Incubation and Rearing Room update
The Incubation and Rearing Room is a busy place this month!
You must drop by for a look in the Rearing Room windows - see Who's Who in the "Arnie" Tanks on the white board outside. Staff are very busy overseeing the new youngsters in the Rearing Room, in our off-show duckery at the back of the Meadow Maze, and in the off-show area at Coastal Creek. In addition each day,the Keepers feed, clean, and care for 30 types of ducks, geese, swans and waders.
In the Incubators
We put eggs from some of the birds in our collection in our incubators. This is assessed by our Keepers on a case-by-case basis.
Currently in the incubators in late May are:
The Rearing Room
After they hatch we move goslings and ducklings into the tanks in the rearing rooms. These flexible tanks can be set up in a dry mode for grazing goslings who get a pallet of grass to nibble on as they would outdoors. The tanks can also be set up in wet mode for dabbling and diving ducks to include a small pond where they can bob about!
In the Rearing room in late May:
