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

[jwyles]

Fair enough. I had considered Legbars but didn't really play it out because they were labelled as "Americanas" (obv spell error) so I figured they were supposed to at least have beards.

Yeah I'm not exactly sure how it happens but I follow a lot of pages on alien land to try to educate myself and many many folks are getting non EE looking EE lately. im thinking it's bc less dominant traits are starting to make appearances. I don't 100% understand genetics though so I'm not expert on it. I just know what I've been seeing.

 

[Morrigan]

How are the meat box heros?

Had one mystery death today, so I'm down to 25. It was another crazy hot day here and I found the dead chick in the hottest part of the day. Everyone else looks great, so I think one just got dehydrated or over-heated. I often lose one meatie within the first couple of days of getting the shipment, particular on 3 day ships, so it's not great, but I'm not worried either.

The rest of the meat box heroes (I love that), are doing fantastic. I set up a screen so they could look out into the chicken yard, and they were lined up there watching the big chickens this evening.

 

[Kiki]

I was an unlucky one who got the H1N1 virus. My mom did too. Quarantined in the house from school for a whole week, and fever that left me delirious! My mom passed out from how high her fever got.

Do ya'll get the flu shots?

 

[Kiki]

Yeah I'm not exactly sure how it happens but I follow a lot of pages on alien land to try to educate myself and many many folks are getting non EE looking EE lately. im thinking it's bc less dominant traits are starting to make appearances. I don't 100% understand genetics though so I'm not expert on it. I just know what I've been seeing.

I used to think (like up until this year) that all EE were chipmunks.
I had never seen a plain/single color one before.

 

[jwyles]

Hubs is watching college football. I'm wasting time at the computer.

Leftover home-made eggplant parm is in the oven and starting to smell good. Eggplant parm is some serious cheesy goodness.

That sounds so much better than pizza!

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Do ya'll get the flu shots?

No ma’am! Those vaccines hardly work as they’re just guesses on what the most prevelant strain will be that year. Rarely above a 25% chance of it working.

 

[adrikeen]

Bear with me...catching up....

Hi all. I sure have missed a lot being gone (from the website, not vacation or anything-I wish tho!) for the last week. Have been nursing a sick duck and just life stuff. My sweet duck is a survivor tho! She is doing great now. And a few of my pullets have started laying regularly now. We got a double yoker the day before yesterday. I told my DH that is what it was and he was all, "oh noooo. I doubt that. It's just actually a normal size" (instead of the little ones that we've been getting. I told him that I bet it was a double yoker. I cracked it open today and made us some scrambled eggs and said, "ha! booyah! told you so!". He was like, "oh... you were right." Hee hee. And I got some new fluffies today. Had the impulse yesterday when we were at Tractor Supply. Ended up going back today and grabbed 4 chicks. Well, 2 of them are supposed to be Americana. We all know that means Easter Egger, which is ok by me because that is what we wanted. And I saw this crested topped chick and all I could think of is a Polish. So I had Polish on the brain and grabbed it and didn't bother to look at the feet because, let's be real. I don't know what the heck I am doing. I grabbed a Silkie. I am almost confident that is what it is. I didn't want a Silkie. But oh well. I wanted one a long time ago so we'll see how s/he does around all of the others. And the last one I grabbed because my hubby said, "that lavender like one is pretty, we should get it." Did I look close at it? Nope. But it has feathered feet but only 4 toes. After scouring pics of various feathered feet birds I think I may have it pinned down but I am in no way sure. Am open for guesses. Oh, and all of these are straight run so.... SURPRISE to me.

This is what I thought would be an Americana
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This is what I was hoping was an Americana as well.
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Not sure if you can see it's comb very well or not. I can try and get better pics another time once they get better settled in. If that even makes a dif at this point in time.
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This is what I am pretty sure is a Silkie. Feathered black feet with 5 toes.
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Look at the fringe on the wing of feathers. Is so neat to me.
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This is the one that I am not sure about. That hubby picked out. Is gray/lavender? body (it looks more grayish in this pic tho) with yellowish head. Feathered feet. 4 toes. I thought some kind of Cochin maybe at first but I can't find a pic of any that looked like this little one. I did find a pic of a Porcelain d'Uccle that kind of looks like it tho.
https://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Baby-Chicks/Porcelain-dUccle-Bantam-p256.aspx
Look at the pic of the chicks that they have on there. I think it may kind of look like this one? I just am not sure. I have looked and looked over Hoovers Hatchery website at their bantams that they offer. They have d'Uccles but listed as Mille Fleur (same thing yes?). I'm just surprised that they'd have a Porcelain one. Thoughts?
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Either way... whatever they turn out to be, breed or gender, they sure are cuties!

Silkie and Porcelain D'Uccle for sure....send them to DE if you don't want them.

If it came from the bantam bin I'm sure that's what it is. Even if it didn't I'd assume they tossed a bantam into the wrong bin lol. They are very small when grown and lay tiny eggs. I have two duccles but mine are Mille fleur not porcelain. They are by far the smallest chickens I have but they integrated with my adult birds with no problem. No one bullies them either. They have got so much attitude it's not even funny. I've been thinking about building a separate space for my bantams bc some don't do so well with the big girls but if I do I may leave the d'uccle with the big ones bc they hold their own like no other. And also...Be prepared for the odd noises they make. They tend to sound different from other birds lol.

Uh yeah....like shrieking banshies when broody, and just loud as hell otherwise.

View attachment 1529010 It's been a while since cotton the frog dog has made an appearance so...why not? She's posing so pretty! Really she was sleeping and I woke her up taking a pic. But would ya just at that beautiful face!

OMG OMG...white fluffy doggie!!!! (see my earlier post about liking white fluffy things <---needs mental help)

 

[jwyles]

I used to think (like up until this year) that all EE were chipmunks.
I had never seen a plain/single color one before.

Every single one from privett hatchery still is. Or wa last year. They were all some partridge variation.

 

[BantyChooks]

I used to think (like up until this year) that all EE were chipmunks.
I had never seen a plain/single color one before.

They're definitely not so common. I got a plain EE for free because they thought it was a CX in the wrong bin. Nope! A beautiful EE hen.

 

[Cyprus]

I was an unlucky one who got the H1N1 virus. My mom did too. Quarantined in the house from school for a whole week, and fever that left me delirious! My mom passed out from how high her fever got.

That was the strain we had here. TBH I cannot recall if I actually got SF (but recovered fast) or the common Flu. All I remember is that is was pretty bad and I didn't go to school for DAYS. But dad says it wasn't SF so