Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Wulfandwyn]

Help!!!!! Urgent!!! Duckling hatched and was kicked out of the nest or fell out.

This is one of its mini naps

 

[Marty1876]

Put it under a lightbulb in a box with a towel in the bottem. Give it water and food. Tomarrow, when you see the mama and crew, put them togather and put him in with them, then release them again.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

ok here is my rant (of the month):

so this last week has been rough and thoroughly depressing! saturday i start feeling like crap and i'm in bed with a broncial type thing, long weekend so i suffer along till tuesday, monday night ear infection starts by midnight i am in screaming pain! by 8am i haven't slept at all have taken strong pain meds that help for about an hour each time, and i am throwing up my ears hurt so bad (yes it has progressed to both ears now) by 8am i think i am saved by i call and the doc office is not open for some strange unexplained reason, and the clinic 1/2 hour away is closed too! so hours and pain later i end up having to go to ER (thing i was trying to avoid) i waited in the triage room for about an hour them they admitted, hung around in the room for about an hour the doc comes in takes 2 minutes looking me over and says "yup you have an ear infection"! another hour for discharge and i am on my way to pick up my 3 scripts and on my way home.
They whole week i was wiped out and felt horrible, and today i go in for my follow-up with my doctor, he looks in my ears and now it is infected behind the ear drum in both ears! he said it looked like i have a very severe infection and should have gone to the ER sooner! so 2 more scripts later my head is still ringing and i can't sleep

and to add to that we built the "teenagers" a more permenant house and only 3 out of 15 will use it! Mama has gone rouge during the night with her babies. And 5 of my ducks have come up missing

, no feather, nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and they were here this morning, now there are only 2 and they have been wandering around looking for their friends

oh and did i mention they all got their voices in and there were 2 males and 5 females!

Feel better soon! I get recurrent ear infections everytime the weather changes. Starts like allrgy symptoms and the next thing I'm dizzy and unbalanced.

ChristineR - I'm sorry you lost your baby dog. And two in a year, well, my heart goes out to you.

I've been trying to catch up. I don't have any appointments today, but I've got to go buy bird and people food. Everyone got a little this morning, since I forgot to go yesterday.

I'm very sorry I havn't been on so much. It seems like I've spent a lot less time being social in general, this last month. I suppose its all just part of it, but I hope you don't feel neglected, all my hatching fiends.

Hey Marty! Glad to see you popped in! Come back when you can and don't worry, we'll catch you up!

TIME TO FILL ME BATOR

Anyone have eggs for me to hatch? Will buy em'

Shoot me a PM ! I am buying anothe 4 dozen anconas, and some khaki's, and some other stuff ~ Its an Ebay & CL day!

I've got random duck eggs. Could be anything. They hatch out all fuzzy and cute. (need to kick hubby over the breeding pens that aren't done yet)

My Turkeys smell like vomit. I'm not even joking in the slightest. They literally smell as if someone threw up on them. Is this a normal Turkey smell?

. Any way to get rid of it?

Eww. Guess that eliminates that type of poultry for me.

Figured you all would like to see my "1%" aka Hercules! So I know hatching a healthy Pekin is possible!

And no posts for 5.5 hours

. Where did everybody go?

Been quiet lately. Busy season.

Help!!!!! Urgent!!! Duckling hatched and was kicked out of the nest or fell out.

This is one of its mini naps

Aww. I've got three in a brooder at work that the moms wouldn't take back. Hope your momma duck is a better momma than the ones I'm working with.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Hey all! I've been busy the last few days dealing with...



I've got all kinds of craziness going on that I don't even want to talk about.

But I will share my sad story from this morning. We have three duck mommas where I work. One of them lost all but one baby to predators last week. So runner mom has one baby, scovy mom 1 has two babies and scovy mom 2 has 9 babies.

Today, I was in the farmhouse getting some info from my boss when one of the fieldhands brings in a soaking wet, almost dead duckling. I take the little thing, dry it with a paper towel and stick it down my shirt for warmth. About 15 minutes later, still waiting for my paperwork, fieldhands return with another soaking wet, nearly dead duckling. Dried it off a bit, into the shirt. Now I have two nearly dead ducklings warming in my boobies.

All previously-counted ducklings accounted for. Brooder ducklings all accounted for. Tractor ducklings accounted for. There is nowhere these babies might have come from.

Long story short, boss ran out and got Sav-a-chick. Pulled back into the driveway as duckling 2 expired in my hands. Duckling one lasted about a half hour longer, but also died on me. Both of them were stargazing. Guess whomever hatched them left them for dead because they couldn't keep up. Still don't know where they came from. I wonder if they were hatched by a chicken or something. Either way, my day got off to a really sad start trying to save those poor babies.

On a good note, I have two new runner ducklings and it looks like I may get 3 of 5 of the exotic chicken eggs (bonus with silkie duck eggs) to hatch. Maybe more, who knows?

 

[Kevin565]

Hey all! I've been busy the last few days dealing with...



I've got all kinds of craziness going on that I don't even want to talk about.

But I will share my sad story from this morning. We have three duck mommas where I work. One of them lost all but one baby to predators last week. So runner mom has one baby, scovy mom 1 has two babies and scovy mom 2 has 9 babies.

Today, I was in the farmhouse getting some info from my boss when one of the fieldhands brings in a soaking wet, almost dead duckling. I take the little thing, dry it with a paper towel and stick it down my shirt for warmth. About 15 minutes later, still waiting for my paperwork, fieldhands return with another soaking wet, nearly dead duckling. Dried it off a bit, into the shirt. Now I have two nearly dead ducklings warming in my boobies.

All previously-counted ducklings accounted for. Brooder ducklings all accounted for. Tractor ducklings accounted for. There is nowhere these babies might have come from.

Long story short, boss ran out and got Sav-a-chick. Pulled back into the driveway as duckling 2 expired in my hands. Duckling one lasted about a half hour longer, but also died on me. Both of them were stargazing. Guess whomever hatched them left them for dead because they couldn't keep up. Still don't know where they came from. I wonder if they were hatched by a chicken or something. Either way, my day got off to a really sad start trying to save those poor babies.

On a good note, I have two new runner ducklings and it looks like I may get 3 of 5 of the exotic chicken eggs (bonus with silkie duck eggs) to hatch. Maybe more, who knows?

 

[Wulfandwyn]

hi everyone! So far just the one little mini silver appleyard duckling has hatched. the other msa egg has externally piped.

 

[Kevin565]

Congrats on the first hatch! Any more?

 

[Iain Utah]

Hey everyone. Hope all is well in birdland today.

Marty, glad you are spending fun time with your babies! It seems they grow up so fast. I'd love to see new pics on your next adventure outside.

Dutch, where are new pics of your dewlaps?????

Quackers, sorry about the awful day with those poor ducklings. Nothing you could have done. But happy to hear about your rare chicken eggs? How long until silkie egg lockdown??

Christine, hope you are doing ok!!

Baking, hope you are feeling better!!

 

[zooweemama]

I swore I would not do chicken. I wouldn't. I wouldn't. Then I did. I'm not hatching any but my husband should (unless we have to reschedule for tomorrow) be picking up the chicks tonight. 4 Buff Orps and 2 Black Copper Marans. Not many I know- testing the waters. Still want to do turkeys a ways down the road!

 

[JazminesZoo]

OPAH ! Zoowee

Congrats on the chicks ! I have Marans & they are sooo sweet & docile !

Brooder Mama!

I ALSO hatching my 1st set of eggs from my marans!!! set 5 & 3 are hatching & 2 were christmas bulbs! ~ not bad
(they are externally pipping)