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

[Pensmaster]

Could you please, Kind Sir, describe "chilly" with a number off the Fahrenheit scale that most describes the "chilly" this morning term?

Gladly

 

[ChcknNurse]

Okay duck folks, I haven't hatched ducks before and I Need to! So, which breeds are the most interesting/colorful? It's so fun to hatch in variety. I know it sounds petty. But still, it's so fun... my Christmas.

 

[kajira]

Okay duck folks, I haven't hatched ducks before and I Need to! So, which breeds are the most interesting/colorful? It's so fun to hatch in variety. I know it sounds petty. But still, it's so fun... my Christmas.

I have ducks because i'm allergic to chicken eggs, and can eat duck eggs.... so I have the layer ducks. lol

For my "fun" set of birds, I have a pair of Sebastopol geese.

 

[duluthralphie]

I remember the stories about Paul Bunyan. I have a lot of family that still lives in St Paul. The first winter I wouldn't know what to do when I got snowed in--

Being snowed in is actually relaxing. It is a forced vacation by Mother Nature. Everything comes to a standstill, even the chooks! Watching snow fall is relaxing in and of itself.

The key is having decent equipment to move the snow after the storm ends.

 

[duluthralphie]

@BantyChooks I say we all chip in and send Ralphie some ducks...

Yep, I can take as many as you can send,,,,,right now the crematory is empty and I have enough wood and paper feed sacks for a week or two of operation....

 

[duluthralphie]

Awe bummer.

X2

 

[Pensmaster]

It's *always* the ones we like the best. Why does nature do it that way?

It does seem to work out that way.

 

[ChcknNurse]

I think the only 'true' ameraucana is clean legged

Yep, shouldn't have feathers on the legs.

 

[duluthralphie]

It's *always* the ones we like the best. Why does nature do it that way?

Murphy's law has away of striking bird owners thrice as hard as the rest of the world....

When I find a dead bird, I know before I get close it will be one I really wanted for breeding or show.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Okay duck folks, I haven't hatched ducks before and I Need to! So, which breeds are the most interesting/colorful? It's so fun to hatch in variety. I know it sounds petty. But still, it's so fun... my Christmas.

Ancona are pretty! And not as hard to hatch as calls

If I wanted big ducks it would probably be anconas