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Interesting start to the day... cat caught and killed a baby mole and left it out as a trophy... 4 juvie Calls decided to play keep away with it for a couple hrs... blue bibbed ate it... carnivorous little ducks...

And 8 of my 12 internal pips have externally pipped on their own!

RavynFallen said:

Interesting start to the day... cat caught and killed a baby mole and left it out as a trophy... 4 juvie Calls decided to play keep away with it for a couple hrs... blue bibbed ate it... carnivorous little ducks...

And 8 of my 12 internal pips have externally pipped on their own!

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on the mole eating,

on the pips! Come on little Calls!

Nice one Rav, on the pipping. Pole (swahili for "sorry") for the mole

RavynFallen said:

Interesting start to the day... cat caught and killed a baby mole and left it out as a trophy... 4 juvie Calls decided to play keep away with it for a couple hrs... blue bibbed ate it... carnivorous little ducks...

And 8 of my 12 internal pips have externally pipped on their own!

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Awesome!

Thanks, guys... and yeah, poor mole... thankfully it didn't feel a thing by the time the ducks found it...

RavynFallen said:

Thanks, guys... and yeah, poor mole... thankfully it didn't feel a thing by the time the ducks found it...

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Thought you were down-sizing ? Then again, you sold some last weekend, so it's "kinda" the same deal

CTKen said:

Thought you were down-sizing ? Then again, you sold some last weekend, so it's "kinda" the same deal

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We downsized more on the chickens, and amount of breeds... the ducks are much easier to care for, actually... and if they're gonna hunt their own food now... well...

Plus this is a new drake over our main flock... have hatched a few of his offsprihg and gotten some unexpected results, so we want to see what he throws for sure...

RavynFallen said:

We downsized more on the chickens, and amount of breeds... the ducks are much easier to care for, actually... and if they're gonna hunt their own food now... well...

Plus this is a new drake over our main flock... have hatched a few of his offsprihg and gotten some unexpected results, so we want to see what he throws for sure...

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Ah, so it's just for research purposes - sure, I get that

RavynFallen said:

We downsized more on the chickens, and amount of breeds... the ducks are much easier to care for, actually... and if they're gonna hunt their own food now... well...

Plus this is a new drake over our main flock... have hatched a few of his offsprihg and gotten some unexpected results, so we want to see what he throws for sure...

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Good lookin pips! I see a few double-taps too.

If these are strong enough to hatch on their own, I would think that would be a huge plus!

CTKen said:

Ah, so it's just for research purposes - sure, I get that

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All in the name of research

With Calls, hatchability isn't just about strength. Good type on a Call includes features (like a short bill) that can make it tricky for the little guys to get out of the shells.

Sending lots of good hatching vibes!
(One of my secret fantasy fowl are Silver Appleyard Calls - shhh, don't tell)