New hatchlings (2021/05/26)

2021/05/26

Good morning. There’s definitely four hatchlings. Again she wasn’t moving and hissed at me when I put more starter crumble in and changed the water for the ducklings. I assume there’s more on the way since she’s still sitting. She had about twenty eggs in that clutch. We’ll be done when she gives up. Four out of twenty would be a lousy percentage but it’s her first time and I have no idea of what the norm is. She’s only a year old. I read that ducks can produce two clutches a year. Not sure if that applies to Saxonys or not.

Wife informs me there were five last night. Somebody was hiding under Mom.