Babies -- and first loss (lots of pics)

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BeccaOH

BeccaOH

Morning Gem Farm
11 Years
Oct 3, 2008
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I've only been raising baby poultry since March 24, but I feel like I have a garage full of peeps.

First came 8 chicks and 2 BS turkey that are a month old and still growing well.
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Then came the goslings and a couple more BR turkey. My friend lost some turkey from this batch, but mine are doing well.
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Then I let 6 Amber Link chicks from TSC hitch a ride home on the 17th.
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Last night I picked up my long anticipated ducklings. I ordered a breeding trio of Welsh Harlequin, 2 female Khaki Campbell, and 2 Cayuga.
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I've been so blessed to not have lost one baby -- until last night. I woke to find a KC duckling dead. I don't know why she died, but it really was heartbreaking to find one of my babies stiff and cold. I know it won't be the last lost in this poultry venture, but I just had to share my babies with you.
 
They are sooo darn cute! I've been tempted to get some ducklings for the sheer cuteness factor. I know I'll get raked over the coals for this, but ducklings are way cuter than chicks. Sorry to hear about your loss, it is sad
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Lookat you all using pellets like a smart person! Arent they the best?

Those ducklings are ridiculously cute. So are the chicks too... They seem like candy. Like you could just pop them in your mouth and they'd melt. I havent tried any of my chicks, but I've been sorely tempted.

its the same effect as baby cheeks.

Sorry you lost your little fella. Some times things just dont make it. It'll be okay
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Robin'sBrood :

What are Amber Links? I have one that looks like that from TSC and I was told she is a Golden Comet.
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I'm not sure exactly what an Amber Link is, but the first bin TSC had was marked as "sex links and Amber links." I'm guessing "Amber Link" is some hatchery's name for their own production red cross breed. I have 18-week Golden Comets too, and expect these babies to grow up to be like those.​
 
Well, another death in the brooder. I have 2 Bourbon Red turkeys that just hit 4 weeks old. One always seemed to stand in a corner and sleep. I would try to encourage it to eat with boiled egg and bits of green grass mixed with the food. Yesterday I started giving her droppers of water with molasses and ACV, though I've had that mixture available in a waterer with marbles to attract the turkey. Sometime during the night she keeled over.
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On a good note, Metzer sent a replacement Khaki Campbell duckling for the one that died her first night with me. I can't believe how much my other 6 grew in a week! She looks so tiny next to them.
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