Lesson learned: Isolate a broody goose from her flock if you want her to be an interspecie surrogate

[DiYMama540]

Glad you and the flock are alright!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very sorry this happen to your country and make me very thankful the biggest we've ever had was like a 2 or less. How about you @DiYMama540 have ya'll ever felt one up in TN?

 

[DiYMama540]

Very sorry this happen to your country and make me very thankful the biggest we've ever had was like a 2 or less. How about you @DiYMama540 have ya'll ever felt one up in TN?

We've had them, but nothing hard enough to feel or do any damage. All the mountains help quite a bit I suppose.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have felt 2 both during the night woke me up with the bedside table moving a bit.

 

[FutureMillionaire]

One of the black ducklings died. It dies after its foot got stuck on a fence wire while I was sleeping.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’m sorry. The others doing good I hope?

 

[FutureMillionaire]

I will try a second attempt on hatching Balut but this time with muscovies,

 

[Miss Lydia]

How are the ducklings doing?

 

[FutureMillionaire]

Both died of cold because their surrogate mother stopped caring about her ducklings because instead of isolating herself from the flock with her ducklings, she returned to the flock. The flock outcast might better surrogate mothers. Maybe if I do this again, I will just hand raise the ducklings and make a brooder. Layer ducklings also don't seem to follow their mom around.

There is no snow here but december is still cold. I might do the balut experiment again on summer next year.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That's too bad. Duckling aren't anything like chicks they don't go under mama when they are cold and if mama doesn't talk to them and get them to follow they can get into trouble. I hope in summer you can get some ducklings to hatch. Rescue some balut.

Merry Christmas!