➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[ShrekDawg]

Regular Houston road:
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One freeway:
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WHOA! Those are big roads!

Guess I'm used to like the quaint little downtown with one lane each and a main stretch LOL but I'm in New England so there's a lot of those

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

I failed but am scheduled to retake it on the 18th.

What? Why this time?

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I don’t think the head spot thing is accurate in the slightest when it comes to hatchery bred birds.

Exactly that last point. When breeding heritage barred birds, the females will typically display a small defined headspot, while males have a larger, irregular headspot. In hatchery stock, this has been lost through the breeding. Our Barred Rocks look significantly different in terms of barring compared to Tes’, and they came from the same hatchery! That’s why headspot sexing is very inaccurate when it comes to hatchery stock.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Turned into the wrong lane. Autofail.
That was my second test and I'm losing faith.

As the saying goes, 3rd time's the charm. You'll get it. Have faith.

 

[dpenning]

I think I need to build a walk in quail cage so I can put my current quail cage inside it and use it as a brooder.

I’m way behind due to a sick mama but this is what I did and it works great. I used a 10 x 10 retriever kennel from tractor supply.

 

[dpenning]

I don't plan to anymore but she's just in the flock
With everyone else and pushes their eggs they lay under her damaging them. I have zero desire to give her hatching eggs but I want her to stop this. She goes broody constantly and even if I managed to break her I don't think it'd last long. She's such a dud.

Crock pot.

 

[dpenning]

Maw and paw

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This is probably a stupid question but what makes game birds different from regular chickens.

 

[dpenning]

 

[dpenning]

Did someone say chicks? I have a bowl of popcorn.
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These are my Meaties, which arrived this morning. 3 days in transit even though they were just coming from Oregon, but that seems par of the course with the USPS. They were all alive, but really interested in the water dish. One thinks its a wading pool.

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Love these pics, when they are all fresh and cute! LOL. Doesn’t last long.

 

[sdm111]

This is probably a stupid question but what makes game birds different from regular chickens.

They were bred strictly to fight and kill any other male and bred to not quit fighting at any cost till their last breath also know as gameness. They will seek out one another for the sole purpose to engage and kill