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Oh goodness RBF... good luck with that neighbor... why do city people move the the country?? Around here we had a bunch of peeps from LA (city CA people), move to some of the small town valleys around Jackson Hole during the building boom, and they would go to the city building and complain about their the dirt road they lived on not getting plowed within 10 minutes of the snow falling... duh... they don't plow the roads on rural roads first, if you don't like it, don't live there, sheeshShe has only lived here a few months.....Think she owns the world... Actually had her lawyer contact me about "moving my poultry" because she found them "offensive"... Actually ask us to tear down the barn as it "marred the view from her sun room".
Long, busy week. Glad it's the weekend!
Update on my Muscovy, they never really moved beyond the internal pip stage. All but 3 of the 9 internally pipped, then nothing. I waited for a couple days, checked eggs and seemed like half were dead, half still moving but no peeping, no pipping and it was heading into the 3rd day since internal pipping. I made tiny holes and peeked in, the ones that looked dead were dead. The ones that were still moving (5) showed internal pips, did not appear too dry or wet, one had completely absorbed its yolk, two weren't quite absorbed, and two were upside down in the egg.
I opened the top on the one that was fully cooked and put him back. I opened the tops and gently rotated the chicks until the heads were up on the two, left the other two alone. Next day no progress, popped the tops on the them and left them, misted and nice humidity. Next day I had 3 happy chicks out, the two that were upside down had absorbed their yolks and heads were out, but had died.
Really didn't want to help them, sat on my hands until half of them died, but did manage to save 3. Not sure why they didn't pip externally. None looked too moist or too dry, they were spot on for weight loss during incubation. I'm just glad to have the three. Here they are, a couple days old now:
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As others said they are sterile, eggs dont travel well at all so you are just tossing money away on themAnyone know anything about these? I might have found my Holy Grail....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140912002006?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Quote: SOOOOO exciting!! Now I have to warn, the Dewlaps are 100 times calmer and quieter than the sebastopols. We have the dewlaps out front now during the day and they dont even honk when visitors pull in. When the Sebastopols are out there they announce every visitor when they pull in. BOTH are calm and quiet though, the sebbies will cover more ground in a day than the dewlaps.
Oh the face on that chocolate ducklingLong, busy week. Glad it's the weekend!
Update on my Muscovy, they never really moved beyond the internal pip stage. All but 3 of the 9 internally pipped, then nothing. I waited for a couple days, checked eggs and seemed like half were dead, half still moving but no peeping, no pipping and it was heading into the 3rd day since internal pipping. I made tiny holes and peeked in, the ones that looked dead were dead. The ones that were still moving (5) showed internal pips, did not appear too dry or wet, one had completely absorbed its yolk, two weren't quite absorbed, and two were upside down in the egg.
I opened the top on the one that was fully cooked and put him back. I opened the tops and gently rotated the chicks until the heads were up on the two, left the other two alone. Next day no progress, popped the tops on the them and left them, misted and nice humidity. Next day I had 3 happy chicks out, the two that were upside down had absorbed their yolks and heads were out, but had died.
Really didn't want to help them, sat on my hands until half of them died, but did manage to save 3. Not sure why they didn't pip externally. None looked too moist or too dry, they were spot on for weight loss during incubation. I'm just glad to have the three. Here they are, a couple days old now:
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if they are SQ call duck eggs I will warn you that they are extremely hard to hatch, often need help. Their bills are too short to reach the shell for proper pipping and leaves them wanting to hatch but incapable of getting it done. Just be ready to watch them closely, and help slowly once in lockdown
Goodness, that is some cuteness overload.Long, busy week. Glad it's the weekend!
Update on my Muscovy, they never really moved beyond the internal pip stage. All but 3 of the 9 internally pipped, then nothing. I waited for a couple days, checked eggs and seemed like half were dead, half still moving but no peeping, no pipping and it was heading into the 3rd day since internal pipping. I made tiny holes and peeked in, the ones that looked dead were dead. The ones that were still moving (5) showed internal pips, did not appear too dry or wet, one had completely absorbed its yolk, two weren't quite absorbed, and two were upside down in the egg.
I opened the top on the one that was fully cooked and put him back. I opened the tops and gently rotated the chicks until the heads were up on the two, left the other two alone. Next day no progress, popped the tops on the them and left them, misted and nice humidity. Next day I had 3 happy chicks out, the two that were upside down had absorbed their yolks and heads were out, but had died.
Really didn't want to help them, sat on my hands until half of them died, but did manage to save 3. Not sure why they didn't pip externally. None looked too moist or too dry, they were spot on for weight loss during incubation. I'm just glad to have the three. Here they are, a couple days old now:
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