Showing posts with label Metzer Farms. Show all posts
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10 May 2010

Setting Duck

2010 05 07_0041

At 7 o'clock every morning Quackers calls to me for her food and after a thorough bath she waddles back to her nest that she has covered with feathers to keep hidden and warm. She is usually a forager but for now I feed her so she can stay close to her nest.

2010 05 07_0029

Quackers is setting on nine eggs. We ordered them from a farm somewhere in California. Some eggs will hatch Blue Swedish and others will hatch Black Swedish. It is important to have both varieties for breeding a strong blue color.

It takes 28 days to hatch a duckling. At this post, she will have four days, counting today, to hatch her eggs.

2010 05 07_0133

You can see here, Quackers fanning her tail. This means get away from her nest because she is protecting her babies or should I say eggs.