Congrats on going down the chicken path! BCM are a gorgeous breed!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!
not really picky about the kinds, would like good layers and colorful. i may be picking up some duckling locally in a couple weeks i am going to check out their farm this weekend or early next week and they are due to hatch in 2 weeks @ $5 a baby i might just do that! and hubby offered to buy them for me because he felt so bad i had such a crap week and then all but 2 of my ducks dissapeared!
mine started like that and then turned kind of broncialFeel better soon! I get recurrent ear infections everytime the weather changes. Starts like allrgy symptoms and the next thing I'm dizzy and unbalanced.
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?
Dutch X 2 and i am getting there thanks
i love my buffs!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.
