DUCKLING PICSPAM!

[nobleplatypus]

After working their way around the shell, they start to shove their way out.





Push, little duck! That thing on the right is a beak.



Ta-daaa!



The first two ducklings out of their shells take a breather. The darker one is Buzz, the aforementioned duckling that sulked in a corner with its shell over its head. The one behind Buzz is Nibbler, because it nibbles. A lot.



The one with the crazy awesome marbling on his head has no name... yet. Mostly, all we can do is exclaim over how COOL he looks. His feet are crazy and mottled, too, as you shall see.



We also don't have a name for that zonked-out gray one. But here's a shot of that duckling eyeing the camera:







They spend a good deal of time arranging and rearranging themselves into fuzzy little duckpiles.



Another shot of the pretty one, just because.



So... sleepy...



*thudzzzzzzzzzzzzz*

And now, two shots of duckling feet!







There were six ducklings cuddled up in the bin when I left, and there are a few more still chilling in their eggs. I'll be back down to the farmstead next weekend to take more pics! And, you know, rub my nose in their downy downy fluff.

Comments

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

*explodes from extreme cuteness overload* Those sleepy looks are so adorable they made my eyes water!

[nobleplatypus]

The head-nodding is wonderful, too. They can't tuck their heads behind their wings, so if they can't rest their heads on one another's backs, they just kind of sprawl. XD

[spotweld.livejournal.com]

Very adorable.

Heh, you could call the marbled one Rorschach.

[nobleplatypus]

Ha! That would be fitting... pity my mom is allergic to pop culture. We've only just gotten her to begrudgingly allow things to be named after Harry Potter characters.

[spotweld.livejournal.com]

You could always tell her he's just named after the inkblot test?

[featherfish.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! I say go for it.

[slartibartfast.livejournal.com]

AWwwwwwwww oh my god they are so adorable!

[nobleplatypus]

What the camera doesn't show is that they spend the first hours of life either sleeping, or pecking each other in the face.

[flockofplatypi.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh my gosh, this is the cutest thing I've seen in AGES. I want a duckling. :(

[nobleplatypus]

You want at least two. One duckling would get desperately lonely and screech for attention unless you were either holding it or talking to it at all times. ;)

[lonecow.livejournal.com]

Fuzzy little duck piles! CUTE! :D

[nobleplatypus]

It's hilarious watching them trying to sort themselves out. All of them will be sleeping but one, and then that one will stand up and walk all over its compatriots to reach a more likely spot, waking them all up in the process.

[tyroantiheroine.livejournal.com]

.....BABEHS.

It's hard to get much cuter than baby waterfowl.

[nobleplatypus]

It really is! Even when they're being obnoxious, it's adorable.

[madame-fifi.livejournal.com]

Nuh

Nuuuh

*Brain and heart explode from Too Much Cute*

[nobleplatypus]

Uh oh. *pokes you* COME BACK TO US, FIA!

[madame-fifi.livejournal.com]

Great, now I'm a Zombie

[nobleplatypus]

That's a step up from being dead, though, right?

[madame-fifi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true.
Although, it's going to be tough finding a vegetarian subsitiue for human brains.
Mmmm, veggie braaaaiiiinssss

[nobleplatypus]

Cauliflower, OBVIOUSLY.

[madame-fifi.livejournal.com]

See, TAHT'S what I was thinking too - but then I thought I was being unoriginal because that was used in a webcomic XD

[nobleplatypus]

It was also used in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but I don't mind using it again because it's hilarious. ;)

[funnel101.livejournal.com]

So cute!!

[nobleplatypus]

What's especially interesting is that now, I've got the pitch of a duckling peep burned into my brain. Anytime I hear anything similarly-pitched, my brain goes, "DUCKLING IN DISTRESS," and I'll be starting out of my chair before I catch myself. :P

[damn-tatterhood.livejournal.com]

Ducklings seem to have three settings, as far as I can tell:

"OH MAN THIS IS SO AWESOME YOU GUYS!!1! :D"

"That's right, meatsack, you just keep on exclaiming over how adorable my little feet are. Thaaaaat's right. Heh, heh, heh..."

Passed right the fuck out.

[nobleplatypus]

You aren't far wrong. So far, the behavior I've observed fits into three categories:

1. Ducklings peck at each other.
2. Ducklings pass out.
3. Duckling pecks at a duckling who is passed out.

Often, you'll see them go through all three stages in the space of about five seconds. They're all so exhausted from hatching that they zonk out pretty much anytime they aren't being actively kept awake by the antics of their fellows.

[damn-tatterhood.livejournal.com]

So, in other words:

1. HAVE AT YOU SIR!
2. ....zzzzzngh...
3. ....zzzzzngh...-whuh? Wha? HAVE AT YOU SIR!

[nobleplatypus]

Exactly!

[damn-tatterhood.livejournal.com]

Now I'm on the trolley!

[nobleplatypus]

First stop: THE LAND OF DUCKLINGS!

[safenthecity.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, oh my god! Too much cute to handle!

[nobleplatypus]

According to the little brother, there are now TEN little suckers. Next weekend, I'm going to get mobbed in the best way ever!

[stringertheory.livejournal.com]

DUCKLINGS!!1!

[nobleplatypus]

I KNOW, RIGHT?!?1?

[a-silver-rose.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

[nobleplatypus]

I miss them already. At least by next weekend, they will be big enough to take outside for excursions!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Yay! I was hoping for duck-related picspam!

I like the Rorschach idea, myself.

[nobleplatypus]

There will be more after next weekend, too. ^_^

Man, am I the only member of my flist who hasn't seen/hasn't read/is generally indifferent towards Watchmen?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

... actually, no, I am also generally indifferent. And I haven't seen or read Watchmen. I do hang out around nerds, however, and I like the name because of the double meaning. Sometimes I can be a sucker that way.

(The icon is from a Shortpacked! strip earlier this year, and was my first intro to Rorschach the character. I use it for my Depression Sucks and Fukitol-themed posts because while Rorschach is only a mildly interesting character to me, the image of a meat-cleaver-wielding faceless psycho shouting HOORAY! with happy rainbows and butterflies pretty much sums up my attitude toward mental illness and antidepressants.)

[mandaffodil]

D'AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. :3

they're so CUTE! my mom's always wanted to get baby ducks.

[nobleplatypus]

They certainly are! And the final duckling count is ELEVEN (one was a bit sickly, but has apparently recovered, so yay for that)! I am so going to get mobbed when I go to the farmstead this weekend.

[dopplar-fex.livejournal.com]

AWWWW! YAY! Insta-happiness!

[nobleplatypus]

I know, right?? :D