Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Wulfandwyn]

Ubber cuteness

Good morning, hatching friends! I am so glad to have gotten a good night's sleep. Hatching duckies is EXHAUSTING. lol

All 9 are doing great this morning in the brooder. My ancona is showing some light markings and the last ducky that hubby had to help hatch is doing great! Hubby named him Caboose and declared him to be his favorite. The 2nd picture is Caboose:

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Utah: CUTE!!! Caboose is my favorite too! He's so tiny! LOVE his name. Reminds me of the Little Engine That Could.


CG: I'm wondering if I should wait.. .or get them now so they're all roughly the same age.

 

[Evelle]

CG: It's crazy what can happen overnight! That's why when I question one, I wait another day.

I'm down to 4 Appleyards. Had one quit on me. It's kinda sad when that happens. I could see the blood line starting to form, but the little baby was just moving around like crazy, and now... it's gone. Sorry if I'm sappy, I just hate that though.

I didn't get the Sebbies yet... they are still in my cart. I don't know what to do so I slept on it. So now I'm awake and still don't know what to do... LOL.

Putting my Sebbie eggs in the bator now!!

SM: We are pouring down rain here. It's super nasty out! Glad you're feeling better. Take some vitamins to get you through the depressing weather. Specifically Vitamin D!

OH DARN!!! me to i hate that it is alot easyer when they just dont develop
ooooo sebbies i would like some of those some day... hahaha i would REALLY have to cut down on my birds to get some geese..
they eat ALOT!!!
and i DO i have Duck bombs EVERYWHERE on my deck i feel like im in the vetnam war watching everywhere i step..

well my ducklings seem to be doing well outside.... should i keep them out tonight?? idk vader isnt compleatly feathered out that little micro turd!!!
she doesnt have any wing feathers.. yup vaders a girl.. also have one female ruean, HW x
and mojo jojo, fuzzy lumpkins, cadet, are boys i ended up giving my friend three girls.. all in all i am very happy with that hatch. i wish all my hatches where like that 4 girls and 3 boys

SM!! i can vouch for vitaiman D it is amazing worked way better then my AD that i was taking that made me just blah and sleepy..
i felt drugged LOL
getting some exersise has helped to my neighbor is a zumba/kickboxing/ballat/yoga instructor and we to it a combo of all those 4 time a week friday is my rest day I AM SORE!!! but feel better than i have in 8 years!!! ive been watching what ive been eatting and lost 8 lbs since november

 

[Evelle]

aww i want a white ancona.. mojo looks more like a black swed then a ancona..
i wanted a cute little yellow duckie..
very very cute!! good work on the hatching!!
my goal in life is to own every kind of duck just to see what they are like..
i love caygas they are just soo cute and black and make you wannna say AWWWWW!!!

Good morning, hatching friends! I am so glad to have gotten a good night's sleep. Hatching duckies is EXHAUSTING. lol

All 9 are doing great this morning in the brooder. My ancona is showing some light markings and the last ducky that hubby had to help hatch is doing great! Hubby named him Caboose and declared him to be his favorite. The 2nd picture is Caboose:

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Evelle, geese get 90% of their food from grazing, and eat very little feed because of it. Winter (if you live where there is winter) is the only time you have to increase their feed because of the lack of greens/pasture to graze.

 

[Evelle]

Evelle, geese get 90% of their food from grazing, and eat very little feed because of it. Winter (if you live where there is winter) is the only time you have to increase their feed because of the lack of greens/pasture to graze.

yes, i do live in a vey cold place where it is snow on the ground sometime 7 months outta the year.
i know geese eat alot my girl friend has three (two emboden and one brown chinese) and about 6 chickens and 5 ducks
and she go through as much feed as i do with 45 chickens, 9 ducks and two turkeys.
this was earlyer this year in october.. still have about that much outside now..
so the possabillity of them grazing in greens is a very small window LOL

 

[Iain Utah]

Thanks for the compliments on my duckies and especially the help with my first hatch!! It looks to be a very nice day here, so I can't wait to take them outside later and also let them go swimming in the bathtub for the first time. This is so much fun now that the hatching is over. The hatching process was very stressful... and to think... we get to do it all over again in 2.5 weeks!

 

[Evelle]

but if we lived somewhere warmer... i bet that it wouldt cost so much

 

[Iain Utah]

Evelle, I live in the same climate as you. My geese do well free ranging 24/7. I feed them a cup each of whole kernel corn twice per day plus all the horse quality grass hay they want.

 

[Evelle]

Thanks for the compliments on my duckies and especially the help with my first hatch!! It looks to be a very nice day here, so I can't wait to take them outside later and also let them go swimming in the bathtub for the first time. This is so much fun now that the hatching is over. The hatching process was very stressful... and to think... we get to do it all over again in 2.5 weeks!

oh yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i missed what you where going to hatch next.. i miss hatching
very big Congradulations!! it was so fun having 8 little ducklings in my tub..
mine JUST started going outside hasnt snowed very much this week... had 5 blue sky days maybe spring will find us faster.