I have no idea what I am doing

[shawluvsbirds]

The way it with my broody duck she will lay for about a week or so but she doesn't really pay attention to the eggs until she is done laying. I can steal her eggs at any point during that time without her really even noticing. But once she is settled in to sitting on them it's a different story.

 

[Steven Mazzo]

I just noticed that she is in the pond. I'm hoping that she just had another egg and we are safe to remove them when we get home. Please keep your fingers crossed

 

[Steven Mazzo]

Where is Flynn?

In the pool enjoying the day

 

[WVduckchick]

Exactly Shaw. They don't get broody just because they started laying. (think of a teenage girl getting her cycle, she doesn't want to have a baby right away!...although some do it! Hahah) Steve, just take the eggs. She may sit for an hour each day, getting her system going, or getting a break from Flynn! Lol. That's hormonal female for ya. But broodiness could take months before she would ever really want to hatch babies.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Is the wax put on after cutting?

The types of plants that our straw is made of don’t make any special wax that a grass doesn’t make so I’m a little confused.

Hay balers actually have a mechanism that removes/strips the wax from the blades of hay as it get stuck into a bale, they also have a hygrometer to let you know that its at optimum moisture content to be put into a bale

I always heard there was something about hay that was dangerous for chicks and ducks, but don't remember what.

its the fact that the chicks dont have grit and if they eat the blades/seeds theyll get stuck

sorry just jumped in will finish reading now.....

 

[DwayneNLiz]

View attachment 1298069 Ok so forget that question. Look what I just found. Lucky's first egg.

Congrats!!!

 

[Steven Mazzo]

Day three and just got our third egg. Poor girl must be tired

 

[biophiliac]

View attachment 1299826 Day three and just got our third egg. Poor girl must be tired

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[Steven Mazzo]

Happy St Patrick's day. It looks like lucky might be done with three eggs. It's been two days since her last egg. Does that seem normal for the first time?

 

[Steven Mazzo]

After two days without an egg we just got another one. I guess we are not finished yet