EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Fire Ant Farm]

Fading - I bid you all adieu!

- Ant Farm

 

[Akrnaf2]

For all the beef gerky lovers
[VIDEO]

 

[lovechicks1293]

GOOOOOOD MORNING! HAPPY SUNDAY! TODAY'S NATIONAL DAY IS DICE DAY!

Did anyone check out my website?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

But but but... it's PROOF that they are ALL NATURAL and FREE RANGE... 

Do you house them together? I was reading something that recommended that. Thought about getting ducks plus geese at the same time, raising them and housing them together. Good or bad idea?

This thread is EVIL. Just look at poor Banti's "Duck Addiction Disorder"...
(Sketching out waterfowl housing ideas now...)

Yup, this is what I meant. Charge triple!!! 

Just you wait... 

I don't currently have ducks but started reading about them seriously last year. It is my understanding that, on balance, it is best to house them separately because (1) ducks get everything wet (depending on your set up ) which can then put your chickens at risk of the kinds of damp-bedding diseases chickens get, (2) ducks and chickens don't always get along, and (3) they have different habits re: bed time. 

I will likely set up a duck house and large covered/enclosed run, and range them on weekends. I may paddock them if I can figure out the jigsaw puzzle of available land (my different chicken families are all paddocked with alternating range paddocks, would have to wedge duck paddock in between...)

Seriously, go check out the "Duck Houses" thread. It's a good read. (I just got to the end of it - again). I think I'll go pull out the Holderread book again...

- Ant Farm 

My 3 muscovy ducks happily share the chicken coop with the rest of the chicken flock. They have a kiddie pool outside that they rarely get in. They prefer to free range and dig through the grass though, if it rains, they like to play in the mud puddles. They don't get anything wet in the coop though. They're usualy all died off before they head in for the night. My coop is also up off the ground about 3 feet so any mud they may have on their feet gets pretty much wiped off by the time they climb in.

 

[casportpony]

GOOOOOOD MORNING! HAPPY SUNDAY! TODAY'S NATIONAL DAY IS DICE DAY! Did anyone check out my website?

Good morning! What's your website's address?

-Kathy

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Good morning all!

Finally put our Christmas tree up yesterday... it survived the night with the cats! I really wanted to just use my pallet tree I made last year because the cats couldn't destroy it, but my daughter wanted an actual tree... so we have one.

It is raining! We need the rain so much. However, I need to get some serious work done on my chicken run! Not happening in this rain.

Hope you all have a great Sunday

 

[kwhites634]

GOOOOOOD MORNING! HAPPY SUNDAY! TODAY'S NATIONAL DAY IS DICE DAY!

Did anyone check out my website?

I did. The pages were jumping all over the place

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: So you have to replace the entire flock on a daily basis? Doesn't that get expensive?

You sure you're fully awake yet?

 

[lovechicks1293]

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the address is weird 'cuz when i first got on it said name this! or something and i didn't know what to write so i just wrote crazychickengirl anywho here it is:
http://peppermintpatty0103.wixsite.com/crazychickengirl

 

[lovechicks1293]

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what does that mean? do i need to change something?? SOMETHING HATH GONE WRONGTH!!!