Thank you Amy and Meep..... ill definitely just continue like nothing happened and see what the end results are...... I'm hoping for the best expecting the worst. :-/
Hi! Hatching eggs here for my cousin.... I have a 1970s model incubator.... we are in day 4 of egg setting.... day 5 starts in an hour. My "problem" is my incubator lost power (old wires.. quick fix) and was down with out my knowledge for appx 8-12 hours. Will my eggs be ok?? They were cold to...
They all look happy and healthy... and act it too, besides the egg laying. "They" are 1 Black copper Maran (hatchery) 2 (EEs hatchery) and the rest are my back yard mix. They are all Ameracauna rooster over Australorps, Barred Rocks, Gold Laced Wyandottes, Delewares, EEs and RIRs. All of them...
"Plucky" (the little black duck hatched sunday night) *not my name choice* went downstairs to do my daily morning check and heard a rukus in the incubator..... Sometime last night little "Presley" hatched!!! Finally!!! For the first time in two months my Incubator is unplugged!!!!
I am almost positive it probably does.... My other ducks were all like yours... would circle to get back in... well... except daffnie... she was my campfire duck. she would follow me everywhere and not leave my side unless I locked her up and left quickly. she would stay up till 4am with me by a...
right now I just have a breeding pair of runner ducks... well plus the one that had last night and possibly one more. I originally just started out with one male and then got his girlfriend later. I have had other breeds (pekins etc) this is my first run with a runner duck.... which was...
I have runners ducks.... flightless yes..... however unless if your entire yard is fenced I do not recommend getting runner ducks at all. true to their name they are runners and they are fast!! I can't catch them ha I can't even corner them..... they stay in their pen unless if they get out...
@Gardeningmama...... my little duck has a sibling trying to fight its way outof the shell.. its about 3 days late but just internally pipped last night. so we will see... right now I took my last chick to hatch out of the main brooder and put her with the duck to show the duck around. Kinda...