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

[PirateGirl]

So I may or may not have mentioned I scored loads of plants at TSC for a penny the other day, and then we went back for more. We planted soooo much over the weekend. I hope some of them survive, they were in pretty rough shape (why they were getting rid of them), but we figured it was worth a shot. I moved so much dirt this weekend. I still have more to plant.

Working in integrating the ducklings. I feel like it's pretty much warm enough for them to be outdoors and they will likely be fully feathered by the end of the week. After hours of everyone ignoring each other with the see no touch setup I decided to put the littles in with the three females and kept the drake out of the mix. Well that didn't go well. Last time I did littles with the 2 nicest females, this time I added the cranky one into the mix. She kept nipping at the ducklings if they got close. It may be regular pecking order stuff, but then she went out of her way to walk over to one and pecked it's back and it cried, and then when it ran away from her it go too close to one of the other girls and she snapped at it so I decided they had enough for one day. This is harder than I thought. Last time I integrated chickens I had no problems at all.

 

[Vortex81]

Awesome. Are you guessing the genders yet?

guessing yes thats bout it, im open to all your suggestions ill show you the parrents, mind you these are eggs we pulled out of our coop we have 3 differant roosters in there and here they are

we are 99% sure this is pure barred rock ^^^^^

^^^ 80% sure this boy is a Black Copper Maran^^^^

^^^^80% sure this boy is an Ameraucana
and now the mommas

I got nuttin whats your suggestions? Wellsummer maybe?^^^^

^^^^^ Possibaly Blue Orpington ? Whats ur opinions?

White Cochin ????? what yall think?

Then also a purebreed barred rock hen and some red sex links and thats everything we got. Let me know your opinions on all of these as the wife and i are still trying to determin all of them as we are new to figuring them out

 

[Kiki]

and now the mommas
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I got nuttin whats your suggestions? Wellsummer maybe?^^^^

This is an Easter Egger

 

[Kiki]

So I may or may not have mentioned I scored loads of plants at TSC for a penny the other day, and then we went back for more. We planted soooo much over the weekend. I hope some of them survive, they were in pretty rough shape (why they were getting rid of them), but we figured it was worth a shot. I moved so much dirt this weekend. I still have more to plant.

Working in integrating the ducklings. I feel like it's pretty much warm enough for them to be outdoors and they will likely be fully feathered by the end of the week. After hours of everyone ignoring each other with the see no touch setup I decided to put the littles in with the three females and kept the drake out of the mix. Well that didn't go well. Last time I did littles with the 2 nicest females, this time I added the cranky one into the mix. She kept nipping at the ducklings if they got close. It may be regular pecking order stuff, but then she went out of her way to walk over to one and pecked it's back and it cried, and then when it ran away from her it go too close to one of the other girls and she snapped at it so I decided they had enough for one day. This is harder than I thought. Last time I integrated chickens I had no problems at all.

Integration is for the birds huh...it either goes smoothly or it's impossible.

 

[Vortex81]

This is an Easter Egger

Yeah we get green eggs from her and the gray fluffy one (Her name is queenie) heh and if you notice in the baby pictures theres 2 gray ones that definetly came from her because they look identical to there mom

 

[Kiki]

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[Vortex81]

Welsummer:
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i see definte differance

 

[Kiki]

i see definte differance

I think your one boy is an Easter Egger too but I am not sure about the others.

 

[biophiliac]

I think your one boy is an Easter Egger too but I am not sure about the others.

This handsome guy could be the brother of an EE cockerel I had.
Sometimes they are called Ameraucanas.

The males have a lot of red esp on the shoulders or the are black and white. Your other guesses sound right to me as well.

and I would also like to say that I think kids spend way too much time on the internet.

 

[biophiliac]