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Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Took Barley (buff dewlap baby) and his apple buddy outside today for their first time and got a couple of cool pics that I wanted to share.

 

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Took Barley (buff dewlap baby) and his apple buddy outside today for their first time and got a couple of cool pics that I wanted to share.

 

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Dutch, I'm sorry! That is a major bummer!
Quackers, good luck with hatching your own babies!!!

Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms 

Can I just vent for a sec?  you know that "friend" that I watch her baby for her sometimes?  Well, yesterday she drops her off in the morning and then I find out later she took the day off work.  

 

Can someone explain why I'm watching her kid when she took the day off?  Anyone?  And can someone explain why my husband has to come home from work early to watch said baby, so I can take my daughter to her first softball game? That my husband missed because he was watching her kid?  Really?  

 

I'm done with friends.  Friends are only friends until they take advantage of you.  I'm tired of the whole "oh she stays at home, she can watch my kid."  

 

Hey people on here .... Don't ask me to watch your kids!!  I don't want to !!!  I want to watch mine and sometimes I don't even want that! 

Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms 

Oh and Psue or Jerry- that Brooke chick is attacking me again on the swap page.  So... send back up. 

Originally Posted by country_girl011 

woke up today and it sounds like theres a party in the bator =)

only 1 baby still attached to his egg.  everyone is scootchin or tryin to .

a couple are scootchin pretty good.

 

i went out on the porch to check everyone and got a dirty look from the silkies bcuz i woke them up. and the baby duck just looked at me funn.

 

and the munchkins watched for treats lol.

 

 

aby and amelia walked the fenceline with me honking, telling me how their night was... and then took of flapping their wings.

 

Originally Posted by DUCKGIRL89 

Picked up my holderread ducklings today!
I got 6 TSQ welsh harlequins, .
3 silkie ducklings (2 grey, and I think 1 dusky)
1 blue runner.
A I got a bonus! A white appleyard duckling. Its so adorable! And huge! Looks like a pekin kinda!

Originally Posted by Wulfandwyn 

My one month old duckling was abandoned by its mom last night (she has started going broody again I think).  So the duckling was with the other duck hen and her several day old babies trying to pretend it was as small as them.  It was so cute running around with its head low to the ground trying to look small with the little babies.  The hen was not tricked.  

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Bakin, my goslings will be 9 weeks old on Friday.  We started with keeping them in enclosed pen in garage for a few weeks and the adults bonded through fence and guarded their pen.  Then we moved them over to the coop on our horse property, still separating them from adults with a fence.  A few days ago, I let the adults into the fenced area, and the adult ganders got into a huge fight.... but the babies had the good sense to stay out of the way.  So yesterday, I took the babies out of their fenced area and walked them over to a nice patch of grass where adults like to hang out in the afternoons (I'm momma goose and the babies stay close to me), while hubby watched my back with his "goose be good stick".   When we knew that it was safe, we left them.  When we returned at nightfall, the adults had the babies at bottom of pasture by the pond (where the adults sleep at night), but as soon as I called from them... all the babies with the adults in tow, ran their little butts all the way back to me, and went straight into their coop without a 2nd thought for leaving the adults.  We hope to follow this routine for another few weeks, until babies are fully feathered and weather is warmer, then they can stay outside 24/7 with the adults.

Originally Posted by country_girl011 

update timee

6 babies bouncing around in the bator

ready to come out.

i just have to wait till my aunt bring me her heatlamp.

3 babies still just laying down resting i put them in cups so they didnt keep getting stepped on

Originally Posted by yadaguhtoo 

Hello, I just thought I would give you all an update. It was a long day yesterday helping these two babies get out of their shells, but the 3 of us(with help from all of you)  did it!
One of them has clubbed feet so I made him/her a pair of shoes out of a TV dinner box and he/she is walking much better now.
Thank you for the encouragement and advice, I love BYC!
 

Originally Posted by country_girl011 

BATOR BABIES

 

the one on the right is the one with nooo color

 

black magpie duckling

 

im not even gona guess on him until he dries all the way

Originally Posted by DutchChic 

My son took his Runner babies out yesterday for their first field trip.  They had a ball chasing and eating bugs.  The last pic is my Sebbie pair circling the group.  My son kept saying, "Mom, don't let them steal them, they're mine!"

Originally Posted by country_girl011 

the last pic finally sent.

im thinkin he is going to be black bibbed.

but with the way his head looks hes going to have white on it.

Originally Posted by Kevin565 

Afternoon everyone 

Originally Posted by Kevin565 

The ducks are still eating away. The geese besides Bruce are mean as usual. And the guinea bit me again . The dogs are sleeping on my feet at the moment . Kevin is doing well. She's been doing some research on ebay 

Originally Posted by JulieNKC 

Moved the poults and Chuckie to an outside brooder and the ducklings and quail to the bigger brooder. Put 2 of the incubator babies into the smaller brooder until they are moving around a little more confidently. Last baby has kicked out of the shell, just needs to detatch.

Originally Posted by JazminesZoo 

WOW thats alot of Cuteness of baby Duckies Jules, Yada, & Dutch !!! (I love the black bills !!)

 

Just sold 6 more Anconas, & 3 Royal Palm Turks today

 

YEAH 3 sebbies have all internally pipped & going very strong!  These are the 3 that I set from Lisa, and I   think they all will hatch! These are so strong & rocking and rolling like madmen!

 

I also have 15 Silver Apples ~ ALL but 2 have internally pipped already.  (out of 17 Shipped)  & I set 6 Bourbon Red turks & pulled all but 3, But 1 turk has already externally pipped.  & the other two are trying to ! 

 

Have 4 mystery duck eggs that are in LD today also.  Will need help identifying those! 

 

Putting 10 out of 14 Cayuga eggs in LD that I got from Kim (the same lady I got my Sebbie eggs from & the one Cayuga auction I posted on here that I was GOING to win !)

I CAN'T WAIT !!! I have been wanting Cayugas for soooo long & finally found the 2 sellers that had the quality birds I wanted!

 

Already presold 10 Cayugas though    (I have 2 more dozen going to LD on the 30th from Boggy Bottom)

 

I also need to candle my whole Master Bator......   

54 of Turkeys

90 Chukars

14 Silver Apples

3 Sebbies from Kim

12 Silver Pheasant

1 dozen mystery duck eggs (got at auction for $2)

So thats all I have for now. 

 

SO I have trouble keeping up with your all hatches !!!

 

*******~~~~~~ WHATS COOKIN IN YOUR BATORS RIGHT NOW?~~~~~~~~~~*********

Originally Posted by JulieNKC 

After I posted I sent another email, and was answered back right away.  They said they did appear to be embdens (thank you thank you, at least now I know what my monsters are) and that they would either reship or credit me.  Now I don't know what to do. I like my monsters, but I wanted small geese because of my kids. I'm rather attatched to them, and would feel like I'm betraying them if I sold them, but I only want my pair of geese. If these guys get much bigger I'll have to sell them and then have no geese. 

Originally Posted by JulieNKC 

Got my stock tank buried so the ducks have a nice deep pool now. Geese are too big to swim in it really, need to get them a kiddie pool once somewhere finally gets them in. Turkeys are liking being outside and having more room, although they'll like it more once they are on the ground I think.

One of my pastel ducklings died.  Have no idea why, she'd fluffed up and was walking around great so I put her in the brooder. Everyone seemed happy a few hours later, then just now I walked in and she was flipped over dead. Poor little thing.

Originally Posted by stillmecle 

Hello.

Originally Posted by JulieNKC 

I suck at vent sexing. I got one pee pee to pop out of the 4 in the brooder. One of the pastels, which if I am right means they are a pair.  Not getting my hopes up quite yet, I'll try again friday and see what pops out. Grey is staying whether it's a boy or girl, if it's a he I'll find him a girl later. So is blue magpie, if it's a boy I'll keep him and sell my black magpie boy, if it's a girl I'll have a trio. Still not 100% sure about brooder baby but thinking snowy, so hope she's a girl, already have my snowy drake. 

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Took Barley (buff dewlap baby) and his apple buddy outside today for their first time and got a couple of cool pics that I wanted to share.

 

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Thanks, guys!!  They are my special babies, along with Molasses, the best cayuga ever.

Originally Posted by Marty1876 

  Thought I'd missed you, girl!  I saw you were on earlier talking to Cochin, but then you were gone....