These are the babies the teacher brought back. They're in a temp pin while I'm building them a more secure/permanent coop. They come in the house at night as 2x4 wire is clearly not secure for those tiny bodies.
I did sell 2 this morning to a family of 6. The little kids got to pick out which...
I had 21 adults, then went to 12. Now I'll be at 39! Holy molly, that number snuck up on me! There is still 1 teacher who might be bringing ducklings back too. She also had 12 eggs.:th
Actually, the plan has always been to sell the Ancona and crosses. My main interest are the Runners. Although...
I donated eggs to a couple of teachers, and this weekend one is bringing back 11 healthy ducklings. :)
The down side to that is I already hatched 6, and then bought 10 other ducklings... This is gonna drive me quackers!
These are the ones hatched from our eggs, and what is coming back this...
After selling 2 laying Pekin and loosing ¹/3 of the girls to a coyote attack, egg productions has finally picked back up. For the last week I've got 0-2 eggs daily between ducks and chickens. Yesterday I did get 4, but today I got 14 beating my last record of 9 in a day.
Side note, our new...
I check the Shack daily, but I've gotta do a perimeter chech about every 2-3 days. They don't lay often outside, but they have lots of hiding spaces to do so.
Me too! I've got 3 that are laying great. The rest of the LF girls (13) are slacking. I still don't even know what color my EE lays.:idunno
The bantams are laying good though. I'm getting around 4 eggs daily from 6 girls.