Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Sapokanikan]

Very adorable and healthy looking ducklings Iain! Congratulations!

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Hey quackers, so sorry, but I couldnt get pics of mama dog before she had puppies!

Yes, you heard right! SHE HAD HER BABIES!

She had 6. 3 boys, 3 girls. We are keeping one girl, and you get to pick one of the other two for yourself QJ.

Got pics of all the dogs (mama daddy and babies) just let me upload them quick...

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

1 more day intil I'm proud owner of 4 new blue Swedish drakes and 1 hen eeeeeeeekk

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Oh honey!

Poor girl. I'm still trying to break mine of sneaking bites before everyone gets there and we pray. (He thinks we won't notice I guess) He seems perfectly normal otherwise!
Hope your seeds come up quick - I sure get tired of waiting the 30 days for hot peppers to start. I want instant seed gratification!

Morning Anybody and Everybody

I'm all for instant seed gratification. Too bad it doesn't usually work that way. It's funny, our climate makes growing tomatoes a huge test, but my peppers go nuts up until November!

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Gonna be leaving in a few minutes to go get some Marans eggs! I must be a crazy chicken lady if I'm driving 2 hours south to go get some chicken eggs. I'm gonna see if he has a few juviniles he might part with, if not at least I will have eggs that have not been scrambled by the USPS. I'm gonna take my camera because he said he would show me the birds the eggs are out of so I'm super excited.....

See you later today BYC friends!

Wow. Having the option of a two hour drive or eggs in the mail, I took the mail option. Gas here just hit $4 a gallon.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

More pics from me! These are my 5 day old ancona babies:



And here is the new pen that hubby built for our four almost full size babies. There's Twist (who had the problem neck), Squeak (my favorite baby ever), Caboose (hubby's pick), and Hershey... my sweet, shy ancona.

Aww. Two more weeks... must wait...

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Ahhhh cute babies ! I cannot wait to hatch me anconas

Embden Roast Goose
#1 Egg pipped yesterday Named "Soup"
#2 Egg now has pipped Named "Roast"
#3 & #4 Still lookin good (will get names when they pip)

THE SUN IS OUT TODAY !!!! YEAH I will be busy as long as mother nature shines on me. Got some cleaning & mucking to do (& it just snowed yesterday?)

Hooray for goosies!

 

[ChristineR]

Ancona ducks. The eggs are older, though, and they were shipped, so it was a gamble. Not sure if any are going to hatch.

I haven't bought my ducklings from Boondockers yet, but so far they've been great about responding to my emails very quickly (usually within a few hours).

Hey Christine R!! I've heard of boondockers. I got hatching eggs from Heritage Turkey/Plum Run Poultry... but I've had "issues" with communication with them. So I should have probably gone with Boondockers.

The yolk in candled eggs is usually right there in the middle. What are you hatching?

 

[ChristineR]

Hi!

Christine:

QJ: She got the same set of "take a chance" ancona eggs as me. We both received broken eggs from them hitting each other... but have set the remaining eggs together. It does not look hopeful upon initial candling.

 

[Evelle]

G Right?!? I feel the same!! They aren't great quality but we will see what kind of babys they will hatch out.. One has a good head, and the others bib looks better so it will be a work in progress for sure