well.. as for hatching eggs, all i can say it has been a few years since i did it, and you could call this first batch a moderate success. LOL. out of roughly 40 eggs, 8 hatched, but only 3 lived for more than 24 hrs. some died right after hatching, some died while they were trying to get out of their shells, and most died before they broke the shell. Not sure if it was the irregular temperature problem i was having or what.. but i’ll fix that with buying a temp regulator that will maintain the temp that its sposed to be without my having to adjust it.. as well as buying a forced air fan attachment.. that should help hatching also. Also gonna buy a real candler, so the lightbulb i was using doesn’t ‘fry’ the babies in the shell. 
anyway, the 3 babies that lived after 3 days.. died on the 5th day. I had let my nephew hold them the day before, not knowing he had a bad cold, and i guess they caught it and they all died quickly after that. 
they were doing so well too. oh well, i’ll know better next time not to let anyone near them till they are at least a week old.
here’s a pic of Yeller II, Rosie II, and Charlotte the duck. I bought them from the feed store where i get my feed at now.. they hatch babies all year long. i bought these 3 the first week of march, charlotte a week later, and they are doing great, as you can see. Turned them ‘out’ today for the first time and they all had a blast. i think charlotte thinks she’s a chicken, or the chickens think they are ducks, cuz they stick together and don’t wander far from each other.. laffin. they were a joy to watch all day, discovering dirt and taking baths, chasing flies, eating grass (they mowed the lawn bigtime today! lol). They’ll be ready to put in the big pen soon with the big girls, soon as RosieII starts ‘roosting’.. Yeller roosts, but Rosie still sleeps on the bottom of the pen with Charlotte. Is hilarious, Charlotte tries to get on the roost with Yeller, and can’t figure out why she can’t.. laffin.
have a great week! Huggggggggglez.
