Help! duck egg day 29, no pipping - pic included... getting anxious

[rjohns39]

Is yours a tractor?

Yes. All of my shelters are mobile, but I'm running out of places to move them to. Gotta clear more pasture, thin the predator population and have dry days to cut bunches of trees. Wet hills and chainsaws don't play well together.

 

[Ducknewb_22]

Is this what you all told yourselves too?

 

[Kiki]

Is this what you all told yourselves too?

A few months ago I swore I would never hatch anything.


I am considering posting an ad to hatch other's eggs for FREE!
How nutty is that!

 

[rjohns39]

Is this what you all told yourselves too?

Yup. Let's see, I started with 9 chickens. Then got four drakes. Well I ordered 25 straight run to get the boys some girls... Then 25 turkeys. Then 25 Delawares... AND Then I got my bator...

ETA: Also ordered 150 (two batches of 75) CX for meat.

 

[Ducknewb_22]

A few months ago I swore I would never hatch anything.


I am considering posting an ad to hatch other's eggs for FREE!
How nutty is that!

Other people’s eggs after only a few months?? Oh no I could be headed for trouble!

 

[Kiki]

Other people’s eggs after only a few months?? Oh no I could be headed for trouble!

Yes, complete strangers.
I might have almost put a few known NON fertile eggs in the bator once, recently.



Just for a couple of days though.

 

[Ducknewb_22]

Yup. Let's see, I started with 9 chickens. Then got four drakes. Well I ordered 25 straight run to get the boys some girls... Then 25 turkeys. Then 25 Delawares... AND Then I got my bator...

ETA: Also ordered 150 (two batches of 75) CX for meat.

Wow

Your neighbors don’t mind? This is for all of you, you neighbors don’t care?

 

[Ducknewb_22]

Yes, complete strangers.
I might have almost put a few known NON fertile eggs in the bator once, recently.



Just for a couple of days though.

Can’t blame a girl
For trying!

 

[rjohns39]

My closest neighbor is a 1/4 mile away and I actually ran my meat birds on her front lawn. They love the free eggs and liked the turkey and chickens. I should also say there was a means to my madness. When I finally got to TN permanently, I had been laid off for three months. I did the math and figured it would be cheaper to grow my own then to be grocery store dependent. I grew enough meat to feed a family of six for a year. Figured that was the max time I'd be out of work...

 

[Ducknewb_22]

So what are your favorite duck breeds and why? I thought mallards because that green head is sooo pretty but also the ones I feed are very calm and mellow in comparison to the black bellies/ they fight a lot with anyone and anything! Also they sound like squeaky toys, I don’t mind them but. It my favorite.