Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today - Page 3073

Originally Posted by Kevin565 

That's great news! I really hope he makes a full recovery and aww thanks! How bad are they with flying? Like a guinea? I'd like to free range them so I may just clip their wings. Is it much different that clipping a duck's wings? 

Originally Posted by Marty1876 

 Most domestic turkey (except wild and some wild x bronze crosses) can't get their fat butts off the ground far.

Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms 

Thanks Kevin.  Yes, they're both fixed.  I've spent the last 2 hours talking to Jerry about all the details.  Poor guy must be sick of hearing about my dogs!  

I don't know what the problem is with her.  

We have 2 ppl interested in taking her now.  Both would be great homes.  Hopefully one will pan out. 

Originally Posted by stillmecle 

Hello. I got my stupid phone to charge. Not sure for how long though. Updates. I have 3 male Anconas, 2 females. 1 BEI male and 4 girls. Lucy goose is fantastic. She talks to me all the time. I have my 3 silky chickens still, which i will keep. Then there are 2 white cochins, not sure of sex, too many people guessed different things. 1 barred Cochin hen, 2 EE, i am thinking hen and rooster, not sure though. Then there are (6)5week old Polish chicks, (4) week old white mallards, (4) runners and 2 blue Sweden/Peking baby ducks. I only plan on keeping.a Drake and 2 ducks of the anconas and BEI. Not sure on the chickens yet. Runners and Sweden/Peking will be sold as will as Polish chicks.
I just hatched out 6 guineas and 13 runners for the Guy that usually buys all my ducks. Only lost 1 Guinea and 3 ducks. Not too bad if i say so. I still have 2 Africans to hatch for him and they are bouncing around in there shells wanting out.
i had one bad weird thing happen, and i feel terrible about it. I checked and rechecked the dates on the one sebbie egg i had left. The hatch date was may 3 to 5. Well i have not seen any movement in a couple weeks so i assumed dead. So last night i put it in a plastic bag to open it up and see what happened. It was still alive. But its beak was inside its yolk sack. I tried so hard to save it but it was a mess. So i had to cull it. I feel so terrible. i just wanted to cry, which i did.
Health wise i am a mess. Been to the hospital 2 days in a row. No feeling on the left side of my face going on 3 days now. They are not sure what is wrong. Bells palzey or something like that they think. Not sure how i got it or how long it will stay. I am just a doctor's nightmare.
I will try to get on again later today.
Oh yeah, i have 2 little gooses coming my way next week and i can't waitress. New duck/chicken/goose palace will be done by then......i hope anyway. We have a huge set back which will be fixed tomorrow but then it should be smooth sailing. Still unsure what i want to do with the floor yet , paint it or tile it or vinyl flooring. Ideas???

Originally Posted by Marty1876 

Hi SM

 

Happy for your hatches, sorry about the sebbie.

 

Heres a pic of the giant toulouse that hatched this morning.

Originally Posted by Chicken Crazy12 

Went great. We are now NPIP certified...... just waiting for our certificate that will come in the mail in about a week. We had plenty of helpers to make it run smoothly. I will warn you on the black skin chickens it was difficult for him to find the vein so my poor paint silkie hen had to be stuck 4 times before he found the vein. The only other thing was one of my chocolate Ancona hens was a gusher blood almost hit the guy in his face. Yuck Other than that everything else was great. I think it took more time for him to go over all his paperwork with us than the actual testing.  

Originally Posted by JulieNKC 

These were my 3, right when they were taken out of the incubator so not a great pic. The middle one was a lot darker.

Originally Posted by country_girl011 

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Originally Posted by country_girl011 

 

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Today is CRAZY day in goose land!

 

1.  I think I sold 4 of my geese??!?! 

2.  Some construction dude stopped by to ask me if he could drop off a lonely goose on his property that lost her mate?!?!?

3.  My flock on horse property decided they were going to come say hello to my kids in the garage (and they had to cross the road to get here).

Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms 

Couple of things...

 

 

CG: I need your info for a girl that wants call eggs.  Can you PM me how much and how to get ahold of you?  My PM's are acting up but I can get the info off my email notifications.

 

I have some more eggs hatching.  Gotta get the hatcher cleaned.  Didn't give myself enough time in between hatches!  lol.  Imagine that.

 

Operation "Separate ducks" is in full swing.  Rob (hubby will be known as Rob from now on).. is helping me. Funny how he's either ALL ABOUT them or ALL against them.  Well.. today is an ALL ABOUT them day.  My apple drake is missing feathers.  So this means two things.. #1. Everyone has figured out he's a boy.. which means he is getting close to mating age.  I saw the female doing a head bob today!!!   #2.  They have to be separated. lol.

 

um.... OH!  Sold 2 drakes!  One more to go.  (Saxony)

Originally Posted by WhiteMountainsRanch 

I just noticed that one of my baby ducks is going quack and one is raspy does that mean I have one boy and one girl? 

Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms 

Someone tell me..

 

what possessed me to put 3 eggs in the incubator?  I've never set just 3 eggs before.  Why did I do that?  LMAO.  

 

 

(Keeping notes on hatches starting....... NOW.)

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

I called the goose buyer back... as he wanted 1 adult gander and three 6 week olds.  I explained that the adult would be tricky to catch and with advance notice I could at least herd him into my horse trailer.  I also felt a little stressed about have 1 solo 6 week old left behind from my group of 4.  So, he said he was ok with taking my four 6 week olds instead of the adult gander.  He is going to call me back when he has made arrangements to get them.

 

He sounds like a pretty cool guy... late teens, lives with his grandmom on very nice property, and wants them for pets.

Originally Posted by stillmecle 

So i think God is punishing me for something because my life just keeps getting worse and worse.

Originally Posted by stillmecle 

Something got ahold of my goat Mitzy and just about ripped her horn off and tore up her back leg. My son in law is over there now to shot her. I am ready to just get rid of everything. Sad sad crying my eyes out.

Originally Posted by JazminesZoo 

Sorry it took me til today, I have had one hell of a week.  Alot of stress, my grandpa passed, been going thru a rough patch with hubby, my daughters classmate drowned in the river over the weekend (an 8 year old little boy) went to his celebration of life yesterday..... A parents worst nightmare.  Makes you really evaluate your life, feel for the family.... My friend with MS, and she just went thru surgery for the removal of her cancer is pregnant, and found out their is something wrong the the babies heartbeat....  & have had the everything flu, since monday, my dog got in my coup & killed 32 of my birds in minutes... Dug under the fence....  Well thats been my week.  I am not one to vent stress but thats why I have not been on lately

Originally Posted by JazminesZoo 

Well my little man RAMSEY had his 1st ball game yesterday.... & did an awesome job as the catcher, & then he finished the game off at 1st base!   He struck out the 1st time at bat, but his second time at bat he SMACKED the shiz out of the ball & shot it hard between short stop & second base ~ Almost made it to the fence !!! So HOMERUN !!!! 1st hit of the season to boot!

 

Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms 

Julie- Is it too old to vent sex?  I want a pair of calls.  Trying to decide on color.  It's a "project" in the scheme of the Mater plan.

 

Everyone:  I heard back from Holdrreads.. here was the converstation..

 

Me: When is the last day for orders?

Them:  June 11th but we are out of a few breeds and nearing out of others.

Me:  They Silkys are what I want. If they aren't sold out I will put an order together.

Them:  We are still taking orders.  Let me know what you want and I'll put you in line.

 

ME:  ?????   So.....  do you have silkys?  

 

Here's what will happen.  I will order them and they will come back with.. "We are all out of silkeys".  LMAO!  Working on my order now.  Will submit it tmw and then get hubby good and schnockered to break the news to him.  It is after all Friday. ;)

Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

QJ, if Quackers does not buy the silky duck eggs, maybe you could get them?

Originally Posted by Marty1876 

You know, as much hatch info as gets posted here and there, I'm surprised we can even remember what we have in our own bators!

Originally Posted by Kevin565 

Okay Good. The Splayed leg just walked a little bit . I think it may just need the few days to get on it's feet 

Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms 

Thanks Kevin.  Yes, they're both fixed.  I've spent the last 2 hours talking to Jerry about all the details.  Poor guy must be sick of hearing about my dogs!  

I don't know what the problem is with her.  

We have 2 ppl interested in taking her now.  Both would be great homes.  Hopefully one will pan out. 

Originally Posted by JazminesZoo 

I know always post pics at night !  Its when I have some quiet time

 

Originally Posted by QuackerJackFarms 

Ok Well I had dog drama tonight.  Cuzin Jerry helped me through it.  Thanks Jerry! 

 

Annie is leaving the premesis.  She attacked Shiloh again and did some damage this time.  I'm done.

And even if I weren't my husband is.

 

Got my Holderreads order ready to be sent tmw.  Was going to do it tonight. but.... too much going on. 

 

Yay!  Gotta love drama. NOT.

 

And I agree with the super moon.  That is the cause of all this weirdness going on.

 

(BTW: Annie and Shiloh are my dogs.)

Originally Posted by JazminesZoo 

I know always post pics at night !  Its when I have some quiet time

 

Originally Posted by Goin Quackrrs 

I've had a heckuva day. Not too miserable, but frustrating.

 

Got a nastygram from the county over a loose wingnut on our septic control box. We have 30 days to have someone rewire the thing or they're going to fiiiiiiine us. I have lots of nasty words saved up for these idiots. Luckily I work with an electrician who will talk hubby through the repairs over the phone. I just need to scan all the diagrams and nastygrams and details.

 

The original contractors did it wrong. But long story short, we aren't going to call them to fix it even if they should because we've had a few negative go-rounds with those idiots already and when we threatened to sue them, we probably burned that bridge.

 

I'll have some fuzzy butt pictures tomorrow. I've got 7 still working so if they're all successful, there will be 13. Yikes!

Originally Posted by jerryford 

Any time Cuz

 Now I need more eggs I want these

why does the county stick there nose in your septic