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DutchChic 
Son is so excited....his runner babies are starting to get feathers sticking out of their down. They are so funny, and he's got the drake so tame that he just comes over and hops into your lap and settles in.
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QuackerJackFarms I just printed off the Order form to Holderreads. yes.. it's true.
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DutchChic Well it looks like 2 of my 8 eggs have quit...day 22. This has been the norm for me...start quitting on day 21 or so until all quit before pipping. I haven't lost any out of this batch until now. I just don't get it.
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DutchChic I told him from day one...tame the drake! We have both been handling him and cuddling him and he's very sweet. We've handled the girls, too, just not that much. They seem to be like cattle...where one goes, they all go. Having the drake tame will hopefully help with herding them, and such. They will eat bugs out of his hand, too.
mine are not terribly tame but they like cattle and follow each other in a big mound so they are pretty easy to hatch
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country_girl011 
blue fawn
blue bibbed
snowy
this little guy cracks me up. when you talk to him he turned his head up to look at you.
he is a real character
cute!
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JulieNKC Wish they sold sexed ducklings, so I could get a few girls to go with my extra boys. 
Did you decide what you are getting?
Lol. So far I've been working on keeping the geese friendly, and the ducks seem to go along with the geese. My older ones are getting friendlier. my snowy drake even lets me pick him up sometimes.
Too cute! All these different colors of ducklings makes it hard for me to decide what colors I want, lol. Think I've decided to keep my snowy pair, my blue/black/silver? magpie trio (hoping their babies come out spottier so I can work on my ancona calls), and that leaves my black magpie, grey and pastel drake. Pastel is tiny, going to make a very handsome guy, and I've always wanted a grey drake. Magpie has very nice markings. Want to keep them all, thinking about a bachelor pen. 
They are boys, so won't be loud, and calls so it's not like they are going to eat a bunch. Why are the boys always the pretty ones? Wish I didn't have neighbors and I'd have my breeders in pens and bunches of pretty roos, drakes, and toms out strutting their stuff. 
Probably will sell them though. The guy that bought my snowy drake really really liked the magpies and told me if I decided to sell any of them to email him, and the other 2 are going to be so pretty once they are bigger they'll be easy to find homes for.
i would love to have many more roosters because they are so pretty, but not so sure about drakes this year anyway. oh and i moved the other demoned drake and his mate to my MIL's house and they are loving them! i am kinda sad no more yummy duck eggs, but i should have some laying later this summer and i may get a drake next year or keep one from this batch, still unsure on the sex of 4 of the 5 of the 5 week olds
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JazminesZoo I will take them ! My bator feels a little empty 
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country_girl011 
i have helpers packaging eggs for jaz
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QuackerJackFarms My kids are driving me freakin' crazy. Stop whining!!! I'm seriously going to rip my hair out.
mine too!!!!!!!!!!!! it must be that kind of day
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Iain Utah UPDATE!! Dewlap eggs #1 & #2 have big beautiful external pips. Egg #3 (my wonky one) is hitting the shell hard. #4 & #5 are moving strong too.
