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

[ShrekDawg]

I want runner ducks so bad so first sign of them standing straight up, I'm going to want them

ask if you can keep a couple of the runners!!

 

[Kiki]

@NanaKat

 

[Kiki]

https://www.khou.com/article/news/l...ston/285-21285655-96a3-4995-b624-66651b6c970d

 

[ShrekDawg]

https://www.khou.com/article/news/l...ston/285-21285655-96a3-4995-b624-66651b6c970d

It was a child that was hit!?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Got a bunch of gloves and natural soaps plus some moisturizing cortisone cream, bag balm, and burts bees hand salve. All that outta help. took me forever to decide on anything lol but I’m gonna start wearing gloves around the house and while doing stuff so I don’t have to wash my hands as much and use the natural soaps instead of dish soap

 

[FortCluck]

ask if you can keep a couple of the runners!!

I'm going to once I know how many ducklings will hatch. He has a HUGE pond at his house so I know these little ducklings will be so happy. He's a huge animal person and I'm glad we met him even if it was to re-home our roosters, but it worked out in a weird way. Now we have a good relationship and if I ever need eggs he will give them to me. That way I can get new blood lines in my flock without having to keep more roosters.

 

[FortCluck]

I have a lone chick that hatched and it's so dang loud it's driving me crazy! There are two eggs zipping so it should have friends soon.

After these are hatched I have to clean out the bator for the duck eggs.

 

[NanaKat]

I usually use loose leaf, but it's getting really difficult to find anywhere that sells it. I loved Teavana. Starbucks bought it and then shut all of the stores down.

We switched to Lipton. They make loose leaf.

Don't forget that eggs will cause heart failure. Oops, eggs are good for your heart due to the LDL/HDL mumbo jumbo.
Use the rose hips (calyx) and steep like hibiscus calyxes.
The mint is growing, but doesn't have that spring time mintiness yet. I add 10 mint sprigs (tip plus 3 sets of leaves) to a half gallon of tea for a nice mintiness. Spring time is best.

Doing a little research, I've been over heating the mint. I plan to do better. Will try it at a lower temperature for improved flavor.

I do recommend the mint since if you have some planted, you have an excess. The chickens are eating the bits that poked through the protective wire. And I read on the internet that chickens didn't like mint. Hmm.

If you bruise the mint by gently rolling it in your hands before using at lower temps you get a stronger flavor.

@biophiliac Guess who's birthday it is?
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Happy birthday to the little faker with floppy ears.

I hope so! Cause it’s delicious.

And thank you for the warning!! I do appreciate it because I had never heard it before and it’s definitely concerning!! But I just wanted to look it up because I’d seriously be devastated if this one was bad for me it’s delicious!

That said though, I do have wayyyyyy too much tea and I’m sure most of those are probably plastic or something

I actually should probably go through it and throw some out cause I’m sure some is expired. I always get it on sale thinking I’m gonna drink it and then don’t or drink a different kind

I haven’t bought any in a while though thankfully cause I was trying to use up what I had but that’s why I have so much

I keep tea bags in a jar with a sealed lid and put those moisture snatcher gizmos in there. Helps to keep the tea dry.

 

[Kiki]

We switched to Lipton. They make loose leaf.


If you bruise the mint by gently rolling it in your hands before using at lower temps you get a stronger flavor.


Happy birthday to the little faker with floppy ears.

I keep tea bags in a jar with a sealed lid and put those moisture snatcher gizmos in there. Helps to keep the tea dry.

His ears flop when he isn't feeling good.
It's weird.
I noticed this on his eye after I took those pics and realized he wasn't feeling good.
It isn't any worse today but I might take him to the torture place this afternoon.

See the little bump on the bottom eyelid?

 

[NanaKat]

Yeah I am not going anywhere except my parents tomorrow. The nurse is supposed to be coming and changing my PICC line dressing. They're delivering more antibiotics I thought they were over with on Wednesday.

What antibiotic do they have you taking? Some have different side effects.