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

[Tesumph]

@Tesumph Can you rig up something like hardware cloth over the opening on the coop to the run for a week?

Done! I’ll unscrew it when they’re old enough for the run.
Run is 95% finished. Have a tiny bit of wiring to do and have to fork out the scrap hay we got from the ranch.

 

[jwyles]

No they don't work like that.

Mpc does have a few autosexing OE (to me still basically an EE) and I think EE too. Right now you can only get the hatching eggs I think. Also I think these may be from creak legbar parentage but still... autosexing EE ...

 

[Tesumph]

No they don't work like that.

Oh lmao.
I should’ve picked up on that. I’ve got dumb happy chick brain.

You had me seriously wondering how I didn’t know EE’s were sex links HAH.

 

[Kiki]

Done! I’ll unscrew it when they’re old enough for the run.
Run is 95% finished. Have a tiny bit of wiring to do and have to fork out the scrap hay we got from the ranch.

They are too small to need the run right now and I worry that something will get in at night to eat them.
Keep this coop secure for a while.

 

[Kiki]

Done! I’ll unscrew it when they’re old enough for the run.
Run is 95% finished. Have a tiny bit of wiring to do and have to fork out the scrap hay we got from the ranch.

Get a piece of wood....something to put the waterer up on a little higher off the floor.
It will help keep it cleaner.
They are going to be pushing shavings in it before you know it.

 

[Tesumph]

They are too small to need the run right now and I worry that something will get in at night to eat them.
Keep this coop secure for a while.

Do you think three weeks is old enough for unlimited run access?

Also should I be worried about the larger gauge wire at that top section in the coop? That connects to the run but theoretically a snake could get in if it really wanted to..

Get a piece of wood....something to put the waterer up on a little higher off the floor.
It will help keep it cleaner.
They are going to be pushing shavings in it before you know it.

I’ve got the perfect flat brick for it, just haven’t done it yet lol. There’s a list of things waiting.

 

[Kiki]

Snakes and rats eat chicks.

 

[Kiki]

I have to run to the feed store, now.
I'll be back soon.

We need a live of the chicks when I get back so practice camera angle now.

 

[Tesumph]

Snakes and rats eat chicks.

Sigh. Guess I’ll cut out more wire.

 

[Tesumph]

I have to run to the feed store, now.
I'll be back soon.

We need a live of the chicks when I get back so practice camera angle now.

Oh boy lol. That depends on how many people are outside at the time.