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

[Kiki]

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[jwyles]

Rehome or eat her.

Thank you Kiki! I can always count on you to tell me what I want to hear! I'm dead serious right now. I've honestly been thinking she's the one i need to use to learn how to cull but I didn't know if that was extreme for the situation.

And your welsummer eggs are beautiful. My Marans was a bit darker when she first started laying but they dullled significantly as her laying season went on. They were also ugly and splotchy. Not pretty and smooth like those you have at all. What hatchery did you get them from?

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Thank you Kiki! I can always count on you to tell me what I want to hear! I'm dead serious right now. I've honestly been thinking she's the one i need to use to learn how to cull but I didn't know if that was extreme for the situation.

And your welsummer eggs are beautiful. My Marans was a bit darker when she first started laying but they dullled significantly as her laying season went on. They were also ugly and splotchy. Not pretty and smooth like those you have at all. What hatchery did you get them from?

Eating her or trying to break her is probably best. Whoever got her as a rehome might try to use her as a broody. One of our Marans (the killer broody) lays the smooth eggs that are similar to her welsummer’s but our other lays scratched splotchy eggs too. She went broody (4th time this year) but her sister is our only one laying right now.

 

[Molpet]

Look at them! They're awesome. My aunt had a tom turkey and he was so sweet and gentle. His name was Ben and we enjoyed him until Thanksgiving. Do you eat your's for T-giving?

the middle one(kept getting beat up) and the one on the right( didn't like me) were invited to dinner. The one on the back left (doesn't like me) is getting and invite soon. And I have 10 poults.. at least 5 are boys, that will be invited.. I guess I'll keep most of the girls.. although 2 of the girls keep getting in the trees.

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[jwyles]

Eating her or trying to break her is probably best. Whoever got her as a rehome might try to use her as a broody. One of our Marans (the killer broody) lays the smooth eggs that are similar to her welsummer’s but our other lays scratched splotchy eggs too. She went broody (4th time this year) but her sister is our only one laying right now.

The eggs on the left are what they looked like not long after she started laying. I was very happy with them but they got ugly later. And I don't think I'd rehome her for that reason (not the ugly egg reason- the bad habits reason) I wouldn't feel right passing off a problem bird to someone else. If I can't fix her then I don't think there's hope for her. She's now on my last nerve.

 

[Kiki]

Thank you Kiki! I can always count on you to tell me what I want to hear! I'm dead serious right now. I've honestly been thinking she's the one i need to use to learn how to cull but I didn't know if that was extreme for the situation.

And your welsummer eggs are beautiful. My Marans was a bit darker when she first started laying but they dullled significantly as her laying season went on. They were also ugly and splotchy. Not pretty and smooth like those you have at all. What hatchery did you get them from?

Ideal. I really like everything about my Welsummers except for their egg song. They are loud as f.

 

[Kiki]

The eggs on the left are what they looked like not long after she started laying. I was very happy with them but they got ugly later. And I don't think I'd rehome her for that reason (not the ugly egg reason- the bad habits reason) I wouldn't feel right passing off a problem bird to someone else. If I can't fix her then I don't think there's hope for her. She's now on my last nerve.
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I say eat her. I don't like passing off problems either.

 

[RUNuts]

Have you considered a roll away nest box so all the eggs are out of reach? Search for examples.

 

[Kiki]

Have you considered a roll away nest box so all the eggs are out of reach? Search for examples.

How are the chicks?

 

[jwyles]

Have you considered a roll away nest box so all the eggs are out of reach? Search for examples.

No I haven't even thought about that. I will check them out. Thanks Nutty!