Call Ducks Finally Hatched

[Lacrystol]

Lacrystol - that's kinda how Rixe's egg looked!

I have hatched out many types of those eggs.....some even worst then that...

But no luck with them totally detached, but I will figure that one out...

 

[Lacrystol]

What?  I should put it in? Crap.  I thought with the little hole there was no hope.   Should I seal it up and put it in?? 

No no no if there are cracks there is still hope, but you have to seal it up, I have used candle wax, I heard some used the liquid bandaid stuff. The only thing for sure that will not work is tape, the sponging the eggs will unstick it...

As long as the egg is not leaking, you should be able to still get it to cook right. If it's a leaker just toss it, leaky eggs mean the membrane is broken and there's no since in trying, but if there is a crack then seal it up and give that puppy a shot or rather duck...

You have to seal it otherwise bacteria will get inside and it's a lost cause from there..

 

[clousert]

After these duckie eggs I want some of your mille cochin bantam eggs and some d'Uccles. Still have to downsize the polish and cochin bantams that I have now first though . Your website is great. Love all the pictures. I'm hoping for lots of different colors in the 24 new calls eggs. Getting them to the hatching point is going to be a long wait though

 

[Starkasm]

Yes next year lets all do chickens..... so much easier to hatch sigh... less stress!
I need to get some more D'Uccles. I have two but they are both boys :/

 

[peachncrm37]

Okay thanks for all the help. I'll keep everyone updated. My two mystery ducks are due to hatch this weekend. There is a third but it was cracked. I patched it with white out >.< (I know, I know). The embryo was alive and growing but I think it died off in the past couple days. I can clearly see the other two moving but not him. Then two Anconas due to hatch next weekend. 5 Anconas the following weekend, 3 weekend after that....and the 12 on the way.

 

[clousert]

Yes next year lets all do chickens..... so much easier to hatch sigh... less stress!
I need to get some more D'Uccles.  I have two but they are both boys :/

I have a woman down the street from me that does mille and porcelain d'Uccles. They're so pretty. She sells hatching eggs for $6 a dz. Hoping to get some eggs from her next month. Going to try to coordinate with Lacrystol to get some mille cochins and maybe some partridge silkies at the same time so they can all go in together

 

[Starkasm]

Cool! Other than the randoms we hatched this year. Our bantams went like this.
I said to two of my sisters, I want to order bantams, but there's a 15 chick minimum and I don't want 15... anyone in?
Well they said yes. So we split up between us and I got
2 D'Uccles - roosters(1 is a Mille and one is either porcelain or self blue (still young) ,
2 Quail belgian bearded D'Anvers 1 rooster 1 hen
4 Assorted Japanese 2 hens 2 roosters

Then a few weeks later I said to them... want to do it again?
Out of that batch I have
3 silkies
4 assorted Olde English
3 assorted I don't know what. (bought just 5 straight run assorted bantams).

3rd time... yes we did it again....
3 Cochins
we also ordered another 5 of random straight run assorted
And Seabrights, but they were out so sent more random assorted.
So of the last batch I only know what the Cochins are lol!

All this after thinking 15 was too many to order....

 

[clousert]

Cool!  Other than the randoms we hatched this year.  Our bantams went like this.
I said to two of my sisters, I want to order bantams, but there's a 15 chick minimum and I don't want 15... anyone in?
Well they said yes.  So we split up between us and I got
2 D'Uccles  - roosters(1 is a Mille and one is either porcelain or self blue (still young) ,
2 Quail belgian bearded D'Anvers 1 rooster 1 hen
4 Assorted Japanese  2 hens 2 roosters

Then a few weeks later I said to them... want to do it again? 
Out of that batch I have
3 silkies
4 assorted Olde English
3 assorted I don't know what. (bought just 5 straight run assorted bantams).

3rd time... yes we did it again....
3 Cochins
we also ordered another 5 of random straight run assorted
And Seabrights, but they were out so sent more random assorted. 
So of the last batch I only know what the Cochins are lol!

All this after thinking 15 was too many to order....

LOL. I still think I have you beat. I knew I wanted some of everything and there was a 5 chick minimum per breed/color so in order to make sure I got at least 2 hens of the ones I wanted most I ordered 10, and the ones I was ok with only 1 hen I just ordered the minimum 5. So 10 buff polish and 10 golden polish, then 5 silver polish, 5 splash silkies, 5 ginger red old english bantams, 5 partridge cochin bantams, 5 splash bantams and 5 easter eggers. Then they included 4 extras to cover any losses and I ended up with 54 chicks lol. I don't have anyone to split with so I have them all. I've sold 10 of them to various people but still have 44 chickens lol. 1/2 of which are roosters. And I still want others . Then I fell in love with the calls and ended up talking my parents into picking up 5 of them from a breeder in SC while they were on their way down from NC lol.

 

[Starkasm]

LOL. I still think I have you beat. I knew I wanted some of everything and there was a 5 chick minimum per breed/color so in order to make sure I got at least 2 hens of the ones I wanted most I ordered 10, and the ones I was ok with only 1 hen I just ordered the minimum 5. So 10 buff polish and 10 golden polish, then 5 silver polish, 5 splash silkies, 5 ginger red old english bantams, 5 partridge cochin bantams, 5 splash bantams and 5 easter eggers. Then they included 4 extras to cover any losses and I ended up with 54 chicks lol. I don't have anyone to split with so I have them all. I've sold 10 of them to various people but still have 44 chickens lol. 1/2 of which are roosters. And I still want others

. Then I fell in love with the calls and ended up talking my parents into picking up 5 of them from a breeder in SC while they were on their way down from NC lol.

Ahh you guys make me feel normal!

I try to count mine like this for example: I have 20ish bantams, 3 red stars, 2 speckled sussex, 3 ameraucanas, etc etc. 3 rouens, 2 khakis, 6 muscovy 2 mallard, etc etc 2 turkeys, 7 chukars, 7 guinea and 4 keets... I NEVER add up all the birds to see what I have total...... It's too scary!

 

[clousert]

Ahh you guys make me feel normal!     I try to count mine like this for example:  I have 20ish bantams, 3 red stars, 2 speckled sussex, 3 ameraucanas, etc etc.  3 rouens, 2 khakis, 6 muscovy 2 mallard, etc etc  2 turkeys, 7 chukars, 7 guinea and 4 keets... I NEVER add up all the birds to see what I have total...... It's too scary!

I love it lol. Head counts each night can be a little tough, but I love them all and have to make sure all are locked up safe. I divide them by color so it's easier to keep track during counts while they're all moving around lol. I thought I was coo coo with all the animals so I feel much better