Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[stillmecle]

mine are either not hat smart or they find happiness in my suffering

but they will not sleep in either one of their two shelters. they sleep in the water, my front steps, or on the bank by the water! ugg

I lock mine up at night so the raccoons and neighbors dogs or cats can't get them

 

[stillmecle]

I take mine out and spray them and then let them sit now for about 15 minutes to cool down and then put them back in but I turn them about 3 times a day

 

[stillmecle]

gonna go get Fluffy out for a bit. She is loney in there by herself.

 

[stillmecle]

gonna go get Fluffy out for a bit. She is loney in there by herself.

geez she just tried to fly and landed on the floor. Now she is trying to help me type.

 

[stillmecle]

little Fluffy is trying to fly. She gets on my shoulder and starts flapping your little wings and down she tumbles.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

QJ, I cool and mist mine every night for about 5 minutes. Usually candle them then.

Ok cool. The woman that sent me the second batch of Sebbies also sent a hatching calendar where I'm supposed to set them out according to what day it is.

It's weird, but I'm going to do it anyway.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

I take mine out and spray them and then let them sit now for about 15 minutes to cool down and then put them back in but I turn them about 3 times a day

ok, that's what this woman's chart says to do. Little fluffy sounds like a doll face. New pics please.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

My apples are due Friday. I'm using the LG as a hatcher. I'm having bad luck with the cabinet when it comes to hatching time.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Evening all, I posted the link below to Pete's incubation guide. He is a great guy, but also in a different time zone and a very busy schedule himself. He is not listed as a BYC moderator, so make sure you are contacting the one in the link below if you do for egg help.

Pete's goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed


Oh I don't remember who posted about it, but geese will NOT protect a flock of anything from any predator, dog, hawk ect. They are great alarm systems, but won't stand up to a threat. Now a momma goose sitting a nest can be a force, but when push comes to shove a predator can kill a goose as easily as a duck.


I think our first Sebbie passed away, will be checking on him shortly, he was starting to kick a lot, so I changed the position to keep him in place as the yolk wasn't absorbed yet. Last I looked though he had kicked through a vein and I had to hold pressure to stop the bleeding. So we are hoping he will make it, but holding our breath. We do have 8 eggs set though in groups of 4, so goslings aren't too far off in the future.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Oh and Normal phased Mandarin pairs can be found for 50-100/pair. Hubby has 1 pair white, 3 pairs normal and a pair of Apricot wood ducks. Very pretty birds, but boy are they flighty. His are pretty good now as I enter their enclosure they don't panick now, but will run to other end of their pen. Not a duck you hold or hand feed for sure.