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

[Kiki]

I'd keep the biggest one. Means he grew the mostest the soonest. Bigger is better!

They are all almost the exact same size, by looks.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I am trying to psych myself up into doing it today before I change my mind.
I am going to beg the Mex do it for me first though.

I will try to film everything.

Good luck! I just wouldn’t be able to do it. I’d be crying my eyes out. now one of our duck hens...she’s just daring me to take a chop at her. She has 110% decided that her voice must be heard at all hours of the day.

 

[Kiki]

Good luck! I just wouldn’t be able to do it. I’d be crying my eyes out. now one of our duck hens...she’s just daring me to take a chop at her. She has 110% decided that her voice must be heard at all hours of the day.

I don't think I am going to be able to do it either, but I have to.
I knew this before I even got the eggs.
What the heck was I thinking?

 

[RUNuts]

weigh them. Palpate. One must be larger.

You can do it!

1 week to freezer camp for the CX. Hope they grow a lot in a week. In truth, I usually stop after 6 in a day. Hand plucking is exhausting.

 

[Sara L]

I am going to off some quailies today or tomorrow.

I am 100% sure that I have 4 males and I am getting nervous that they will starting getting ugly soon and I want to avoid that.

I am still unsure about my 3 whiter ones so I am going to wait on them.

I will keep one of the four pharaoh colored males but which one?
I am thinking the one with the most red in the chest?

Don't judge the size by looks. Weigh each one and determine smallest to largest, I think you can use that blue painters tape to gently put some on their back with their weight written on it so you can tell them apart. Then once you have the weights, look at the chest. Who has the most red, who almost looks like a girl, who started getting the red chest soonest (if you remember), etc. Then choose using weight and chest.

 

[Sara L]

I don't think I am going to be able to do it either, but I have to.
I knew this before I even got the eggs.
What the heck was I thinking?

It gets easier after the first one. Wait until the little buggers crow RIGHT in your ear, or scratch the heck out of your arm, then it's a lot easier.

 

[Kiki]

It gets easier after the first one. Wait until the little buggers crow RIGHT in your ear, or scratch the heck out of your arm, then it's a lot easier.

They aren't making any noise yet.
Don't remind me of this!
They are all still being nice.
ARGH....Maybe I should wait until they piss me off and I am ready to kill one?

 

[RUNuts]

Think of the BBQ quail wrapped in bacon with jalapeno & cheese melting in your mouth. The sweet, warm flavor rampaging gently across your taste buds. Mmmm.

 

[Kiki]

Think of the BBQ quail wrapped in bacon with jalapeno & cheese melting in your mouth. The sweet, warm flavor rampaging gently across your taste buds. Mmmm.

I am only going to off 3 this weekend.
I don't think I am going to eat them myself. I might though.
3 will be a good snack for the Mex.

 

[Kiki]

Think of the BBQ quail wrapped in bacon with jalapeno & cheese melting in your mouth. The sweet, warm flavor rampaging gently across your taste buds. Mmmm.

I got an idea!
Maybe I will go buy a package of the quail meat from HEB and do a taste test!!!

WOOT.