Got The Email! Yay! THEY ARE HERE!

[Birch Run Farm]

My ducklings from Holderread's shipped tonight, should be here Wednesday.

 

[One Acre Wonder Farm]

how many? breed?

 

[Birch Run Farm]

I ordered the Dutch Hook Bills, the SQ breedings so I only bought the minimum number. I can't wait to see them!

My muscovies are nesting too. One serious on the nest, the other is still collecting eggs but stays the night on her nest.

 

[barnwife]

congratulations!!!

I was thinking of placing an order form there for some runners, anconas, and pilgrim geese!

let me know how it goes!

 

[NewHopePoultry]

Congrats!

 

[Sweetfolly]

Congrats!

Hookbills are amazing, they're my favorite breed of duck!

 

[CityChicker]

Oh! How exciting! You have to post pictures as they grow! Holderread's gave me one a few years ago, but I only had that one. She was so calm and sweet though. I wish I had room to add some back to my flock.

 

[Birch Run Farm]

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Annarie,

What color eggs do yours lay?

CityChicker,

I have heard this breed is nice and calm!

 

[Sweetfolly]

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It's hard to tell - they've always run with my Campbells and Runners - so I get a really mixed batch of eggs every morning! I'm almost certain that they all lay very light blue eggs, about the same color as some of my Runners, since I seem to have more blue eggs during the Hookbill's shorter laying season. I also have light greenish eggs, and tan eggs (from the Runners) and white eggs (from the Campbells) - but, who really knows who lays what?

One day last summer, I chopped a bunch of excess tomatoes from the garden and fed them to the ducks, and I had orange-ish eggs for the next two days!

 

[mominoz]

GOOD for you, I am waiting for my babies too from H. !!I had an alternate date , last week, this was supposed to be the shipping week (hadn't gotten email yet!) and next week the other alternate. I am getting 5 penciled runners and 3 Silver Appleyard minitures and 2 silky minitures. I didn't give a 2nd choice , and said "any " for shipping date, becasue I didn't have a 2nd choice.
My 4 Tufted Buff geese are a month old and stilll living in the garage( I had to make a bigger pen.) I take them out daily for grazing in dog yard- Looking the terreirs inside , who drool and bark thru the window)
We are making a Fort Knox Avaiary for everyone that can be divided with a day yard. It is a "Garage in a box" , we reinforced and added tin roof and I will fence with 2"2" Kennel wire. It is 12 X 20. Will post pics as soon as posssible...