Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Kevin565]

Sorry, my computer stuck! AGH, I don't know how it did that!!! How do I delete extras??

You cant delete extras. You can only edit them

 

[Iain Utah]

The only way to let the adults raise the, is to provide a secure shelter free of drafts and out of the weather. Remember the adults may attack them and never accept the, to raise for you.

Well, crappola... we will have to get creative for a solution then. My geese go to the brooder room window every day and coo at the ducklings. They also stand guard, honking and flapping if people go down street while they are by window. I think they want to be parents.

 

[Marty1876]

Wow, it sounds like you may possibly be able to try it out, but Id be concerned that nobody would sit on them, and they would die of exposure. Is there a goose in particular, maybe an experienced female, that you could introduce to them in the brooder house or a shed to see how it goes under carefull survailance?

Again, I emphasize caution. Its hard to replace babies, after all. I'd just get a box and a lamp.

Well, crappola... we will have to get creative for a solution then. My geese go to the brooder room window every day and coo at the ducklings. They also stand guard, honking and flapping if people go down street while they are by window. I think they want to be parents.

 

[JulieNKC]

Well, crappola... we will have to get creative for a solution then. My geese go to the brooder room window every day and coo at the ducklings. They also stand guard, honking and flapping if people go down street while they are by window. I think they want to be parents.

That reminds me, when I was on my way back from the post office with my babies I almost ran over a canada goose. It was just standing in the road in front of me. There was another one in the grass maybe 5 feet in away from the road so I'm guessing they were a pair and trying to nest there. I hope he doesn't keep trying to guard the nest from passing cars. Just thought it was weird, like he had super hearing and heard my babies coming and was going to car jack me for them.

 

[Marty1876]

That reminds me, when I was on my way back from the post office with my babies I almost ran over a canada goose. It was just standing in the road in front of me. There was another one in the grass maybe 5 feet in away from the road so I'm guessing they were a pair and trying to nest there. I hope he doesn't keep trying to guard the nest from passing cars. Just thought it was weird, like he had super hearing and heard my babies coming and was going to car jack me for them.

Can you blame him??

 

[Iain Utah]

Just thought it was weird, like he had super hearing and heard my babies coming and was going to car jack me for them.

FYI, my geese rarely come across the street from horse property to the house. I wonder how they heard the ducklings and knew to come investigate! It has been very interesting to watch them stake out in front of window every day for over a week now! I thought they were a pair of ganders, but the more I watch them, the more I think they are a breeding pair.

 

[JazminesZoo]

OKAY First off I do not care what was in the box..... It is marked FRAGILE. Period.....

I swear their is a NICE Bootprint on the box. ALSO this only came from Oregon (just one state below me).....


I love the coment from the Lady at the PO....... It should have been marked hathcing eggs, it would have been handled better ..... WHAT WHAT !!!! So if it says hatching eggs fragile ~ Won't be mangled??? But if it is just marked Fragile it will be handled with less care??? REALLY REALLY !!! First off my Mail Lady Carrier rocks, It was not her handling ~ This is how she recieved it.

THEY actually double bagged it in plastic because it was oozing all over her other mail !

I ALSO made my mail carrier stay there & watch me open it, and showed her how each egg was individually bubble wrapped (though it was hard to tell becase they were SMASHED (not broken but) SMASHED





One dozen of the eggs......




ABOVE BEFORE I Opened the Bubble wrap


CLOSE UP STILL BEFORE I opened the bubble wrap



After I opened the bubble wrap





This is the shape of the eggs after I pulled back all the bubble wrap....

So this is not a case of a dropped box, & is not a case of "what the shipper did or didn't do" This is just POOR PRACTICE!!!!!

 

[70%cocoa]

Hi peeps, I finally painted my duck house. Boring brown to match the boring house and boring other coops.



Also, here is my duckling (the one with the chicken for a mother). He's a he (saw the proverbial peepee), and is doing well.

 

[70%cocoa]

Oh, crikey, JZ, that's shocking. You must be absolutely fuming. How terribly disappointing. I'm so sorry

 

[70%cocoa]

This is obviously trivial in the scheme of things, given JZ's egg smasheroo disaster, but my KC Masterpiece sauces got delivered. Havin' ribs this weekend! And pre-dinner corn-nuts. Don't say I'm not classy.