My Love Affair With Ducks...

[Mimi13]

What are Coveys?

Frank, it’s a new breed of duck and I think you need some! J/K

I saw where @Magnolia Ducks had already told you.

 

[Mimi13]

And so, my egg saga either begins or continues, I really don’t know. This morning was my early morning up. was the day to slaughter two 17 week old cockerels. Dang birds! I don’t know why they all can’t be nice and gentlemanly. Hmmm! Kinda sounds like I could be talking about humans, huh?

Anyway, back to ducks! I think it was Hillbilly who said something about the ducks covering up their eggs. Why in the world? There’s not a single predator in the duck house! So, I had looked early this morning and then DH looked later this evening...there was nothing. Just while ago I went to stir up their straw with the pitchfork and something told me to be careful where the goonies had made their little nest and I’m glad I did. There was a cream colored egg underneath the straw in the “nest.” I suppose that is where they plan on laying their eggs. Fine by me. It’s easy to reach.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Flocks. Quail flocks are called coveys

Thank you very much! - I have not found that word in any dictionary.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

It may not work, but it’s certainly worth a try with chicken eggs in an incubator! <rubbing greedy little hands and laughing maniacally>

I have found an old thread in the best poultry web-site:

• Does incubation temperature affect sex of developing chick embryo

And i found another one on a not so good web-site:

• How can I incubate eggs that will hatch female chicks only

An another one, that is so "scientific" that i forgot what i was searching for after just reading the title…

• Influence of temperature stimulation during the last 4 days of incubation on secondary sex ratio and later performance in male and female broiler chicks

Is that even written in English? - However if you open the result tables, it seems that the influence of the incubator temperature is irrelevant for the f/m rate. At least the results are inconclusive, within statistical white noise.

And while searching i found this about a total idiot very talented artist:

• A French Artist Is Trying to Hatch Eggs With His Body Heat.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Frank, it’s a new breed of duck and I think you need some! J/K

I saw where @Magnolia Ducks had already told you.

Maybe this new duck breed is finally compatible with @duluthralphie ?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

And so, my egg saga either begins or continues, I really don’t know. This morning was my early morning up. was the day to slaughter two 17 week old cockerels. Dang birds! I don’t know why they all can’t be nice and gentlemanly. Hmmm! Kinda sounds like I could be talking about humans, huh?

Anyway, back to ducks! I think it was Hillbilly who said something about the ducks covering up their eggs. Why in the world? There’s not a single predator in the duck house! So, I had looked early this morning and then DH looked later this evening...there was nothing. Just while ago I went to stir up their straw with the pitchfork and something told me to be careful where the goonies had made their little nest and I’m glad I did. There was a cream colored egg underneath the straw in the “nest.” I suppose that is where they plan on laying their eggs. Fine by me. It’s easy to reach.

Ducks are ducks! - Mine know all too well that those large blue bags that i am hauling from the shed to the patio are no duck-eatings monsters, yet any time they see me with one of these bags they all take off screaming »The end of the world is here!!!« …
Only to come running to the patio immediately and demand a sample of their cat-food.
I guess i have to borrow the neighbors cat for a day, just to see some dumb-struck duck-faces when they see a cat eating their cat-kibbles. Hmm, better not! I'm afraid for the health of the cat, i imagine Blanca and Bazilla each pulling on one ear and Earthquack trying to swallow that tail "worm".

I really wish i'd be able to slaughter! - Where did you learn that?
I love fried chicken, roasted chicken, grilled chicken, chicken soup, …
And you can get a rooster chick for a dollar (!!!) at Meyer hatchery with what they call the »FRY PAN BARGAIN« - Offered the neighbors to build a huge tractor and order 100 chicks, i raise them, they slaughter, we process and make 50/50 on the birds. Their answer: No, too much work, can buy a chicken for less than $5 at SaveALot…
Dang!~ Now i'm hungry again!

 

[Mimi13]

And while searching i found this about a total idiot very talented artist:

• A French Artist Is Trying to Hatch Eggs With His Body Heat.

There was a thread on here a while back (I’ve honestly lost track of all time because of this Covid crap) where a woman incubated an egg under her boobs — yeah, it was for real. And now seeing your post above where a man tried, I can only imagine where his eggs were tucked away! Yep, total idiot was correct!

 

[Texag87]

Our duck pool for the old ducks bit the dust today. When I brought out the new pool for them, the young ducks were terrified of the purple duck eater I was taking to the old duck Pen. They ran into fences and flew into trees. No injuries. The old ducks just wanted me to get the pool filled.

 

[Mimi13]

Ducks are ducks! - Mine know all too well that those large blue bags that i am hauling from the shed to the patio are no duck-eatings monsters, yet any time they see me with one of these bags they all take off screaming »The end of the world is here!!!« …
Only to come running to the patio immediately and demand a sample of their cat-food.
I guess i have to borrow the neighbors cat for a day, just to see some dumb-struck duck-faces when they see a cat eating their cat-kibbles. Hmm, better not! I'm afraid for the health of the cat, i imagine Blanca and Bazilla each pulling on one ear and Earthquack trying to swallow that tail "worm".

I really wish i'd be able to slaughter! - Where did you learn that?
I love fried chicken, roasted chicken, grilled chicken, chicken soup, …
And you can get a rooster chick for a dollar (!!!) at Meyer hatchery with what they call the »FRY PAN BARGAIN« - Offered the neighbors to build a huge tractor and order 100 chicks, i raise them, they slaughter, we process and make 50/50 on the birds. Their answer: No, too much work, can buy a chicken for less than $5 at SaveALot…
Dang!~ Now i'm hungry again!

Two of my favorite people to watch on YouTube regarding dispatching and butchering chickens is John Suscovich and Joel Salatin. They both have a bunch of different videos. John Suscovich is my favorite!

I don’t have processing equipment other than a kill cone. I snagged DH’s turkey fryer for my scalder and I either hang them on a tree to pluck or lay them on the table to skin. Then I also eviscerate them there on the table I have set up for the whole process.

The two I did today about killed me. They were both full of pin feathers that were a booger trying to pull out. I gave up on one and skinned it, but I was able to keep the skin on the other. Young, tender chicken grilled with the skin on...there’s nothing better! Now I’m starving!

 

[Mimi13]

Our duck pool for the old ducks bit the dust today. When I brought out the new pool for them, the young ducks were terrified of the purple duck eater I was taking to the old duck Pen. They ran into fences and flew into trees. No injuries. The old ducks just wanted me to get the pool filled.

Yep, I can just picture that taking place. Kinda the same thing here when I brought in another PINK pool on top of my head. They all went berserk, running/flying for the hills!