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

[biophiliac]

DH poo-poohed the idea of quail, but got totally excited when I mentioned homing pigeons.

How much space do they need?

not as much as chickens because they 'free range' in the sky! lol.
How big of a loft totally depends on your goals with them.
Rule of thumb is 2 cu ft per bird. It is good to have at least 2 sections(which I do not) so you can separate genders or flyers from breeders.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

BABIES you ask for babies you will get bear with me heres 11 of them

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with 5 more pipped and on there way out as i write this up

so far 3 greens eggs have hatched its the 2 gray ones in the pics and the other is a mystery we havnt figured out which one is the other lol they all popped out over night when we were sleeping

Heres a pic of the new ones we got on saturday at chickenstock tough picture... when we get individual pics i will post them up here also

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[The Farmers' Daughter]

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[Toogoodoo]

Checking back in since the long weekend is now sadly over and it's back to work . Rained on and off most of the weekend, of course. Finished up the "big coop" for the larger young birds this weekend, played a lot of "where did you escape from" with them til we figured it out, and got a 2nd tarp just in time for the rain. Moved our 100 baby chicks into a larger space that has turned out to be a great brooder. Sadly lost 6 of the larger chicks during the rain - they got crushed on the bottom of a chick pile. Lost an EE, Jersey giant, the fiance's favorite little bantam roo, and a couple others. Moved a huge dog igloo in there and they love it. Spent a lot of time watching Adventures of Dr. Buckeye Bottoms on Saturday, Dr. K's Exotic ER on Sunday, and a couple movies Monday during the rain. Got a few free mallard cross drakes, and 2 pretty, giant roos (one roosts on the fiance's brush guard) from someone he knew on Friday. Sold our trio of Cayugas, and found the chocolate Muscovy's new nest - after losing about 10 eggs she got smart and hid it from the old farm dog Biscuit - she's got a pile of eggs under her so our fingers are crossed she hatches a good bit out. The blue/green one still has a nest in the open over next to our rabbit cages - loses an egg to the dog, and lays another there

This weekend we'll be going to the livestock auction, also is the fiance's birthday. May take the free drakes and 1 of the roo's with us, and might pickup a dozen or so quail eggs to put in the incubator. We want a lot more than a dozen quail, and taking a risk at the auction on whether or not you're getting good eggs (the chicken ones we got had a decent hatch rate), but they usually sell for 50 cents - $2 dozen depending on the day/turnout & I want to put some in the bator and see what happens. Last time someone bought about 500 quail eggs for $100. Also may buy some more rabbits, and if there's any good breed hens we want to add.

Loved seeing some fluffbutt pictures while catching up , and hope everyone had a nice weekend

Oh and as for the voles/moles/things, one of my 2 cats I had growing up used to be a pro at catching them. And then giving them to his brother, who'd proceed to swallow them whole

 

[PirateGirl]

Miss Sunshine turned 13 yesterday!

 

[Toogoodoo]

Miss Sunshine turned 13 yesterday!
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Happy birthday, Miss Sunshine She looks like she's got this life thing figured out!

 

[Kiki]

Miss Sunshine turned 13 yesterday!
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Awe I love her!
She is not as fat as my cow.
Was she "fixed"?
My girl didn't get fat until she got fixed.


My Fatso will be 13 in July.

 

[PirateGirl]

She had an infection and had to be spayed as a consequence. I think she was about 8 when that happened. She had gained some weight after but we managed to take it off and keep it off. A few years ago my two dogs lost 20 lbs. between them and we've kept it that way Now I am the fatso!

 

[Toogoodoo]

Leave for work in the morning, have 18 bunnies.
Get text at lunch time, we now have 28 bunnies.

We have a big white & gray rabbit I've been calling Mama that had 5 fat lil babies about a month & a half ago. She's the only one who's babies have survived (and these 5 grew like weeds!!) out of the 3 does who've had any (one had 4 this weekend, didn't make a nest, & was trying to crush them kept stepping on them back and forth). We were going to wait about 8 weeks between birth & putting Mama back in with the male ... apparently they were busy before we separated them - she had 10 more in her pen when he went outside to feed the farm.

But, it's a good thing. Hopefully she is a good bunny mom yet again, and there'll be 10 more in the group! We are trying to get a small rabbitry going on the farm, she is doing her part LOL. Maybe just a little faster than we anticipated

 

[Kiki]

Leave for work in the morning, have 18 bunnies.
Get text at lunch time, we now have 28 bunnies.

We have a big white & gray rabbit I've been calling Mama that had 5 fat lil babies about a month & a half ago. She's the only one who's babies have survived (and these 5 grew like weeds!!) out of the 3 does who've had any (one had 4 this weekend, didn't make a nest, & was trying to crush them kept stepping on them back and forth). We were going to wait about 8 weeks between birth & putting Mama back in with the male ... apparently they were busy before we separated them - she had 10 more in her pen when he went outside to feed the farm.

But, it's a good thing. Hopefully she is a good bunny mom yet again, and there'll be 10 more in the group! We are trying to get a small rabbitry going on the farm, she is doing her part LOL. Maybe just a little faster than we anticipated

We need newborn baby bunny pics.