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[Audio51]

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Is that on BYC?

 

[member 142084]

Vivki did you make the show? How was it?

 

[chrissyr]

I have a few, but they went today to live with a woman building up a scovy flock. She is getting other females, so she has room for the possible 3 drakes in there ( it was 2/2 and who knows on the third) Since she was keeping them ALL and had a huge pond and a safe duck run, I let her have them. My girls almost started sitting, but then Pumpkins ran them off the nest. Im going to bait their coop with eggs and see what happens.

mario has a picture of me carrying them outside Saturday for the last sunshine bathing in the yard!

Aww, that sounds like a really good home. 3 out of 5 you think were boys? Well that's the odds, but it would be nice to get more girls with all our hatches.

My Muscovy hatching was the same... All malpositioned, shrink wrapped, etc. , makes hatching peafowl look easy!

-Kathy

Yes! It was such hard time for me too! I helped too because I figured I messed up i'm sure many places along the way with these. We were going through it the same time, lol!
I actually said " I am NEVER doing ducks again", but the mind tends to forget over time. And history eventually repeats itself.
So you got 7 boys out of 9? All these boys!!

 

[CackleJoy]

A neighbor just came over and wondered if I would incubate Turkey eggs for them.

What is the deal with Turkeys. Are they difficult?

 

[chrissyr]

Ducks really need something that protects their head and neck.

Walt

I wonder if there's anything designed for that already. Plus you'd have to worry about it getting wet while in the water. Although muscovies don't need that much water.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Thanks Kim, I'd much rather be at the show. But oh well, kids activities have to fit in there too.

I hope to see your birds too!

Quote: Agree. It also depends on coop/run size too. I integrate at about 8 weeks, but my coop and run are really large, and my flock is used to having little ones around because I get a lot of broodies.

I have tons of babies pippin' and zippin' over here!
Most were in my brinsea for 18 days, now they're all in the Genesis and doing great!
It's like popcorn poppin'

. well maybe that isn't the best emoticon to use for chicks popping like popcorn lol!

Yay for babies! Now you'll be able to re-set for the Easter hatch. (set day is Saturday)

A neighbor just came over and wondered if I would incubate Turkey eggs for them.

What is the deal with Turkeys. Are they difficult?

Dunno, I've never hatched turkeys.

 

[casportpony]

A neighbor just came over and wondered if I would incubate Turkey eggs for them.

What is the deal with Turkeys.  Are they difficult?

I think hatching is the easy part... Getting them to adulthood, that's another story, lol.

-Kathy

 

[Audio51]

Vivki did you make the show? How was it?

It is this Saturday and I will be there. Picking up your girls then.

 

[lizanne]

Ducks really need something that protects their head and neck.

Walt

That gave me a mental image of a duck wearing a small one of these.

 

[chrissyr]

So is a broody better than a brinsea?

Trying to decide which eggs to put under my broody and which ones to put in the brinsea with humidity pump.
I would say normally the broody is better, but the brinsea is too.

She's never crushed eggs. Last broody time she got moved off her nest just once, but put her back on and no issues.