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

[Kiki]

Ok I did misread. I thought she was saying the crumbles caused the salmonella but she bought it when they had salmonella. My bad.
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And notice how she then says her chickens are never without grit or suet blocks?
Do food stamps buy those things?
O my I'm going to bed.

 

[jwyles]

And notice how she then says her chickens are never without grit or suet blocks?
Do food stamps buy those things?
O my I'm going to bed.

Exactly my point. She buys seed too which is more expensive than commercial food. Suet blocks you can make yourself with seed and fat. Maybe she makes her own. Goodnight Kiki!

 

[Molpet]

I thought the zinc was fine as long as you didn't use anything acidic that caused it to leach into the water. (Which i know now is what I did but I didn't know that 4 months ago)

Correct
Galvanized waterers are fine for just water

 

[jwyles]

Correct
Galvanized waterers are fine for just water

Thank you. I see now you and I were saying the same thing. I'm sorry. Something about the word "dissolves" threw me off. I have moments on debilitating dumbness. Thank you again for the help.

 

[Sara L]

Do it! I will be setting some coturnix eggs soon, and have button quail eggs on the way in the mail.

ETA: going to try and make them hatch same day, unless I can get second incubator back online.

The button quail eggs arrived in the mail today!! Going to set them tonight/tomorrow

 

[CSAchook]

The button quail eggs arrived in the mail today!! Going to set them tonight/tomorrow

 

[Sara L]

What do these babies look like today?

Pics of the baby quails. Hatched 15 coturnix and 3 buttons. One coturnix had physical deformities and I had to cull this week after it got worse. One button quail passed within 2 days of hatch. Everyone else looks healthy. I am probably going to try and sell 10 of the coturnix and keep only 4 max, the ones with the good eyebrows, from my tuxedo group I am trying to breed with good eyebrows. The silver one is the chick that started out with the yellow/silver fluff, looks like it might be a silver tuxedo.

Also, here are some pictures of the chicken babies. I think the cornish might have doubled in size, you can definitely see a difference between them and the other chicks, and they are same age. I can hold the gray/stripey with one hand, but have to hold the cornish in two hands.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Can't decide between Lab, Golden, Aussie, or Border Collie. I thought Border Collies were out cause I thought they were too hyper and crazy but now I've been reading and watching a lot of videos and they're sounding amazing again and yes I have watched vids on the bad too. I just don't know or know a major difference between Aussie and BC. I think I want something with a little more drive and focus than a retriever but I love retrievers so idk.

In other news, I didn't think that lady was really rude or snarky?

Idk, i just kinda skimmed it, maybe need to reread

 

[The Beeps Mama]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ington-hen-please-help.1269142/#post-20393988

Omg! All the things going on here are ridiculous!

 

[jwyles]

Can't decide between Lab, Golden, Aussie, or Border Collie. I thought Border Collies were out cause I thought they were too hyper and crazy but now I've been reading and watching a lot of videos and they're sounding amazing again and yes I have watched vids on the bad too. I just don't know or know a major difference between Aussie and BC. I think I want something with a little more drive and focus than a retriever but I love retrievers so idk.

In other news, I didn't think that lady was really rude or snarky?

Idk, i just kinda skimmed it, maybe need to reread

I agree. I didn't see where she had a bad attitude either. I think she was just trying to be sure she was coming across clearly. That being said, i do think she's got some serious issues that she seems way too complacent about that could be causing all her problems yet she seems to think she can ignore them and still find a solution. Delusional is more the impression I got from her.