Duckling Diaries: the Life and Times of a Welshie Trio

[BantyChooks]

Hmm ... call eggs are super small, right? Would you have to turn them by hand? 'twould be very worth it! I need some ... but I can't have any.
I can't have them either! 

We can sigh together.... One day I will, but as of now I don't think my fences are good enough, and I don't want em to get eaten!
-Banti

 

[DuckGirl77]

We can sigh together.... One day I will, but as of now I don't think my fences are good enough, and I don't want em to get eaten!
-Banti

Yeah, I'm hoping some day I will have some, too. I'm scared that a hawk would get them cuz they're so tiny. And they don't lay very well.

Everyone keeps torturing me with pictures!!! But I like to see pics ...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Lol, I am the youngest of 8 I don't share well lol
But I have mentioned eggs to Banti
should I admit that I've been subscribed to I t for over a month but can't say/comment on anything because I have not read the entire thing yet?

No worries... it's a lot to go through, lol... and I am way behind in updating it...

Hmm ... call eggs are super small, right? Would you have to turn them by hand? 'twould be very worth it! I need some ... but I can't have any.
I can't have them either! 

Call eggs do not do well in a turner... always best to hand turn them...

Yeah, I'm hoping some day I will have some, too. I'm scared that a hawk would get them cuz they're so tiny. And they don't lay very well.  Everyone keeps torturing me with pictures!!! But I like to see pics ... 

Calls are a hawks favorite snack... and owls... secure house and a covered run are a must...

Mine lay like champs...

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Just to torture me because you know I can't have them!!

I will continue to torture no worries, you will have them son enough

Hmm ... call eggs are super small, right? Would you have to turn them by hand? 'twould be very worth it! I need some ... but I can't have any.
I can't have them either! 

Yes you can lol

No worries... it's a lot to go through, lol... and I am way behind in updating it...
Call eggs do not do well in a turner... always best to hand turn them...
Calls are a hawks favorite snack... and owls... secure house and a covered run are a must...

Mine lay like champs...

hmmm good to know about hand turning, do u know why?

 

[Julie Birb]

Mature Snowy drake... note, full green head, claret bib is fully frosted, and claret extends down his sides... also, smoky black in the center of his back feathers... disregard the grey duck to the right, lol...

Just starting to mature female... note the coloring throughout her body... smoky black streaks in middle of her back feathers...

Fully eclipsed drake... note, to the back left is his son, Bubs, still in juvie feathering... very similar...

Eclipsed female... and the wingbar is muted, no longer blue, but note the difference in color from the pic you showed...

I am not an expert by any means when it comes to the colors of little ducks. But.....

I AM EXPERT IN OBSERVING THEIR ROUNDNESS CUTENESS CHUBBY CHUNKNESS WEBBZ FACES SOUNDS BURDNESS SOFTNESS AND WARMTH AND NOTING THAT THEY ARE DEFINITELY BURD AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE.

 

[Julie Birb]

I cannot disregard the grey burd to the right. She is too round and cute.

 

[DuckGirl77]

No worries... it's a lot to go through, lol... and I am way behind in updating it...

Call eggs do not do well in a turner... always best to hand turn them...
Calls are a hawks favorite snack... and owls... secure house and a covered run are a must...

Mine lay like champs...

Hmm ... lay like champs, huh? Well, maybe, just maybe then!

I will continue to torture no worries, you will have them son enough
Yes you can lol
hmmm good to know about hand turning, do u know why?

Oh I want them so bad; I hope I can have one! Not now, though.

I don't have room in the coop or a secure run. But next year ...

You probably have to hand turn because they would get banged up in the egg turner since they're too small?

I am not an expert by any means when it comes to the colors of little ducks. But.....

I AM EXPERT IN OBSERVING THEIR ROUNDNESS CUTENESS CHUBBY CHUNKNESS WEBBZ FACES SOUNDS BURDNESS SOFTNESS AND WARMTH AND NOTING THAT THEY ARE DEFINITELY BURD AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE.

Amen!

 

[Ravynscroft]

I will continue to torture no worries, you will have them son enough
Yes you can lol
hmmm good to know about hand turning, do u know why?

Duck eggs do better laying down across the board, more so than chickens... but Calls are even more sensitive to positioning... might be their size, egg shape, and their body shape... but not really sure... I just knkw I experimented with hatches all winter/spring... in the turner I was lucky to get 6-8 to hatch... hand turning I jumped to 24 hatched...

Oh, and misting the eggs increased hatch rates too...

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Duck eggs do better laying down across the board, more so than chickens... but Calls are even more sensitive to positioning... might be their size, egg shape, and their body shape... but not really sure... I just knkw I experimented with hatches all winter/spring... in the turner I was lucky to get 6-8 to hatch... hand turning I jumped to 24 hatched...

Oh, and misting the eggs increased hatch rates too...

Thank you

 

[Ravynscroft]

I am not an expert by any means when it comes to the colors of little ducks. But.....

I AM EXPERT IN OBSERVING THEIR ROUNDNESS CUTENESS CHUBBY CHUNKNESS WEBBZ FACES SOUNDS BURDNESS SOFTNESS AND WARMTH AND NOTING THAT THEY ARE DEFINITELY BURD AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE.

Just love you, JB...

I cannot disregard the grey burd to the right. She is too round and cute.

How about the grey in the 3rd pic? Lady Grey is looking good for a mother of 12, eh?