March 2022 Hatch-A-Long

[Kholts]

The hard part waiting. Yes, ducks take a while. The worst are geese. They seem to savor hatching... I have been told peafowl are even worse.



You and me both,. Ducks drive me crazy. I rather let the moms hatch them out.



Yep chicks are so much faster. seems to be the smaller they are at hatch the faster they want out.

I’ve never had a duck go broody or else I totally would let them hatch out themselves!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Just making doubly extra sure before binning my silkie eggs Day 14

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So sorry, these don’t look like they’re going to develop any further.
This is what they should look like at day 14.

 

[Kelsykin]

I’ve never had a duck go broody or else I totally would let them hatch out themselves!

I have. I had an ancona sitting on a clutch last Spring. A stupid neighbor let her dogs "free-range" and they got into my fenced property and killed her.

 

[Poodlemum]

I’ve never had a duck go broody or else I totally would let them hatch out themselves!

My neighbours duck went broody every other day Hatched two groups of 15+ ducklings this summer and I kept kicking her off the nests she’d keep starting in our bushes so she could have a break. Even laid eggs and sat in December before a bad storm broke her. So.dang.broody!

 

[Poodlemum]

So sorry, these don’t look like they’re going to develop any further.
This is what they should look like at day 14.

0/3 for the silkies

Luckily we have 6/6 BYM that are super active, I’ll definitely wait for local silkies before trying shipped again

 

[Flockincrazy]

5 more days till my 250quail eggs start to hatch I'm so eggsited

 

[Kholts]

I have. I had an ancona sitting on a clutch last Spring. A stupid neighbor let her dogs "free-range" and they got into my fenced property and killed her.

That’s tragic! I’m sorry. Maybe one of mine will go broody come spring. I can dream lol.

My neighbours duck went broody every other day Hatched two groups of 15+ ducklings this summer and I kept kicking her off the nests she’d keep starting in our bushes so she could have a break. Even laid eggs and sat in December before a bad storm broke her. So.dang.broody!

Got to love her determination & focus though even if it could kill her!

 

[kurby22]

0/3 for the silkies

Luckily we have 6/6 BYM that are super active, I’ll definitely wait for local silkies before trying shipped again

Ahh I’m so sorry! Shipped eggs are such a gamble! I got 14 eggs and only 5 of them look promising. And they were from a town only 4 hours south. They spent 3.5 days in transit though

 

[The-White-Elephant]

I have. I had an ancona sitting on a clutch last Spring. A stupid neighbor let her dogs "free-range" and they got into my fenced property and killed her.

I know how that is. After months- years of waiting for a broody, wild (abandoned) dogs came and destroyed almost all my flock. I haven't had a broody since.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

I know how that is. After months- years of waiting for a broody, wild (abandoned) dogs came and destroyed almost all my flock. I haven't had a broody since.

(This was 3.5-4 years ago)