Hey everybody! Massive multi-quote ... think I may have broken my record with this one!
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Originally Posted by
QuackerJackFarms 
I have a baby!! Hubby just came in and said, "There something walking around in the incubator. Is that a duck or a goose?"
I said, "I do?! It's a goose!."
And he says, "did you know about it?"
Of COURSE I knew about it!!
It looks darker than Fiona was, I'm hoping... Lavender?
Did you know about it? 
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Originally Posted by
CelticOaksFarm
Doing good, teen got sick....gave it to the baby...fevers of 103.....he is much better......gave it to me! It settled into my lungs, feel just peachy.
Yes please take a pic, we have a splash who was deep bluish toned when hatched. She is now white with lots of color splash all over coming out.
Feel better and healthy vibes for your household! 
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CelticOaksFarm
QJ, gender can't be told on colored Sebastopols other than vent sexing or DNA sexing. DNA is don't by pulling a full feather and sending to a lab. It runs about $20-25, so isn't a bank breaker.
You don't squeeze to cent sex, you gently pull apart and push inward. Squeezing together wouldn't allow the hemi penis to show most of the time.
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DutchChic
Have you watched the Metzer video on vent sexing? This will be my first year to vent sex, and I'll be running that video in slo-mo while I do my first ones, lol
The Metzer video is so helpful! I was having trouble with how I was holding the ducklings, but they showed two different ways to do it and that helped a ton. I still need to get one of those nifty tabletop magnifiers though, I don't trust my eyes.
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DutchChic Well I'm off to the PO...got the call that my Runner ducklings from Metzer are here. They are for my son. He wanted some really bad, and I didn't want to disappoint him with eggs not hatching. He has a lonely black drake, so this way, I could get the sex he needed. 5 girls, and a boy...all blue. He's gonna be so excited when he gets home from school and finds ducklings in the brooder! I'm sure they will all have names by nightfall, LOL
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Originally Posted by
Iain Utah Here is our newest addition "Flax" at 10 hours old. I will have the other 2 (which we are naming Barley and Hops) hatched out by early afternoon.
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Originally Posted by
Chicken Crazy12 Slowly in the process of hatching out a little runner. It's hatch day was supposed to be today and I could see the air cell had dipped like it should, but I was getting that bad feeling about this little guy especially after the last runner hatch that had all shrink wrapped and died.
So I pipped a little hole in the shell and sure enough shrink Wrap, the memebrane was all white and sucked down onto the little duckling. You could see where his beak was because the membrane was sucked down onto it so I wet it down to see if their were any huge veins in the way and then made a little hole in the membrane for his beak.
I didn't want to go any further so back in the bator he went. You can see him moving his bill, but no sounds yet. I was afraid the other egg (Ancona) would be the same, so I opened it up just a tiny bit and could see that it had made it into the air cell just fine and probably would have external pipped if I had given it time, but the runner egg was def in trouble.
I'm not rushing anything, but I have my fingers crossed that I got to this runner baby just in time.
Hope your little runner is doing well!
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Originally Posted by
DutchChic 
Blue Runner babies! 
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Originally Posted by
QuackerJackFarms
His eyes are swollen. I say "his" because it looks like a boy. lol. Maybe it's the mohawk.
Anyway, he can't open his eyes very well.
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Originally Posted by
CelticOaksFarm
Here is a picture for comparison for you. Both are from eggs from Lisa. The front is a white, the back gosling is a saddleback
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Originally Posted by
Kevin565 Hi everyone 
Evening, Kevin!
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Originally Posted by
DutchChic Ok...so I bought another bator 
But I have good reason....need a still air for hatching. Bought a Genesis for main incubator, and will unplug fan on the Hovabator I am already using and use it as a hatcher. I like to use my Lyon as a "hair dryer", lol.
You will be thrilled with the Genesis.
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Originally Posted by
Kevin565 Stepped on and yes that's exactly it! I know it was an accident but it really really hurt at the time. They just don't know they're size
Ouch! My lab/chow has taken my legs out from under me many times. Cracked me right in the knee with his hard head and had me rolling around in the lawn crying.
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Iain Utah Baby #2 is out!!! He is HUGE!!! Was so stuck in sticky gunk I had to give him a warm bath just so he could get his legs unstuck from body.... but he looks like he will be just fine! 1 baby to go!!!
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Iain Utah Baby #3 is out!!!!!! I did it!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 for 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A 100% hatch? Unheard of! Congrats!
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Originally Posted by
country_girl011 
in both pics im standing at the back of the pen.
both sides have a 50ft roll of chain link.
and there is a gate on the far side of the white shed.
the pen where the ducks are is going to stay up. incase i need to pen them in for any reason but the gate will be open for everyone to enjoy the grass when the geese move in
Awesome! Great job! Wanna come over and help us build another duck run? 
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cecosugi Speaking of danes...did anyone see a tv story about "Giant George" last week? He's the Guiness record tallest dog. B-E-A-utiful! When they interviewed the owners they said he was the runt. Holy cow. Weighs like 240# or something outrageous. I believe they wrote a book.
My daughter's Shepard mix has an uncanny ability to step on my feet. That really hurts.
QJ--updated puppy pics? Have you named her? Since she's showing interest in your furniture, you could name her Sofa.
We've got a fox (or maybe a pair) hanging around, eating field mice. Yay, something new to worry about. It's beautiful, though.
Beautiful fox, but I'd be nervous having it in my yard. We have coyotes up here and they're not nearly as attractive.
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cecosugi
Been there! That's how we got one named "Little Pee".
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QuackerJackFarms Crappy picture phone pic:
Her favorite spot is underneath me. She is getting attached to me big time.
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Originally Posted by
ChristineR LOL I asked. I wish it was still on 97.3 in the evenings!!! 
Me too. It was my driving home from work soundtrack until they got canceled. 
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JazminesZoo Like I tell all my puppy people ..... What works for you may not work for someone else. Raising a puppy is like rasing a child.... Everyone has an opinion on how you should do it, but do what makes you and your companion happy & healthy. I feed Red Flannel & my Dogs love it, are happy, healthy, you buy 6 bags & get one free. It costs $22.49 45# a bag & they have a puppy formula I also use for my puppies before they go into their homes.
They don't look to shabby
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Originally Posted by
JazminesZoo My 2 Roos have finally realized they can crow..... UM when will they stop? Do they know its not morning anymore?
Never.
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LaGeniaLoca Just wanted to update everyone on my 2nd attempt to hatch duck eggs. All 4 of the anconas were fully developed, but died before pipping. They were still alive at day 30, so I pipped them a little bit and wrapped them in warm, moist paper towels. Every couple hours, the paper towels were re-moistened, but they all died over the next 2 days. When they were opened, they still hadn't completely absorbed the yolk. Do ancona eggs take longer than normal to hatch? Of the 4 runner eggs, 2 were early quitters, 1 quit around day 10, and 1 hatched with a little help. It hatched 2 days early, but is doing great! We also acquired a trio of cotton patch geese this past weekend! So fun!
runner baby at 4 days old....blurry, but still cute!
cotton patch babies....the third little fuzzy butt is down in the corner....camera shy :)
all 3 goslings snuggling with my daughter
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ChristineR Here's one of my favorites of the Anconas. 3.5 weeks old. My daughter name him "Peck." I'm so glad she didn't add an -"er" at the end of that, because I don't think I would have been able to call him that with a straight face.
My son suggested "Peck-er" as a name... his duck is going to remain named Tiny, even though she's a big, beautiful pekin!
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Originally Posted by
JulieNKC Think I found a home for my ducklings. 
They will be going to live in kansas. That will put me back down to 7 ducks, until this weekend when CG's hopefully hatch. Then I'm overduck populated again, lol.
I can't seem to get enough to fill my orders. I'm sure it'll change at some point!
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hennypenny99 My guinea is out and it's Pied! Awwww! I swear I saw the Scovies rocking..... but on day 32? It was probably the guinea bumping them... this baby came from the first random egg I found this spring.
I'm now actually working on conditioning her to be afraid of them. She hates loud noises, so I carry a loaded pop gun.... When she so much as sniffs in their direction "BANG" YIP Yip yip yip yip yip......
