Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi all, I wanted to pop in here and say hi - hope I'm in the right spot! These cuties are my two day old Khaki / Aylesbury cross and Aylesbury ducks - 'Patch' and 'Ming-Ming' With all thanks due to Sallys fantastic article on assisted hatching these two made it out unlike their sibling who was not so lucky

I'm not sure what went wrong and why they got into difficulty. They were all in the correct position and were actively trying to pip the shell but no success. They were also pretty moist. I really think that the shells were too hard. Even when
I cook with the duck eggs its some job to crack them open!
I'm so thrilled to add these two gorgeous babies to my collection of birds

awwwwww ach du gut in Himmel!! I love them! so cute on that white towel! I have to laugh when I put them in a clean tub, it doesn't stay that way long! like 2 seconds! LOL

I love the names too!! Don't they just look adorable! I swear ducklins are the most cutest thing ever! along with baby pigs! WHY IS THAT!!! LOL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

AAAWWWWWW Sil-y- Sil- your babies are so cute!!!!!!

Sal-y-Sal- I read all that to DH, about the quails, he said, "i don't care, whatever....since they are a 1/3 the size of a chicken and half the size of a d'uccle that means you can get twice as many"
He still is not quite up on the chicken math thing, and quail math......i;m thinkin means that I could get 4 x as many as I have chickens

I said b4 he is a good egg...........now I will say he is a quail egg

Thanks for the great quail info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HA! Bring on de quail!!

 

[chicknfun]

Quote: AWESOME!! Can you share that Mum and Dad please???? HA!

what a cool gift!!!! My mother would have probably bought me one if I was tolerant of birds when she was alive.......

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Waffle]

what a cool gift!!!! My mother would have probably bought me one if I was tolerant of birds when she was alive.......

AWESOME!! Can you share that Mum and Dad please???? HA!

Very cool and very happy. Mind you I am pretty scared as I have neve hatched with an incubator before. Im sure I can do it tho. Well thats a lie I used the one on the ostrich farm but it was all set up and ready to go and that was many MOONS AGO!

 

[Waffle]

mmmmm beer lemon, lime and thyme chicken just put in the oven!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Waffle you have us remember!

I love this bunny!

Reminds me! THE BUNNIES ARE COMING THE BUNNIES ARE COMING!

 

[chicknfun]

Quote: You are a dirty rotten enabler

and I love you to pieces!!!!!!!

Hey, that was very convincing info regarding those quail eggs.....do they taste like chicken eggs?

 

[Waffle]

Well am not being left alone now so off to play with the kidlets talk to you all later!

 

[Waffle]

Waffle you have us remember!

I love this bunny!

Reminds me! THE BUNNIES ARE COMING THE BUNNIES ARE COMING!

lmao that is true and shake that bunny butt!!!