The Quack Shack

[Magnolia Ducks]

A Pekin sized ball of chocolate with the ability to run really fast?

Yes yes that's her.

 

[Supercow]

What I'm thinking about today... using one of these to check on ducks and veggies ... although the mini model just weighs 1 kg, so an angry duck could beat it up

https://www.youtube.com/@frodobots

 

[Supercow]

Here is the first candling report for our Welshies on day +7 :

- we are using 2 x 12 egg incubators
- in each one, 4 eggs do not show veining, only a slightly dark smallish mass
- in each one, the other 8 eggs are doing well, showing nice obvious veins and a much larger developing mass

So we are at 2/3 starting performance - I consider this not bad considering the time of the year and the fact that the eggs have been traveling for 3 days in winter conditions.

 

[Supercow]

Is it possible to get 25% more daily eggs than there are duck hens? Oh yes.

The thing is that the ducks got a bit confused about the concept of "daily": we were 4 anticipated eggs short yesterday and these made up the extra number today.

I need a larger bucket!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

They hid them from you yesterday. They are good at hiding eggs. If they laid two the second would be a soft shell. Congrats. Put some of those in the incubator. Duck math!

 

[Supercow]

Nah, there were in the regular expected locations inside their coops where there were none anymore yesterday... OK maybe they got super smart are and conspiring to move them around ("Quick, I can see him coming... haha, is he gonna be surprised or what...")

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

They do move them around. I've caught some collecting the others eggs for their nest. You definitely need to hatch more super layers!

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

And do you know if your welshies are gold or silver?

 

[Supercow]

I don't really... From the photos on the breeder's site they look more likely to be gold. However, as I understand it, if you have golds and hatch your own, you'll eventually get silvers as well.

From what I've been reading the UK breeder associations (our guy is Italian but his ducks have British bloodlines) are looking down their noses at silvers and do not consider them real Welshies, whereas in the US it's the other way around.

 

[Luv Ducks]

Is it possible to get 25% more daily eggs than there are duck hens? Oh yes.

The thing is that the ducks got a bit confused about the concept of "daily": we were 4 anticipated eggs short yesterday and these made up the extra number today.

I need a larger bucket!

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I got nine today which surprised me. I have to make some decisions on what I am going to do with them because I am getting a stock pile.