INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Ravynscroft]

Day old Call ducks...

6 day old Call duck, Io...

Io with a day old Call... only 5 days apart, lol...

@shahtir101

 

[WalnutHill]

There is a snowy call drake for sale near me. It's too big for their breeding program, but still tiny by my standards.

Why are those things so stinking cute?

If Lady Grey has house privileges, does her boyfriend have them too, or does she have to go out on dates?

 

[Saris]

The chick directly in the center with the dark stripes is the legbar.  The other (on left) is one of Sally's project blue eggers

EDIT:  the chick who's head you can see directly behind hers is the other one. lol

Ah okay, herp derp.

 

[Scovy Momma]

There is a snowy call drake for sale near me. It's too big for their breeding program, but still tiny by my standards.

Why are those things so stinking cute?

If Lady Grey has house privileges, does her boyfriend have them too, or does she have to go out on dates?

Yeah,does the girl know to go out to party & come home alone? Keeps the house clean & you don't have to entertain guests!

 

[Ravynscroft]

There is a snowy call drake for sale near me.  It's too big for their breeding program, but still tiny by my standards.

Why are those things so stinking cute?

If Lady Grey has house privileges, does her boyfriend have them too, or does she have to go out on dates?

Snowy boys are so pretty!

Lady Grey and entourage are outside all day, but yes, they come in at night... for now... user to have the boys outside, but after we lost Burn, Crash flipped out and keeping the boys with them calmed her down... have a huge wood box filled with shavings and a wire top that they spend the night in... we were gonna transition then all outside but since she started laying we didn't want her to stop til we could get some hatched... going to work on their new accommodations outside this weekend... can't put them with the rest of the flock cuz Crash also thinks she can whoop all the other ducks butts at once... alone... :/

Yeah,does the girl know to go out to party & come home alone? Keeps the house clean & you don't have to entertain guests!

She's fine alone, but poor Crash isn't... and think Crash is right in that prelaying hormonal surge... gotta love the cross-species 'PMS', lol...

 

[lindalouly]

Oh no! If that were the case this mama would be on the news!!! Lol 4 is it for me.

 

[firedragon1982]

So, Eggbert, the youngest hatchee of the batch might be out of the woods! After he hatched, he was so weak (possibly not ready even tho he was trying) he didn't kick himself out of the shell I found out after I got home yesterday. My hubby, bless his heart, "helped" him out of the shell. Gently tipped him out. He was having mobility issues, even after leaving in the incubator for 12+ hours, he was still waddling with his butt dragging on the ground, and one leg would splay out, he'd fall on his back and couldn't get up, etc. So this morning I worked on splinting his legs (which is hard! nothing I used would stick/stay stuck!) and his one curled foot. Even with putting splinty in a cup to stay upright, he'd kick his shoe off/start working the splint off his legs. Put him in a wash cloth donut with the other chicks,he'd try and crawl out. Get a plastic cottage cheese bowl, and he'd lay on the bottom and be depressed.

So before I left for work I took the splint off, he kicked the booty off too, and just let him run with his hatch mates. I'm happy to say that he is now doing so much better mobility wise. Still not as upright as his siblings, but now can "run" around without his bum dragging constantly, and is working at getting his legs more and more under him every time I see him come out. I know, not the orthopedic way, but I'm just glad he's not laying on the ground giving up like he was when I had him separated.

 

[ChickaLong]

So, Eggbert, the youngest hatchee of the batch might be out of the woods! After he hatched, he was so weak (possibly not ready even tho he was trying) he didn't kick himself out of the shell I found out after I got home yesterday. My hubby, bless his heart, "helped" him out of the shell. Gently tipped him out. He was having mobility issues, even after leaving in the incubator for 12+ hours, he was still waddling with his butt dragging on the ground, and one leg would splay out, he'd fall on his back and couldn't get up, etc. So this morning I worked on splinting his legs (which is hard! nothing I used would stick/stay stuck!) and his one curled foot. Even with putting splinty in a cup to stay upright, he'd kick his shoe off/start working the splint off his legs. Put him in a wash cloth donut with the other chicks,he'd try and crawl out. Get a plastic cottage cheese bowl, and he'd lay on the bottom and be depressed.

So before I left for work I took the splint off, he kicked the booty off too, and just let him run with his hatch mates. I'm happy to say that he is now doing so much better mobility wise. Still not as upright as his siblings, but now can "run" around without his bum dragging constantly, and is working at getting his legs more and more under him every time I see him come out. I know, not the orthopedic way, but I'm just glad he's not laying on the ground giving up like he was when I had him separated.

Good that he/she is doing good. I have never had any success with them.

 

[kguinness76]

2 surprises this AM!! 3 more pipped!!!

 

[ChickaLong]

2 surprises this AM!! 3 more pipped!!!

Good to wake up to.