March Hatch-Along Thread- Come Hatch With Us!!!!!

[PugBug]

Good lord- I get sick & Boom 675 posts later. I will catch up though!

Just wanted to update quick, before I begin this hatch-a-long novel

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Krip & Wobble are doing well - between them they are a full functioning chicken!! Wobble was able to regain full use of one leg, the other leg however was not able to be saved fully but gets around great & so far is still in the same size range as her hatch mates. Krip has settled in wonderfully with her/his younger friends & is doing a great job of keeping off the bad joint. I will have to fashion a nice cushion leather boot for it's foot (twisted to the side so when walking it's weight goes on the side/upper area. I will take new photos of them soon & post I promise!!!

Today was lock down for the first set of eggs - 3 quail eggs! then Sunday will be all the JB eggs & EE eggs and then basically almost everyday of the month something will be locked down or hatching!!! I may just take a break after this month!!!!

Happy to know they are adjusting! I'm taking a break after the ones I have hatch too- mainly cause I've run out of breeds I want

 

[TheH Klan of 10]

Bantychicken.....Silly me didn't even think to click on the "bad egg pic"...YES! It's a quitter for sure. I thought I saw veining but when I enlarged the pic I now see that it's obviously stopped developing. The veins would be much more defined if it were still viable. I'm sorry about that... PugBug....I'm so sorry to hear you lost your little calls. It's SO upsetting when you get your hopes up for something like that and then it doesn't work. Trust me, I've had my heart broken more times than I can count over eggs that didn't hatch. You are absolutely right, call ducks are notoriously difficult to hatch BUT, not impossible so don't give up! I've only sold ducklings locally so far but am determined that this year I'm going to start shipping birds! I would never ship really small ducklings as they don't tend to do well and often times don't survive the trip. Are you totally against trying to hatch more call duck eggs? Are you looking for a specific color or quality or are you just wanting some for pets? The reason I'm asking is because I raise a few different colors...My buffs, khaki's, and penciled calls are all show quality birds and I'll most likely be hatching all of their eggs, at least for now that is. But I do have a group of calls that are a project I'm working on and I could give you some eggs from those if you wanted to try hatching again? You wouldn't have to pay for anything but whatever shipping would be. Although I've had MANY eggs shipped to me, I've never shipped eggs out and I really want to start doing it so you'd be helping me out too. If you don't want to that's totally fine too. I really do understand how upsetting it is when they don't hatch so I wouldn't blame you if you were worried about it. Let me know what ya think and if you're interested, I'll tell you the details of color and type and all that jazz. I know for SURE they're fertile because I've got four of their eggs cooking now! For now I'm going to try my hand at posting a pic or two of the three little buggars I hatched a few days ago!

Oh wow they are so adorable!! Super cute!!

 

[PugBug]

So far 7 out of 23, and lots of pips and rockin & rollin goin on!!!

sounds great!

 

[PugBug]

Bantychicken.....Silly me didn't even think to click on the "bad egg pic"...YES! It's a quitter for sure. I thought I saw veining but when I enlarged the pic I now see that it's obviously stopped developing. The veins would be much more defined if it were still viable. I'm sorry about that...


PugBug....I'm so sorry to hear you lost your little calls. It's SO upsetting when you get your hopes up for something like that and then it doesn't work. Trust me, I've had my heart broken more times than I can count over eggs that didn't hatch. You are absolutely right, call ducks are notoriously difficult to hatch BUT, not impossible so don't give up! I've only sold ducklings locally so far but am determined that this year I'm going to start shipping birds! I would never ship really small ducklings as they don't tend to do well and often times don't survive the trip. Are you totally against trying to hatch more call duck eggs? Are you looking for a specific color or quality or are you just wanting some for pets? The reason I'm asking is because I raise a few different colors...My buffs, khaki's, and penciled calls are all show quality birds and I'll most likely be hatching all of their eggs, at least for now that is. But I do have a group of calls that are a project I'm working on and I could give you some eggs from those if you wanted to try hatching again? You wouldn't have to pay for anything but whatever shipping would be. Although I've had MANY eggs shipped to me, I've never shipped eggs out and I really want to start doing it so you'd be helping me out too. If you don't want to that's totally fine too. I really do understand how upsetting it is when they don't hatch so I wouldn't blame you if you were worried about it. Let me know what ya think and if you're interested, I'll tell you the details of color and type and all that jazz. I know for SURE they're fertile because I've got four of their eggs cooking now!

For now I'm going to try my hand at posting a pic or two of the three little buggars I hatched a few days ago!

OHHHHHHHHHHHH! Look at them!!! I just said the other day I was going to give up on hatching ducks, BUT just seeing these makes me want to try again!!! They are adorable! And YES I would LOVE to get some of your eggs & thank you so very much for offering! Since you have experience with hatching them, could you also gives me some pointers? We are just wanting them for pets. As for colors, I like all colors except maybe the solid white ones. If you want, you can PM me the details? Oh Lordy I am so excited now!

 

[animaladdictions]

Silly me..I guess I should say what's hatchin and when huh! Lol I tried REALLY hard to go back to the beginning of the thread and read everything but got about 23 pages in and just gave into the urge to post!

The baby pics above are of two penciled call ducklings and a khaki...and yes, they've already made their bed a mess! That's ducks for ya!

Ok I've got crazy staggering going on but here goes...
Buff Calls due March 10
Buff Calls Due March 20
A single dewlap egg due March 23
4 Lavender Bibbed and 5 Buff Calls due March 26
3 dewlap eggs due March 27

and then there's April......

 

[TheH Klan of 10]

Ya see..... That was so nice of animal addictions !!!! BYC is so cool and has a lot of very nice people here!!!!
That was very thoughtful and kind of you animal addictions !!! (Thumbs up) its so great to make others "happy happy happy"!!!

 

[PugBug]

Silly me..I guess I should say what's hatchin and when huh! Lol I tried REALLY hard to go back to the beginning of the thread and read everything but got about 23 pages in and just gave into the urge to post!

The baby pics above are of two penciled call ducklings and a khaki...and yes, they've already made their bed a mess! That's ducks for ya!

Ok I've got crazy staggering going on but here goes...
Buff Calls due March 10
Buff Calls Due March 20
A single dewlap egg due March 23
4 Lavender Bibbed and 5 Buff Calls due March 26
3 dewlap eggs due March 27

and then there's April......

looking forward to seeing pics of all these when they hatch!

 

[PugBug]

Ya see..... That was so nice of animal addictions !!!! BYC is so cool and has a lot of very nice people here!!!!
That was very thoughtful and kind of you animal addictions !!! (Thumbs up) its so great to make others "happy happy happy"!!!

another fan of Duck Dynasty I see!

And I agree, I love the thread! We have some really nice folks here

 

[PugBug]

Silly me..I guess I should say what's hatchin and when huh! Lol I tried REALLY hard to go back to the beginning of the thread and read everything but got about 23 pages in and just gave into the urge to post!

The baby pics above are of two penciled call ducklings and a khaki...and yes, they've already made their bed a mess! That's ducks for ya!

Ok I've got crazy staggering going on but here goes...
Buff Calls due March 10
Buff Calls Due March 20
A single dewlap egg due March 23
4 Lavender Bibbed and 5 Buff Calls due March 26
3 dewlap eggs due March 27

and then there's April......

Oh wow, I just saw pics of your lavender bibbed calls, they are gorgeous birds! I love the lavender color in all the chickens, this is the first time I've seen that color in ducks-

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

That egg is just weird... I thought quitter at first, but the dark blob through me off. Maybe I'll crack it open tomorrow and see what the deal was. Thanks for the help everyone.