On Ducklings
May. 21st, 2006 01:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nobleplatypusThings are not looking good for Horatio. The egg has stopped shaking, the air sack is still intact (it would be gone if the duckling was thinking seriously about hatching anytime in the next 24 hours). Mom has been running the temperature a bit on the cool side this year, which might be slowing things down a bit, but chances are Horatio has more or less died in the womb. Raa.
On a brighter note, I got some GREAT pics of Unofficially Tink today! She's been wandering as far from the nest as MamaCayuga will let her, which isn't that far. I think MamaCayuga's waiting for the rest of her eggs to hatch, which is sweet, but kind of unfortunate because they're not all that likely to hatch, and Tink needs to not die of dehydration because the water bowls are two feet away from the nest. Mom nabbed Tink and dipped her beak in the water so she knows where it is, at least, and we know she's gotten some fluids in her. Ducklings can survive 24 hours without food or water after they're hatched no problem, but MamaCayuga will probably be sitting on that nest for another two or three days before we call it quits and take the eggs, whether she wants us to or not.
Anyway!
Here is Tink, currently pushing the limits of how far away MamaCayuga will willingly let her go. :P Note her itty bitty yellow bib!
Here is Tink, super close up. Note her itty bitty wings, and her itty bitty legs. Also note that I use 'her' in a purely hypothetical sense. It could be male or female; we've no idea, and we won't know for certain until she starts quacking instead of peeping.
This final picture is, in my opinion, the most adorable out of the three. Note her itty bitty beak.
Also note that when photographed at that angle, the camera flash doesn't cause her eyes to glow eerily. D'aww!
On a brighter note, I got some GREAT pics of Unofficially Tink today! She's been wandering as far from the nest as MamaCayuga will let her, which isn't that far. I think MamaCayuga's waiting for the rest of her eggs to hatch, which is sweet, but kind of unfortunate because they're not all that likely to hatch, and Tink needs to not die of dehydration because the water bowls are two feet away from the nest. Mom nabbed Tink and dipped her beak in the water so she knows where it is, at least, and we know she's gotten some fluids in her. Ducklings can survive 24 hours without food or water after they're hatched no problem, but MamaCayuga will probably be sitting on that nest for another two or three days before we call it quits and take the eggs, whether she wants us to or not.
Anyway!
Here is Tink, currently pushing the limits of how far away MamaCayuga will willingly let her go. :P Note her itty bitty yellow bib!
Here is Tink, super close up. Note her itty bitty wings, and her itty bitty legs. Also note that I use 'her' in a purely hypothetical sense. It could be male or female; we've no idea, and we won't know for certain until she starts quacking instead of peeping.
This final picture is, in my opinion, the most adorable out of the three. Note her itty bitty beak.
Also note that when photographed at that angle, the camera flash doesn't cause her eyes to glow eerily. D'aww!
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Date: 2006-05-21 06:37 am (UTC)And that's really too bad about the other eggs. :(
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Date: 2006-05-21 06:44 am (UTC)But there are more eggs that look okay... just none due this weekend (besides the questionable ones MamaCayuga's incubating).
And Tink is cute enough for TWO ducklings!
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Date: 2006-05-21 07:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-21 07:32 am (UTC)IT'S SO CUTE!
Alas, poor
YorickHoratio! *soliloquizes to egg* That sucks, man. Ducks are so cute. Poor duckling never had a chance!Behold this icon. It is the greatest icon ever.
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