Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[DutchChic]

Pocket is slowly starting to resemble a baby squirrel instead of a rat. At least with her the ugly phase is over, she just gets cuter from here on out.

She is soooo cute! How much longer before she opens her eyes?

 

[JulieNKC]

She is soooo cute! How much longer before she opens her eyes?

I think she's around 3 weeks old, and they open their eyes around 5-6 weeks usually.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

And these are people that we use to go over to their house all the time and party with and go boating with. They have changed though in the last year it seems. Oh well. I now know what kind of people they really are. My true friends are on here I swear. You guys know what I am going through and what the geese and ducks and chickens mean to me.

It sucks when you think you have a friend and then they do something that TOTALLY makes you re-think that. I SO know what you mean. We're going through that right now. (me and hubby)

Pocket is slowly starting to resemble a baby squirrel instead of a rat. At least with her the ugly phase is over, she just gets cuter from here on out.

Man! That little guy changes every day!

I think she's around 3 weeks old, and they open their eyes around 5-6 weeks usually.

Awesome. Is that when she realizes you're not her mom? lol. No seriously.. when do they get bitey.

 

[DutchChic]

I think she's around 3 weeks old, and they open their eyes around 5-6 weeks usually.

The ones I have raised all had their eyes open, and full fur coats, when I got them, lol.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

babies are growing well.... new pics soon as well as pics of the 2 blue ducklings I got from Julie

My babies are peeping!!! It's 2nd day of lockdown and I can hear them!!! Ack!!!! So nervous!!!!

You are so not a duck molester until you have to push a drakes penis back inside! Prolapse is just so much fun.

Jeesh...this thread is full of duck molesters!!! I wonder if there are any in my neighborhood? I'll have to be sure to keep my ducks locked up!

Sorry, QJ... I have no clue about chickens.

But I found myself on ebay this morning looking at dewlap toulouse listings.... and saw that the seller where I got my buff dewlap eggs is having a hard time moving her eggs... and has a GREAT price of $45 OBO for 4 eggs listed.

I'm off eBay until I get paid!

QJ, I dunno.... brother/sister breeding pairs sounds pretty inbred to me.

I am thinking Squeak is a girl more and more too. She really has more volume than the other two boys, has no whistle quality, and keeps reminding me of a muted honk or fog horn. Either way, he/she is a keeper!!

Yeah, I agree about the inbreeding. I need to suck it up and spend big money to get some Silkie hatching eggs to add new blood. Ironically, this is for my boss. I don't get to keep them.

I found my 3rd quail! Saw something brown in the neighbor's yard and walked closer, it was her. Caught her no problem, so all are now back home safe and sound. Wish they were always this easy, I'd let the little buggers out on purpose every now and then if I thought I could catch them again. I think I'm going to make a little quail tractor for them.

Oh I forgot to tell you Utah. We were talking about drake feathers.. I just notice TODAY that little Eddie has one. I swear it was overnight. So I think he's about... 4 months or so old.

Of course that does me no good because he already has a green head. LOL.

CHICKENCRAZY!!! MY EGGS FROM PR SHIP TMW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just got the email!!

Finally!

I have 11 baby ducks leaving tomorrow morning.

Awww. I hate to see them leave.

Today I got home and the silkies are pipped and fussing at me. Oh my! Also have pheasant and turkey due.

Our poor quail number three passed away last night.

LIfe is normal in the home of a hatcher.

Sorry about little button. But it's probably for the best.

As soon as the silkies are finished, or at least the first of the 3 pipped ones, I'll get a pick.

Little Julia is unhappy, but decided to use her allowence she's saved to buy more button quail eggs. She won some on ebay yesterday. Now shes praying that her new eggs get here safely. I'm glad she didn't lose faith. Now the pressures on mom to make the babies hatch, apparently.

I've moved my still air to the bator room, sine it was in a part of the room that gets a little air movement, and the temps ranged a big.

It's a good lesson in faith to occasionally be disappointed.

 

[Marty1876]

I thought you were mistaken when you said it didn't open its eyes for 6 weeks, but I googled it, and sure enough! My goodness, what a high maintainence commitment!

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

It's been a while since I posted any pics of my oldest goslings, so here is No. 1 at 5.5 weeks, beginning the ugly phase.

They are never ugly.

OMG MY NEIGHBORS DOG JUST GOT AHOLD OF MY GOOSE!!!!!!! It is Sadie, my sebbie. I had her and the BEI's outside for a bit and was getting some water and I turned around and Newman had the goose. She is bleeding around the lung area and is breathing really heavy. I don't know what to do for her. We are keeping her warm right now. My hubby loves her too. this is the only bird of mine that he loves. W\HAT DO I DO!!!????????????????????????????????????????

too late. She is gone.

I'm so terribly sorry. I would be a mess. There's not enough

in the world to convey my sympathy.

my neighjbors didn't even say sorry or anything. and we are suppose to be good friends with them. They just took their dog and went to their house and closed the door. I am so f^^^^^^^ ****** at them and that dog.

I would be too.

 

[bakingintherain]

3 of my ducks are internally pipped and 2 are working on it!!! they are due saturday

i know the 3 are because i could hear tapping against the shell when i put it up to my ear

that leaves 5 more that look right on schedule, 1 i am a bit worried about it has a very wonky air cell! I will have to steam the bathroom in the morning to monitor that egg

humidity is in the mid 50's and climbing

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

GQ's here everybody! You can always tell when GQ is here because you get a recap of the day.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

3 of my ducks are internally pipped and 2 are working on it!!! they are due saturday

i know the 3 are because i could hear tapping against the shell when i put it up to my ear

that leaves 5 more that look right on schedule, 1 i am a bit worried about it has a very wonky air cell! I will have to steam the bathroom in the morning to monitor that egg

humidity is in the mid 50's and climbing

Yay!!!!! Mine are going to come early too. They're already butting up against the air cell. Not due til Monday.