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

[fur-mum]

I love having a rooster and I love the sound of crowing in the morning. But it does preclude getting banty hens.

Not if you have a banty rooster.

 

[krizrose]

@KikisGirls, you MUST add balut!!! Must must MUST!!!

 

[Morrigan]

@KikisGirls, you MUST add balut!!! Must must MUST!!!

If balut eggs are 14 days into incubation and horse eggs are just being set, you should be able to hatch and remove the balutties before your horsies go into lockdown.

We all have a vested interested in this now, you know. We can't have read 586 pages of nothing! No pressure.

 

[sphillips]

Jackpot and Bean. Bean is a pinto. Get it??

 

[sphillips]

I'm using 4' tall "goat" fencing. It came in rolls of 350' from the local farm store and using 6' T-posts. Then using a chain link gate. My next door neighbor tried Hotwire with his goats and they kept just busting through it. He said he did 6 strands and it still didn't keep them in. Was it the horns? I don't know. Anyways I just went with the welded wire roll fencing but it seems to me that there has to be a way to make that work.

Put it all the way down to the ground. Rule with goats: if water can get through, so can they! We used livestock panels, about 4' high, set them at ground level on t posts. No escapees yet, my girls weigh about 150 lbs each.

 

[NanaKat]

One of our teeny tiny new ducklings has been going thru some orthopedic treatments to correct knee and foot issues. Without correction, the baby would normally be put down.
The little one came out of the shell with both legs in the correct position, but did not use them quickly so they locked straight back. So, the first night the legs were taped to its body in the correct position so the hips and knees were in the correct position.
This 12 hours did the trick, but now the duckling was moving with only one foot correctly. The other foot was bent back so the baby was dragging it around upside down.
Now the duckling has been fitted with a tiny walking boot...a jerryrig that will be worn for this evening into tomorrow morning. So far the baby is using the boot and getting around. I'll check it and either remove the boot or put it back on for another 8 hours.
Hopefully the teeny tiny will be good to go in the morning.

 

[Cryss]

So what happened to balut?

 

[Kiki]

@KikisGirls did you get your balluties today?

No I did not. I feel bad for not going get them today but I will tomorrow morning.

 

[Kiki]

@KikisGirls, you MUST add balut!!! Must must MUST!!!

I know. I'm kinda kicking myself for not going picking them up today but tomorrow won't be much different. Will it?

 

[Kiki]

I'm supposed to be asleep. Tbc