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

[Kiki]

Oh.....chicken talk, hatching , and now home decor...be still my wittle heart...avid crafter and painter of many things...I did a similar effect on my China hutch, you paint, let dry than sand. I did a lot less than the look you want, your base than shows thru. Basicly on edges and where normal ware would occur. I did not seal mine but I have done that on other pieces with wax. Also if you hit the chalk paint with a heat gun when wet it will create bubbles that when sanded will show more under wood coloring and give your piece a more aged look.View attachment 1472403 View attachment 1472404

Awesome!!!

 

[Kiki]

I am lost again!
I accidentally clicked on the last page so it thinks I have read all the unread posts. I have not!

 

[jwyles]

Is now a bad time to tell you I don’t even like gerbils? Hehe.
Be prepared for some neurotic behavior keeping it by itself, social rodents will literally die of depression. Gerbils are also notoriously bad chewers, check the plastic parts of cage every day for escape attempts. They’re not chill like hamsters, just warning you. That being said, best of luck! They’re cute little nutters.

Not at all a bad time. I knew these things about gerbils already but hope it doesn't get to a depressed state. She had a Syrian for around two years that recently died and has been begging for something else. We went to lps to offer our old reptile tank for sale/trade and the owner showed DD2 the baby gerbils that will be ready sometime after we get back from San Antonio. It will get plenty of play and close observation so if I see depression issues action will be taken. But DD is extremely attentive to her little fur babies so I'm hoping it might become her buddy since we will be getting it so young. We got our Syrian as soon as was weaned and he was a wonderful boy.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I have a question. I followed all the accidental balut egg threads for a while but never heard how many baluts in total were set and how many live healthy ducks/birds hatched and live to this day?

 

[PirateGirl]

I have a question. I followed all the accidental balut egg threads for a while but never heard how many baluts in total were set and how many live healthy ducks/birds hatched and live to this day?

Two successful hatches from the most recent batch and they are alive and well in a new home. If you go to page one, hopefully @KikisGirls added a link to the hatch and pictures of the live little duckies!

 

[Kiki]

I have a question. I followed all the accidental balut egg threads for a while but never heard how many baluts in total were set and how many live healthy ducks/birds hatched and live to this day?

The very first 2 eggs I bought were alive. They over heated in my fake bator.

I bought a couple more balut eggs after the first two but none of them were ever alive.
The final 3 eggs I bought were alive and I hatched 2 duckies!

So maybe 5 of the 10 eggs I've bought (guessing the 10 number) were still alive when I bought them and I got 2 real ducks out of those 5 eggs.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Thanks for the update. I'm impressed. Several Asian markets around here sell balut eggs but I'm positive none are still alive and once an embryo is dead, there's no resuscitation possible.

 

[Kiki]

@Tesumph i meant to tell you I agreed to let my daughter have a gerbil today. I know they're social but I'm only doing 1. Anyway it's not a rat but I thought you might get a kick out of that news.

It's a rat.

 

[Kiki]

Thanks for the update. I'm impressed. Several Asian markets around here sell balut eggs but I'm positive none are still alive.

I really thought these last 3 eggs were not alive when I bought them.
I was 95% sure they were already dead.

I was very surprised when I started to see movement.
This made me think that I may have not given the other eggs enough time to "come back to life."

 

[Kiki]

No scary movies for this chicken! I watched the ring and was traumatized. I've got horror movie buff friends that think I'm crazy bc they say it was stupid and not scary at all, but it did me in!

Chicken. DON'T watch the trailer for Mandy, then. It's like all the things I love and more. Horror, metal, bloodsport, revenge, Nicholas Cage off his rocker.... I can't wait. I haven't been to a movie in over ten years because theaters gross me out.