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

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Wake up!!!!!!

I have EXTERNAL pips!

 

[Missyblue]

I am so excited, honestly I wasn't this excited when my nephews were born....lol.

 

[dpenning]

Junior is getting bigger! When do ducks start to feather?

 

[The Beeps Mama]

Wake up!!!!!!

I have EXTERNAL pips!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I freeze chunks of the watermelon rind with some red flesh and then give them to the flock on those hot days. They love it. I alsofreeze chopped green pea hulls and shredded cabbage and carrots in qt bags with water. Those make tasty cooling treats as well. Both insure the birds are getting drops of water with their treats as the peck away.


Looking and sounding cute!

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Being sick puts a real damper on my activity levels. Can't do as much so each time I get up, I do a short project.
My companions while I rest between short projects...picked a little okra, fold a load of clothes, feed and water the brooder chicks.

Coyotes have attacked my Cochin pen the last two nights killing three. Boys chased a single male across the pasture early this morning.
Sometime today, we will repair the damage again and move the remaining two hens to a different structure. Then we are going to bait and set traps in the pen.
The fences around the breed pens are six feet tall. I'm going to set up the night camera too. We think it is a loner male, but photos will help us confirm. Hope to stop him from jumping the 6 foot fence before he figures out that the duck pen fence is only 4.5 feet tall.

That's a great idea!!!

 

[Kiki]

I still need to catch up.


We have 4 real externals now.
Only 2 earlier.
It's happening!

 

[Kiki]

I hate the spots right now. I just had to check each egg separately again for externals because you can barely see them with all the spots.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I hate the spots right now. I just had to check each egg separately again for externals because you can barely see them with all the spots.

It is hard to see the pips with those spots

 

[Kiki]

Now might be a good time to get the brooder ready.


I was going to put them straight outside but I've changed my mind. I will keep them in until they all hatch...maybe two days.

 

[Kiki]

It is hard to see the pips with those spots

They suck! I couldn't even see the internal pips.