Call Ducks Finally Hatched

[WVduckchick]

Sorry to take your thread off on a turkey tangent @Lacrystol , I hope you don't mind. Thought you might like to see this little one now anyway...

Meet Gemma (or maybe Jimmy, if she turns out to be a "he" lol) 11 days old! She is so sweet and docile. Gotta be a girl! lol

 

[Lacrystol]

No, I give them a bath once a day! I didn't start giving them a bath until they were a week old though! They've had a totally of three baths! Lol

OH Ok, LOL whew..

 

[Lacrystol]

YES.. but I'm going to have to wait until mid April. The cabinet incubator is officially FULL and the small one I just set goose eggs in, LOL

Running out of room! Only 2 call eggs so far. They are KILLING me making me wait for them!

I'll take pics of sticky babies, they are up and running around now Not sure why that happened. Humidity was at a steady 55%, temp at 99.5.

Ok no problem on the eggs.

how many calls did you start with?

What's the weather like where you are?

 

[Julie Birb]

Ducks and chickens? Yes I have them together. I just have to make sure the chickens have clean water.

is that because the ducks dirty their water because they sit in it all the time and use it to assist in their eating? like i've seen my friend's gobble food and then switch to water, drop food into the water and back to the food repeating the process many times causing the water to be dirty. not to mention the silly little things like floating in it after playing in mud.

 

[Julie Birb]

Sorry to take your thread off on a turkey tangent @Lacrystol , I hope you don't mind. Thought you might like to see this little one now anyway...

Meet Gemma (or maybe Jimmy, if she turns out to be a "he" lol) 11 days old! She is so sweet and docile. Gotta be a girl! lol

oh my gosh, what a sweet little turkey. kissable. how big will he/she get?

 

[WVduckchick]

oh my gosh, what a sweet little turkey. kissable. how big will he/she get?

She likes kisses! Much smaller than broad-breasted. They say hens average 14 pounds, Toms around 23 pounds. My SIL had a broad-breasted Tom that was easily 40+ pounds!

 

[Lacrystol]

Sorry to take your thread off on a turkey tangent @Lacrystol , I hope you don't mind. Thought you might like to see this little one now anyway...

Meet Gemma (or maybe Jimmy, if she turns out to be a "he" lol) 11 days old! She is so sweet and docile. Gotta be a girl! lol

OMG, she's got a really sweet FACE, how adorable. you can send anything you want LOL I LOVE PICS.... WOOO HOOOO

 

[Lacrystol]

They are always ying yanging! And, they think they are my baby Palmer's puppies! Even more so, my Palmer thinks they are! It's the cutest thing you could ever see! It's heavenly!

They surely know how to STEAL your heart don't they. LOL look at them all snuggle buggle.. LLOL

 

[Lacrystol]

She likes kisses! Much smaller than broad-breasted. They say hens average 14 pounds, Toms around 23 pounds. My SIL had a broad-breasted Tom that was easily 40+ pounds!

Now I have never had a turkey, how fast is it when they start to just increase in size? Does it take awhile or kind of like ducks within three weeks they seem to double in size??

 

[Lacrystol]

Many it is just me, but I can't get over how beautifull she is

OMG, OMG OMG YOU GOT A PIC OF THE ONE EYE LOOK HAHAHAHAHA LMAO, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GOT IT IN ACTION. LOL