Thank you! :hugs Well, large fowl ducks are easier to vent sex because they have bigger vents. Call ducks have teeny tiny vents so it's not impossible but it's very very hard so I don't even try. I just name them girl names and hope they're girls, which is an extremely bad strategy.
Who set duck eggs for the Easter HAL? I set 6 call duck eggs
ETA I ALMOST FORGOT
We had a singleton hatch earlier this week! There were 3 alive at lockdown, but only 1 hatched. I named her Tulip. Her mom is a chicken, since we happened to have a broody.
Hey guys, anyone need a duck? I have a gorgeous grey call drake that needs to find a new home. He's the bottom of the pecking order, and one of my duck hens just died, throwing off my ratios and it means I have too many drakes. Therefore, Linny has resorted to mating with the bantam chickens I...
Hey guys! I feel so bad for being so inactive. I skim and lurk though.
My bantam cochin went broody and it just so happens I have ducklings hatching next weekend... so momma will come inside and raise the babes in the garage.
Oh my gosh! You couldn't even get in the booths to shop on Saturday... It was more crowded than Disney World! Sunday was honestly great crowd-wise compared to Saturday. A woman on the shuttle bus told us that they came Saturday and they got turned away because all of the lots were full.
Forgot to mention, went to the farm show this weekend and had a blast. Saturday was so insanely busy that it wasn't even enjoyable. Sunday was so much less crowded and I got to watch my cousin win the draft horse hitch and feed scurry.
Well it's a good thing he fell into your hands! The way I look at it, if someone didn't care about him enough to let him get in that condition, they probably won't mind you treating him.
I vote a few emu eggs, turkeys, geese, ducks, chickens, and maybe a goat egg or two to go in that big bator.
ETA: It's going to be 4 degrees as a low tonight! Gotta bring in the frizzles...
We got 3 duck eggs today! The call ducks are blowing my mind with how well they're laying. 3 out of 4 are laying an egg a day. A few of them are a few years old too. I plan to collect them and set them on January 9th.
I have bantam cochins too in Apollo, PA. :) I have some bantam cochin/serama mixes that look just like a bantam cochin and I'm gonna breed them back to their dad so they'll be 75% BC.
Just putting it out there. :)
Thank you! I've never gotten fake nails before, so I figured I'd go all out.
So cute! Those tri-colored nigerian dwarfs (sorry if I totally screwed up the color/breed) are my favorite!
Thanks! I sure hope to have it filled up. I plan to use my HovaBator as my incubator and my LG as a hatcher. That means I can hatch a billion ducklings (my chickens have Mareks, I can't hatch those anymore :()
Hey everyone! Long time no see! Merry Christmas! I hope Santa was good to everyone.
I got my first duck egg EVER today! So excited, it was in a nest box too (I have two ground level nest boxes for the ducks).
I got a HovaBator for Christmas... call ducklings, anyone?