Hubby said no more chicks

[Ninjasquirrel]

I have the opposite situation. I told my fiancee that I only wanted to incubate a few to replace some losses in our flock. He said "based on statistics in hatch rate we should do more than that". I only wanted 5 but I have 9 in the incubator now. And...all but one I know for sure are developing. So now I have 8 for certain babies on the way

 

[Ted_Harrell]

I am also a hatching addict as well

 

[CHlCKEN]

and after the ducks there's always geese, and guinea fowl, and turkeys, and pigeons, and pea fowl, and pheasants, and ----------------------------

And more chickens

 

[HollowOfWisps]

My husband told me no more ducks and even got some of his family in on the "joke"...then he surprised me with plans for a 24'x24' duck barn with electric, plumbing, a temperature controlled incubating/brooder room, sperated duck runs outside leading to separate rooms inside for my breeders and table egg layers. It will be finished within the next 2-3 months!

 

[JoJoM]

I have the opposite situation. I told my fiancee that I only wanted to incubate a few to replace some losses in our flock. He said "based on statistics in hatch rate we should do more than that". I only wanted 5 but I have 9 in the incubator now. And...all but one I know for sure are developing. So now I have 8 for certain babies on the way

Definitely a keeper!

 

[JoJoM]

I have 9 duck eggs on Day 16! Fingers crossed we get have a good hatch, still not sure where I'm putting them

 

[BDutch]

I don’t ask MDH if i want more chicks. But I do take it slow on chicken math (2-3 more at a time, I even did a few years with a status quo. And I build my own coops/extensions. So there is no reason whatsoever to complain. .
And sometimes. he even helps without asking. And he loves the eggs too.

 

[JoJoM]

I don’t ask MDH if i want more chicks. But I do take it slow on chicken math (2-3 more at a time, I even did a few years with a status quo. And I build my own coops/extensions. So there is no reason whatsoever to complain. .
And sometimes. he even helps without asking. And he loves the eggs too.

My husband called me outside to ask how I wanted to change up the coop! He’s a contractor and he and his employee were waiting for me to tell them how to make it better. I think he loves them as much as I do. Now I just need it to warm up so I can move my 6 week olds outside. March & April are so unpredictable in Canada! Hot and sunny one day, snow the next.

 

[DukesDucks]

March & April are so unpredictable in Canada! Hot and sunny one day, snow the next.

I'm also in Eastern Ontario. Last week you could almost watch the snow melt away. But you can't fool me yet. I'm not putting away my winter gear.

 

[BDutch]

Here we have a saying March is stirring it’s tail. Meaning there can be a week with storm and rain but also great sunshine and warm weather. For April we have: April sweet can have a white hat .. or April does whatever he likes.

But frost during the day has come to an end now. The daffodils are blooming. And early cherry blossoms too. Upcoming weekend it’s time to prepare the nestbox for natural breeding. I hope 4 fake eggs will do the trick again. If I have a broody next week I will collect 10 possible fertilised eggs.