We love them. Mark loves them boiled. I haven't tried them that way yet. I like them for baking and scrambled. Yummy!!
None of my family likes them in anything other than bakingI haven't had a duck egg in so long I don't remember
Duck eggs are richer.
[COLOR=333333]I pulled 5 more Barnie eggs that were clear. Had marked them but left them in on Friday since I couldn't see into them very well, but yup, they were clear when opened. Today is day 11.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]Of the 19 left, 5 still have loose air cells and 2 have air cells completely on the side. (Weird!) Hoping 12 make it to lockdown, and assuming half die then, we're still on track for 6 to hatch.
LOL Losing half at lockdown is common on the high altitude threads. None of us has found a realistic way to increase the oxygen in to incubator to 23% to compensate for the decreased gas exchange. The poor chicks just outgrow the available oxygen, even with the vents wide open. (For shipped eggs coming from low altitude.)Shooot! Ducks are waaayyyy messier than any of my other birbs!
Her birthday isn't until October
You are too pessimistic, even if realistic, but I'm hoping for more for you!
Glad he is doing better!! And you too!! Btw, I sit like that too... did it with a bum ankle before... yeah... no... was ok til I tried to stand up, lol...Hubby says he's about 60%, I think its more like 80% of his old self. Still working up the old energy level and weight and strength, but everything else seems to be working fineThanks so much for asking. You are such a sweetheart
I assume you kept all your digits in check while building the pens and didn't hurt anything yourself? Yall did a great job! I'm sure all those beautiful birds will thank you and enjoy it.
Cricket!!!!!Growing too fast & I'm taking this as an open invitation to post pics.
And Walnut, Willow, & Bailey!!!! 
Messy, but way more disease resistant than chickens... easier upkeep than chickens... and tons more personalities... you need ducks...I broke the news to my wife this afternoon!. Her response was "ducks are messy!" Now I can show her your baby taking a tub bath! They are so pretty! What's the black one again?
[COLOR=333333]I pulled 5 more Barnie eggs that were clear. Had marked them but left them in on Friday since I couldn't see into them very well, but yup, they were clear when opened. Today is day 11.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Of the 19 left, 5 still have loose air cells and 2 have air cells completely on the side. (Weird!) Hoping 12 make it to lockdown, and assuming half die then, we're still on track for 6 to hatch.
Go Barnies!!!!
LOL Losing half at lockdown is common on the high altitude threads. None of us has found a realistic way to increase the oxygen in to incubator to 23% to compensate for the decreased gas exchange. The poor chicks just outgrow the available oxygen, even with the vents wide open. (For shipped eggs coming from low altitude.)
My first shipped hatch - 5/11. So I call myself a realist, even though I tend to be pessimistic.
