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

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I realize that we’re in a severe drought here but a week straight of rain and storms is really getting annoying.

 

[adrikeen]

Meat box babies.
Sing it like...
Juke box heros.

 

[adrikeen]

I realize that we’re in a severe drought here but a week straight of rain and storms is really getting annoying.

Tell me about it. 90 plus temps all friggin week...and dry....and the moment I need to go out and A) do normal weekend chicken cleaning but now B) hurricane prep....it's pouring rain. And it's not just here and there....it's all day so far and slated for ALL day tomorrow.

Wouldn't be as bad except my backyard slopes and I tend to slide down it when wet. Funny and not at the same time.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Tell me about it. 90 plus temps all friggin week...and dry....and the moment I need to go out and A) do normal weekend chicken cleaning but now B) hurricane prep....it's pouring rain. And it's not just here and there....it's all day so far and slated for ALL day tomorrow.

Wouldn't be as bad except my backyard slopes and I tend to slide down it when wet. Funny and not at the same time.

We cleaned the coop/run last weekend and literally the day after it POURED rain so all our work was undone.

 

[room onthebroom]

Opened the coop to count the chickens and.. surprise.
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Spent a good 20-30 minutes chasing this sucker around. He kept slipping back under the coop and getting into a little rafter area, and all we had was a dinky phone light.
I’m knackered and filthy.

With all the flashing lights and stomping in the coop to knock him loose, the babies didn’t move from their roost once. Good chickens.. stupid chickens?
Snake was almost as tall as hubby! Little over 5ft. Yeesh.

Ew! Ew! Ew! Dislike! Dislike!!!

Woot for the meat box babies!


These quail are for meat. Once they start laying I will work on figuring out how I am going to keep the cycle going.

I plan to continue hatching non stop.

I just haven't figured how how yet.

I remember reading a lot about meat quail in one of the homesteader threads. It was forever ago, so I don't have a link for it. If you cant find it let me know & I'll root around for it for you.

 

[jwyles]

Yes!
See the rusty red?View attachment 1528511 View attachment 1528512

And lack of specks... right? I'm learning too!

 

[Kiki]

And lack of specks... right? I'm learning too!

Yes but I really don't know. It could be like the hatchery white dot head chicks.

 

[jwyles]

No. Nothing. No bad behavior or noises.
Today makes them one whole month old.

When will you be able to tell for sure on the white ones? Do you just wait for crow or egg?

 

[room onthebroom]

Does any body else have double left hand turn lanes? We have a lot of them here. When you're in the right side left turn lane (was that to confusing?) & making a left it looks like the cars across the street are coming right at you. We've had people in from out of town that freak & stop dead in the middle of the street.

 

[Kiki]

Once they start laying and I am for sure on sexes I'm thinking I will off all but one male and 4 female. I will then set 20 eggs and once they hatch off the 5 remaining ones.
And keep continuing like this.
I think.