Call Ducks Finally Hatched

[Lacrystol]

Sooooo, I got my FIRST call duck egg today!!!!!! Yippee!!! Do I bring it inside or is it OK to leave it until tomorrow at least to see if I get another one??? Can't wait to see if they are fertile!! It's either from my grey pair or my blue fawn pair, or the east indie hen!!!

Once they find there spot they usually continue in that spot, UNLESS you disturb the nest. If you scatter the nest, at least I noticed it with mine, they will stop laying in that spot. I wonder if it's because they can sense the nest has been messed with. Mine usually bury the eggs so I end up scattering the nest to find all the eggs. LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

Awesome thanks!!! What do you use to date them?

I did bring it in, when I checked it a couple hours ago it was not warm so no one is sitting on it. Although I guess if they were going to sit they would wait until they had a whole bunch?

Not sure what got them laying. They've nested for 3 days now. Last night just for the hell of it I put a golf ball in the nest. Not sure if that made a difference or if they were going to lay anyways!

Also, my blue fawn and snowy male have been fighting NON STOP for the past couple days!!' Is that normal during mating season? It's mainly the blue fawn attacking the snowy.

Mine fight, they do the Neck grabbing thing. When it's mating time, they boys do get worst and challenge each other..

 

[Lacrystol]

Oh and I use a pencil to date mine. Some use magic marker but I'd rather stay on the side of caution and pencil works fine for me.

I use permanent marker, always have..

 

[Lacrystol]

Okay cool I'll stick with that. I have hatching fever BAD.

I'm picking up a couple dozen bantam Cochins hatching eggs tomorrow from someone in Deland, EEKKK.

OH???? are we getting into CHICKENS NOW???

I have Cochins and you didn't contact me.. SHAME ON YOU

 

[Lacrystol]

Lol. Why didn't you just get some from Vera?

VERA??? OR HOW ABOUT "LORI". HUMM, HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET ME..

 

[Lacrystol]

Just trying to get some different bloodlines. I'm still not sure if I can keep any. My main theory (which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't) is that if I buy enough, and hatch them out, my dad won't be able to keep saying no to chickens. Ha, however, just in case that doesn't work I'll send them to Vera. So at Least this way they will be different bloodlines so she could keep some!

This other lady has blue, black, mottled, splash. I have no idea what those colors are but sounded good to me, ha.

HUMM AND LORI HAS, MILLE'S, CALLICO'S, BLACK, WHITE, SPLASH, PARTRIDGES, MOTTED, BLUES, HUMM, SOUNDS LIKE 'LORI' HAS MORE. I WIN!! lol

 

[Lacrystol]

Awww. How sad. Hate it when things like that happen. Hope all the rest make it out safely. I have a couple of mille cochin that I got from Lori going into lock down tonight and then 5 more of the mille duccles that I got from Vera that will be joining them in lockdown on Thursday. Next Monday I have my first 2 call eggs going into lock down and then about 17 seramas next Thursday. The following week I have about 4 dozen cochins, silkies, polish, silver penciled wyandottes and another call egg going into lock down. I'm still collecting call eggs and polish eggs this week to go into the incubator this weekend. Going to be crazy around here for next few weeks lol.

Congrats on your calls starting to lay. YAY!!! My buff girl is doing all the work herself right now lol. Wish my other girls would get their butts in gear lol. All in their own time though I guess

I'm going out to Harmony on Friday afternoon so will call your friend back to see if she wants me to bring the calls with me.

HUMM, DID I SEE THE NAME "LORI". OH YEH I DID. HAHAHHA AT LEAST SOMEONE REMEMBERED ME.. LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

Two more eggs today in two different nests!! Total of 5 eggs now.

Question: if an egg is green, will that mean that duck will always lay green eggs?

I got a green egg today!

Yes, it's a pigment

 

[Lacrystol]

Yeah Tammy told me you had butterscotches too I didn't know that

However I don't think either of these two are butterscotches! Did you see the pictures? One looks like Lily.

It looks like my Mystery Duck.

 

[peachncrm37]

VERA???  OR HOW ABOUT "LORI".  HUMM,  HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET ME..

LOL. Actually I looked at your page and decided not to get eggs from this other person. I never got around to asking you for eggs because I wasn't sure if I was getting more eggs from Vera or not (I've been hatching for her because her incubator sucks).

However, she just bought a new incubator so I have an empty bator now.

BUT my dad is definitely not going for chickens. He keeps asking when the ones in the brooder are leaving, lol.

BUT, if you happened to send me more call ducks eggs that just HAPPENED to be pretty colored chickens instead, well....then they could keep their friends company out in my pen!! LOL