Pipd's Peeps 2014!

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Here's a better pic of the first egg.

 

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Congrats!! It's a pretty little egg!

 

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Well, today we've officially started on the duck coop! ...Okay, we didn't get too far, but digging that foundation really knocked me out. So here is the floor of the duck coop!

This is a view of what will be part of the duck yard:

The other part of the duck yard. The dimensions are roughly 15 by 35 feet:

This is a zoomed in part of the last picture. It's hard to see past that branch hanging down in the way, but this is where little Wibbles was buried. I plan on fencing this off and planting a white lilac here in remembrance of her. Hopefully in a year or two it'll be a nice, strong bush that the ducks can hang out under (without destroying it ).

Here are the rough plans, if anyone wants a closer look. Click for a full view.

In theory, the ducks should arrive on October 18, which is the date of a show I'll be going to to look for them. If that doesn't work out, I suppose I'll try again with eggs next year. . We'll see when we get there, I suppose!






And in other news, Kit-kit squatted for the first time today!! e

 

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Yay! Kit-kit squatted! Nice duck coop! We are just starting on a larger coop! Pumpkin has been laying for awhile and both Pumpkin and Pepsi are squatting! I hope Pepsi starts laying soon! Oh and Pumpkin's first egg wasn't a first.......I found out that she had a secret nest with five eggs in it!
Also Pumpkin's eggs look fertile so I think that my rooster at the young age of 12 weeks is fertilizing them!

 

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Haha, one of my barred Rocks did the same thing to me! I thought she had just started laying, but then I followed her into the woods the next day and found a nest with around a dozen eggs in it! Naughty girl!

And wow, that's quite young!! Gonna try hatching some?

 

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Maybe hatch one. I'll have to convince my family to let me. LOL I'm trading the rooster for a pullet sometime tomorrow and so I'll have to convince them FAST! I'll miss him. He is such a cutie!

 

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Aw, too bad you can't keep him! Well, you should have a couple weeks to convince them at least. Hens can continue to lay fertile eggs for 3 weeks after a rooster has been removed, so that does give you some time!

Be sure to post pictures of your new girl!

 

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I will post plenty of pic of my new girl! I'm going to try and get a EE because I want blue eggs. My rooster is a EE, but you know he turned out to be a rooster so I can't expect any blue eggs out of him! LOL I'm going to "roostersit" for a friend for three days(?). Their rooster is a RIR. He's going to be at our house so maybe I'll let him breed with my girls. I don't know..... The rooster has been living by himself for at least a weeks or two.
My friends flock was all killed and he was the only survivor.

 

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Oh, yes, Easter eggers are great! I have 7, and I get a blue egg from 4 and a green egg from 2. The last is 9 years old, not laying anymore. More power to her, I say!

Just be careful about your friend's rooster, and about bringing in a new pullet. There are a lot of diseases out there that can leave birds as indefinite carriers, and they'll continue to pass on the disease to any birds they come into contact with. :/

 

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Yeah, I'll be careful.