June Hatch-A-Long

[Trisseh]

Not a baby chick, but my 7 week old duckling, on the right. Had vent sexed it as a day old and couldn’t find any boy bits, but lo and behold she’s a he. Sounds like a chain smoker. xD very obvious duck junk now haha. Weirdest part about this one is that it was making quacking sounds at 4 weeks. Every single duckling I’ve hatched so far has been male.

I’ll try to get pics of the d’uccles later. The one is ugly cute and has oddly small eyes. It seems to have normal vision though.

 

[FortCluck]

Not a baby chick, but my 7 week old duckling, on the right. Had vent sexed it as a day old and couldn’t find any boy bits, but lo and behold she’s a he. Sounds like a chain smoker. xD very obvious duck junk now haha. Weirdest part about this one is that it was making quacking sounds at 4 weeks. Every single duckling I’ve hatched so far has been male. View attachment 2190592I’ll try to get pics of the d’uccles later. The one is ugly cute and has oddly small eyes. It seems to have normal vision though.

You need practice on your duck vent sexing

 

[Trisseh]

You need practice on your duck vent sexing

Lol, seems like it. I don’t usually have any issues with it, I mean, a phallus is a phallus right? Usually they kind of just spring up and there they are. but even at this age he’s got it tucked so far up in there it was insane. and the quacking was bizarre. I usually double check them at a week or 2 when I don’t see anything as a day old, but I didn’t on this one. Guess I should’ve. Good thing I actually wanted a drake from these hatches.

 

[gimmie birdies]

One chick out EF middle egg hatcher, looks like a boy dark chick (Thor because it is thundering here), and 3 pips (one meyer tan, one EF white, and one BCM) day 20, day 21 starts tonight...

 

[chickiebaby1]

Just for you Fort Cluck! Some chick pics! I love my babies!

 

[FortCluck]

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Just for you Fort Cluck! Some chick pics! I love my babies!

The second to the last one... I have some that are almost identical. They’re feathering and look cool. I’ll get some pics in a second for everyone.

 

[Hucklekree]

Update on the hatching thus far-all viable eggs have pips. 6 total hatched so far: 3 Andalusians (2 blue, 1 black), 2 Partridge Rocks, 1 Olive Egger all Meyer hatching eggs so far.

On a related note. Received some hatching eggs yesterday, roughly handled from USPS. One completely crushed, most of all of them have detached air cells. I am reading that incubating vertically is the way to go when this happens. I have had them resting vertically since yesterday afternoon. Any other hints to increase chances of hatching? Thanks all in advance for any help.

 

[gimmie birdies]

The white egg at the bottom and the 2 eggs above it have pips.

This is Thor, his mom was an EF, his dad was AC/BCM/LO/blue cochin/blue isbar- boy that is a mouthful!

 

[Crestcrazy2]

Hey you guys !
I have an quail egg with the air cell at the wrong end ! What should I do ?
I have the pointy end ( end with the air cell) down , should I point it up ?

Anyone?

 

[FortCluck]

Not sure what cross they are because they’re not from my farm. They’re definitely cute though!