They are mallards! A friend from our church has some mallards and they just started laying eggs this year so they wanted to see if we could hatch some for them. For first time layers this year they had a great fertility rate. Out of 12 eggs all of them were fertile, sadly only 3 made it to hatch...
Here is a pic of the ducks to brighten your day!❤️ One has a little egg membrane still attached because I had to assist him/her. But three out of three is pretty good! They were moved to their new home Sunday where they will have a huge pond and plenty of duck friends when they get older.
I know how you feel, I forgot to candle before lockdown and went to sleep last night thinking I should have put more water in the incubator to up humidity then I wake up this morning to pips! I added the water quickly lol!
For some reason Feather Duster’s pic did not load lol, anyways here he is in all his fluffy glory! The chickens were also in a molt at that time so pardon all the feathers🤭
Hello all! I am looking to hopefully get some more chickens in the next year or maybe sooner. I love bantams every one that I have had has been so sweet and friendly and awesome companions. I want to get more bantams when I do get more chickens but I was thinking about branching out into the...
I know right! I miss it, I used to sit out in the coop with them for long periods of time and feed them and pet them and talk to them. They would of course always look at me and make that slow bawk bawk noise that was almost like what on earth are you doing🤣
I have looked into quail because I just love small birds! My bantam chickens were my favorites. But the downside with quail from what I have read is they don’t lay enough eggs and then I would probably more than likely end up incubating and hatching, and I have read places where fertility...
I don’t know if y’all have ever heard the term baby fever, when somebody is wanting a baby really bad. I have a new fever I want to tell y’all about, chicken fever. So I have been having extreme chicken withdrawals as of the last two weeks. I think I almost have my parents convinced that we need...