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

[Kiki]

Poll over.

 

[Kiki]

@KikisFlock

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/at-what-age-to-feed-live-fish.1289486/

Thx. I think she posted a link to a video on North side's hatching thread. I saw it the other day.
Poor little fishes.

 

[NanaKat]

I couldn't stop because there was a car behind me but yes they even had little bitty baby goats there too.
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What cute fuzzy lawn mowers!

 

[Kiki]

What cute fuzzy lawn mowers!

I like the dark bellies.

 

[R2elk]

Your request has been completed but since you already quoted it twice she is still going to see it.

 

[Kiki]

Your request has been completed but since you already quoted it twice she is still going to see it.

All evidence is gone.
Phew.
Thanks.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Apparently tonight is supposed to get down to 6 degrees and I just looked up the wind chill values and it says -8, could get as low as -11. Tomorrow is supposed to be cold too and I think Friday and then it’s in the high 40s next week, even 54 Tuesday lol, can’t wait for that! Wish we could skip this polar vortex stuff lol granted, I am nowhere near as cold as the Midwest with the -50 windchill but still

It has been quite frigid down here in TN as well. Wind chills in the single digits. A high of 20. Definitely nothing like Chicago and area north but it was cold nonetheless. My poor chickens and ducks were NOT happy. Thankfully that cold snap only lasted a couple of days and it is supposed to get above freezing today and we're going into another warm up. Unfortunately I've noticed that we're going to be getting more rain, just what we DON'T need. But it's not ice or snow so I will take it.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Thx. I think she posted a link to a video on North side's hatching thread. I saw it the other day.
Poor little fishes.

We bought this minnow trap thing at Walmart. You pop it in the water and fist can swim in but they can't swim back out. We used it a few times last summer and got the chickens and ducks some fishies from our creek. Some were decent size too, almost 4in in length. Most were smaller than that. Both my chickens and ducks loved them. It was hilarious to see a chicken running around with this fish in her beak, it flapping with every step she took as she ran away from the others to find a spot where she could enjoy her treat in peace. It was fun to watch the ducks diving and swimming after the fish in their pool. They all went crazy for them.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

I drove by these the other day.
I think I want some.
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Those are some really cute goats!

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

After like the next day or so I had finished the order for the new chickie-poos, my hubby says to me, "So after ordering all that we did, you didn't get any geese? Why not?"Well... that was more money. They are going to have to be boxed and shipped separately. They are going to have to be brooded separately. They'll be housed separately. Where are we going to put them? I have a place for the new pullets. We'd have to come up with something for the geese. I like the idea of having geese to grow up with the chickens, so they are more likely to bond and/or think of them as part of their flock. We'd buy 1 male and 2 females. But like with ducks, they're waterfowl so they'll have different needs and whatnot. So now I don't know if I should buy them sooner and work everything out later, which can be done. It's just more stressful. Or wait. Honestly I am thinking wait, even though I want them. I'll give it some more time.