watch them line up by the pool, so excited
Our first duck eggs were hatched by a chicken so they had little interest in swimming until they were 13-14 weeks old and already flying, then they found the big pond. This batch of little ducks, raised by a duck (George), are in their miniature pond on their 4th day of life.
BABY DUCKS: DAY 5
This video shows a few of the other little birds roaming around our poultry colony
Feeding the peafowl noodles, not baby ducks but still cute, that is last years baby P-boy eating them right out of the jar (from my hand).
This video shows Marilyn, the Queen of P2, who is sitting on seven baby duck eggs. Later in the day three of the eggs hatched.
Marilyn hatching baby ducks (Midnight and Sunshine showing :-)
More Marilyn and her baby ducks (which were laid and abandoned by Billy)
This is the second time Marilyn has hatched eggs laid by another bird. She has never hatched any of her own eggs. It does not matter who made them, she loves them like they are hers.
Georges Baby Ducks: Day 6
George, taking her 11 baby ducks for a walk-about
MEET PAUL DRAKE
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| This is the guy who made all these baby ducks happen, he's such a handsome boy |
