Duckling and Chick Update

The baby bathtub works great for now.

Waddles and Clyde did fine in with the chicks for the last week and became very bonded to the chicks. I have learned a lot about ducklings this past week...one being that they are very very messy! We looked at all the images on Google (because that's how we learn everything:) ) and realized that all the ducklings and chicks we saw together were very young. You will notice if you look that you don't see many larger ducklings in with the chicks. They grow at a rate at least three times faster then the chicks it seems. These babies got huge! Fast!

We'll use this pool for them out in the run when they are older.

We still have the light on for all of them and the basement is heated. I do have the light aimed more at the chicks since the ducklings don't seem that interested in sitting under it much. We have them in the kiddy pool without anything around it right now. They don't seem to have any interest in coming out. The kids have them running around enough during the day for plenty of exercise, I assure you. I don't think they are able to hop out of it if they wanted to. 

The chicks look so tiny compared to the ducklings!

I have the chicks in a large Rubbermaid container right next to the ducklings. They hate being separate. I went down to check on them and change all the water this morning and found Waddles, Clyde, Bailey, and Patty all cuddled up in the duck pool. The two little chicks seem more bonded to the ducklings then to their fellow chicks. This will be interesting to watch.

These are the eggs from my 8 grown hens for the past 2 days. They are doing great! We have snow again today and it's way too cold for my liking. I've been able to let them out to run the yard for the past two days since we can at least see the grass now. They have thanked me in egg production.

Man, when is this winter going to end??? I need to buy another bottle of Vitamin D and St. John's Wort to make it until gardening season:(  We keep talking about getting so light therapy lights. I will have some for next winter no matter what. These gray skies seem endless...that's what it is..it's not the cold - it's the gray. Anyone from Central New York knows the "gray" season. I just keep hanging on because the Summer up here makes it worth it...almost.

Wishing you blue skies:)