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

[Glitterchicks]

I have twenty tiny chickens in my office that can't be moved outside until it stops raining . I need something to get my mind off of this fact... you know, since it's all about me

 

[Kiki]

Did you ever text The Man?

no I didn't.
I am going to wait/take a break.

 

[Glitterchicks]

no I didn't.
I am going to wait/take a break.

I guess I'd probably want a break if I were you. Obsessing over humidity, temp, egg turning, cracks, veins, yadda yadda... it has to be trying!

 

[adrikeen]

Did Rupert make it to his new home?

Unfortunately, no, he's still with me. The woman taking him had to renovate the barn and chicken coop more than she bargained for. Last I heard they were redoing the fencing around everything. I need him rehomed before the chicks arrive last week in May. But to my surprise (I'm taking a brief break from yard work), after I finished mowing the lawn and walked by the coop, I caught him sitting on some eggs in one of the nesting boxes. I guess he gave the hen a break to get something to eat and drink because she came back and he got off for her. I'm still kinda in shock over that. I'm thinking the chicks may be safe around him if I make it look like they belong to him. He's an absolute wuss around me but a very good rooster to the hens.
And for those of you who don't know the story behind Rupert and are asking "So why do you need to rehome him?"....I'm technically not supposed to have the hens

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let alone a rooster. Rupert is a year old and was a later bloomer (Silkie). I thought he was a hen loooong after his brothers were identified and rehomed. I've managed him through the winter in the house over night (he crows in the morning and no one hears him), and then let him outside during the day. However, now that it's spring/summer, he's crowing at 5:30 a.m. (sometimes earlier), more during the day, at dusk, and he's becoming quite the handful as he wants to be with his women.
However, I may be worrying too much about nothing as my next door neighbor was outside and making conversation and asked "So, do you still have those chickens? Nothing like fresh eggs!". I'm thinking "Um.....you live next to me and can clearly see the coop and the chickens from your deck. Need an eye exam? Is this a subtle way of asking if can have eggs? (and there is no difference in egg color/taste)

 

[Morrigan]

When I lived in the cite/suburbs, I would have loved to hear a rooster crowing. It makes me sad that the cities ban them. Barking dogs, leaf blowers, drum practice, outdoor radios are A-OK. A few crows in the morning and it's a crisis.

 

[Glitterchicks]

Kiki... put "Hatching a Double Yolker" on your experiment to do list! I know there is somebody on here that tried to do it before and it was successful but that was back in 2010 and it's not nearly as much fun to read a thread that has long since, died. You or somebody else following this thread needs to do it!
Also, Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful, chicken loving moms!

 

[Kusanar]

I finally got to the end!! I've been reading and trying to catch up since about 2 days after this thread started...

 

[Kusanar]

Kiki... put "Hatching a Double Yolker" on your experiment to do list! I know there is somebody on here that tried to do it before and it was successful but that was back in 2010 and it's not nearly as much fun to read a thread that has long since, died. You or somebody else following this thread needs to do it!
Also, Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful, chicken loving moms!

Double yolkers rarely survive, and when they do, they typically have deformitys and also require help to hatch as they can't zip... plus, one head is at the wrong end of the shell so it can't pip properly.

If you accidentally set one, fine, but why incubate something until it has pain receptors and then let it suffocate to death??

 

[Kiki]

Kiki... put "Hatching a Double Yolker" on your experiment to do list! I know there is somebody on here that tried to do it before and it was successful but that was back in 2010 and it's not nearly as much fun to read a thread that has long since, died. You or somebody else following this thread needs to do it!
Also, Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful, chicken loving moms!

Nah...not something I'd do or recommend.

 

[Glitterchicks]

Double yolkers rarely survive, and when they do, they typically have deformitys and also require help to hatch as they can't zip... plus, one head is at the wrong end of the shell so it can't pip properly.

If you accidentally set one, fine, but why incubate something until it has pain receptors and then let it suffocate to death??

Nah...not something I'd do or recommend.

I had no idea they have these issues... my mind only went so far as 'twin chickens'.