Good luck! I love ducklings. We always had ducks as pets when I was a girl. They make the cutest sounds. Let us know how the candling goes.Well, wish me luck. My first candeling will be tonight. 10 duck eggs. I've never done ducks before so I'm very anxious. Congratulations to everyone that has had a successful hatch so far!
I have always used my silkies to integrate chicks with. I don't know about Sebrights. My poor LF birds that start out in the silkie pen, don't understand when I move them in with the bigger birds. Most of the silkies are good, but some can be NASTY. Give the babies plenty of areas to run and hide.At last, the weather is nice and I could get out there with my tool kit and fix up the big coop and run that the farmer hauled out here for me.
You can see Tasha, my Rhode Island Red, checking it out. She will be one of the lucky few who gets to move into the new digs.
The inside has fold-down perches, nest boxes and even a wired-in light fixture (which I can't use, unless I get a generator, since there is no electricity running this far out). My daughter decorated it for the chickens. I'll probably take the daffs out, but they are welcome to eat the dandelions.
The old coop and run can then be available for my sweet Silkie, the little Sebright, and the new chicks I just hatched, when they are big enough. It seems to be that mixing babies (@6wks) and bantams is a good move. Thoughts on this?
Lol, nasty Silkies?? I guess every barrel has a few bad apples.
I had a broody in December when we got close temps down to zero. I made the mistake of putting a heat lamp in the baby coop she was in. She went to the heat and we lost 3 chicks. 1 had completely hatched, 2 mid-zip. But she took the first hatchers to the warmer area. She was a great momma after that, so I don't blame her. I blame myself. So my advice if you decide to add heat, just make sure she doesn't have to move to get warmer.
Love it! Poor little sebright. I think she will integrate eventually, and like you said, she can fly, so she has an advantage. My sebrights were awful little birds. The least friendly of any that I've owned. I'm glad you got a nice one. LolAt last, the weather is nice and I could get out there with my tool kit and fix up the big coop and run that the farmer hauled out here for me. You can see Tasha, my Rhode Island Red, checking it out. She will be one of the lucky few who gets to move into the new digs.The inside has fold-down perches, nest boxes and even a wired-in light fixture (which I can't use, unless I get a generator, since there is no electricity running this far out). My daughter decorated it for the chickens. I'll probably take the daffs out, but they are welcome to eat the dandelions.
The old coop and run can then be available for my sweet Silkie, the little Sebright, and the new chicks I just hatched, when they are big enough. It seems to be that mixing babies (@6wks) and bantams is a good move. Thoughts on this?
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Hatched March 11 - crowed April 2... oh boy! (Exactly!)
My broodys first chickred sex link
