Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Iain Utah]

Congrats on the new goats! I know what you mean. I already have 6 different yards to keep my breeds, colors, and non-breeders separated. Thank goodness my ganders are sweet enough to keep group yards without fighting, and my original two pairs on my horse property want nothing to do with my breeder Africans, or I'd have to make twice as many yards. And that would be a royal pita!



Congrats on having at least one male buff!!!

for fertile eggs!!!

 

[CricketR4]

Here are six that have hatched so far:

Gabby/Gabe 1st to hatch


Patty/Patrick 2nd to hatch


Tre/Treya 3rd to hatch


Valentine 4th to hatch


Quinn 5th to hatch


And the 6th to hatch (no name yet)

 

[Iain Utah]

Congrats! They are precious!

 

[jdywntr]

Very cute.

 

[Marty1876]

Wow, Quinn is my middle name! I don't run into it much on geese or people.

 

[CricketR4]

Wow, Quinn is my middle name! I don't run into it much on geese or people.

Wow, cool! We named that one Quinn because s/he is the 5th one so it's like quintuplet, but Quinn could be either boy or girl.

 

[Marty1876]

Thats right. I'm a girl, but was named after my Dads good friend, and guy named Quinn.

 

[JulieNKC]

Precious ducklings!

 

[bakingintherain]

Here are six that have hatched so far: Gabby/Gabe 1st to hatch Patty/Patrick 2nd to hatch Tre/Treya 3rd to hatch Valentine 4th to hatch Quinn 5th to hatch And the 6th to hatch (no name yet)

They are all absolutely adorable, also love the names!

Wow, Quinn is my middle name! I don't run into it much on geese or people.

I dated a guy for a long time before I met my husband, he was the first Quinn I had met

 

[CricketR4]

# 7 just hatched. I'm worried about it. It had started to zip, and then stopped for a while and the membrane shrink wrapped around it, I tried to keep it as damp as possible, but when I left to get my kids from school it dried out a bit. It was hatched finally when we got home, but the shell had dried onto the ducklings wing. I took a cloth with warm water on it and gently wiped till the shell and goo came off (kept it up under a heat lamp while I was doing this). It's umbilical cord looks a bit bloody, none of the others did. S/he's very active and vocal, so I'm hopeful that it will be ok. Is there anything I should do that I haven't? Also, this is the duckling that pipped on the small pointy side of the shell, instead of the end with the air cell. I think if this one makes it, we'll call it Lucky.