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

[Kiki]

Can't figure out how to download the pictures off the site so just posting the listing... don't stalk them

https://m.estately.com/listings/info/460-marko

Got pictures of the inside and outside

I love it.
Who's is it though? Your brother?

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

I cannot muster any courage to cull either. We’ve found good homes for our boys so far and I know that is a really lucky thing to experience but I would rather give them a chance of having their own flock than be dead. That’s why I can’t raise my own meat birds, the thought of seeing them grow from tiny little popcorn balls and then ending that just shakes me to my core. I know that I eat chicken meat (rarely anymore, I’ve been moving away from it a lot) from the stores and essentially they live much worse lives but I would rather have the disconnect from live to dead. I just thought I would ask because I know some people would keep them all and the poor hens always end up hurt.

In other news, Elvis is rocking those boots!

I can understand that. Your boys were lucky indeed. I have a tender heart but I have a logical mind. Which can make me very indecisive because I often see both sides of the coin, so to speak. I grew up watching animal shows. The circle of life isn't always pretty and sometimes it's not fair. When we got chickens this yr I did so knowing that nature is all around me and some times life just happens. When we got ducks, I knew they were straight run. I warned my hubby. Repeatedly. I knew there would be a high chance of multiple males. We talked about it. He blew it off like, we'll deal with it if we have to. But I warned him. I had read that oftentimes what happens with straight run animals is that specifically requested orders are filled first and what is left over goes into the straight run pile. People have a higher request for females than males so more males end up in the straight run than females. Not only males... just a higher percentage. I was just hoping I would luck out. LOL I read a thread on here recently where someone was asking about if people view eggs or eating eggs differently since they started owning chickens (I'm paraphrasing). She said that for her, since owning chickens and they started laying, that she just can't hardly stomach eating eggs. Ya know, when I first got my girls I wondered how I would react. Sometimes that disconnect is needy. I wonder if that is why some people are vegetarians? It doesn't bother me at all. I thought it would gross me out. Even if I collect an egg that is still warm because it is that fresh. Even if I have to wash off an egg that got really dirty with poo (thankfully is rare). As for an actual bird, be it chicken or duck, will it bother me to cull? Absolutely. It already is. I wish I knew somebody that was a hunter or someone with experience that I can learn from or see it done. Someone that can help. I need to watch some videos I guess. I haven't been able to bring myself to do that yet. I really need to.

 

[Kiki]

Good morning everyone

The house finally goes on the foundation on Monday!

Now what?
Pluming and electricity?

 

[Kiki]

It is!
Then it's demolition time. We've determined that the easiest and cheapest way to get the wiring and plumbing upgrades is to tear everything down to the studs.

Now this.
Gotcha.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I don’t know. We’ve never had to go through this before. I want to say that we’ll cull and process ourselves and have a few dinners. But we’ve never done it before and it sounds so... idk casual maybe, coming out of my mouth. It’s a big deal. But it’s also a part of keeping livestock and I’ve tried to keep reminding myself of that. I could try to give a pair of males away In the hopes that someone would like to have a male flock as pets. But there’s a real possibility of someone else wanting them just to get a few free dinners. All I know is that we’re going to have to figure it out.

I think ducks are easier to rehome than roosters. Lots of people have ducks as pets now.

I love it.
Who's is it though? Your brother?

Yeah my brother and his fiancé's but also technically her parents cause they bought it together

 

[Molpet]

I wish I knew somebody that was a hunter

I grew up hunting and trapping.. it still was hard emotionally, especially the first times.. I started using a game lopper (looks like a tree limb lopper but meant to cut through bone) .. now I use a pipe cutter https://www.menards.com/main/plumbi...6-c-8610.htm?tid=-5751654759656413727&ipos=36
I'm not into the splitting of the arteries, too hands on, but it is better

eta also the guy I let deer hunt the property had to shoot a tom I was attached to,,, that didn't go well


and the hatches I have are 70-90% male

 

[BantyChooks]

I grew up hunting and trapping.. it still was hard emotionally, especially the first times.. I started using a game lopper (looks like a tree limb lopper but meant to cut through bone) .. now I use a pipe cutter https://www.menards.com/main/plumbi...6-c-8610.htm?tid=-5751654759656413727&ipos=36
I'm not into the splitting of the arteries, too hands on, but it is better

Pipe cutters work great. Personally, I've discovered that the broomstick method is my favourite. It's way easier than having to hold the head of a live bird and cut it off. I still do that for quail, but they're small and I'm not so attached to them.

 

[Molpet]

Pipe cutters work great. Personally, I've discovered that the broomstick method is my favourite. It's way easier than having to hold the head of a live bird and cut it off. I still do that for quail, but they're small and I'm not so attached to them.

how well do they bleed out? I know the birds in the cone don't bleed out as well as the ones that pinwheel across the yard.

 

[BantyChooks]

how well do they bleed out? I know the birds in the cone don't bleed out as well as the ones that pinwheel across the yard.

I cut off their heads immediately after. Blood volume seemed similar to the one I cut the head off of w/o CD. I haven't let any birds flop around to bleed out, but the meat seemed to be decent... no discolourations or leftover blood.

 

[adrikeen]

Anyone for Trick or Treating???