quickwitter: Hatched on the same day Duckling and bantam Mille Fleur D'Uccle chick Late afternoon su
quickwitter: Hatched on the same day Duckling and bantam Mille Fleur D'Uccle chick Late afternoon sunhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CBejQcvHYsO/?igshid=10qybofknw6du It is amazing how fast birds grow. A chicken from birth to laying is 4-5 months. A duckling grows quickly, has feathers within a month and can fly in 5-8 weeks. Lays eggs within 5 months. ducklings get their water repellant quality from their parents, brushing against their feathers for the first 4 or 5 weeks until they produce their own preening oil. Before that, ducklings raised without parents, can tire and drown, or develop hypothermia, in the water. -- source link