Recent content by Bantymama

Looking to see if anyone has any fertile Runner duck eggs with in 2 hours of Detroit Lakes. I would rather pick them up than mess with shipped eggs.

Yah on the pips. I take both plugs out when I go into lock down. Go ahead and take the plug out, they should hatch soon. It is amazing to watch them zip and pop out.

Some I saw wabble before and after a Pip. It just depended if I noticed them or not. I don't. Know how new you are to hatching but after they Pip don't be to worried if the don't hatch right away some times it will take hours and hours they need to rest before they zip all the way around. I had...

Sounds like they are getting ready and temp and humidity look good. I have some eggs on day 22 and are just pipping and hatching. I had one pip on day 20 and hatch on day 21. I had 10 hatch on day 21 and today is day 22 and have had 8 hatch and like I said one just pipped. Some seem to take...

Poor lil guy pipped and made a hole and did not zip around. I gave him 28 hours and made no progress so I got him out. He seems to be doing fine and is very noisy. He still has a few pieces of egg shell stuck to him but is getting around. I put the rest of the chicks in the nursery so he can...

I have 24 Araucna eggs on day 20 and I hear peeping. I have not hatched in a few years so im excited to see what I get. I set 24 and 24 made it to lock down. I'll keep you posted.

They are tolerating the weather well. There is still 4 foot drifts in the run.

We could get up to 11 inches here. The wind has let up. The way its looking we will be using the ice shanty instead of a boat for fishing opener.

Just want to say that I have hatched out many BC Marans. All my eggs hatch on day 21 except my Marans they Hatch on day 22 for me. Make sure to give them more time if they do not hatch right away.

Im no expert on the subject and maybe someone with more experience will chime in. Over the years I have not had much luck a few here and there and my calls do not sit. I put them under a broody hen when possible. Last year a mink got my pair but she had laid some eggs so I put them in King Suro...

Hi Jim I do not have any eggs, no one is laying yet. I got 2 dozen Auracana eggs from a gal and she meet me in Perham. She is on craigs list I will pm you her number.

Im going to Perham and check it out. I'm not looking for anything in particular but you never know something might catch my eye. Im only 20 miles from there.

I took this pic a few weeks back and the snow has melted some, there is still a good foot yet As you can see only the roof is showing on the banty house we had shovel to make a small path for them to get in the snow covered run. They are patiently waiting for spring to arrive.