Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Kevin565]

Gosling and Ducks need UNMEDICATED food. Chicks can live with it, but they might get a little wet, or try to hide under mama gosling! It'll probobly make for some cute pics!

So chicks will be fine if they eat unmedicated food with the others?

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Just got mostly caught up....
cute pics every one! Here is my update:
This morning i woke up to hear peeping and got super excited (even though there was about 6 inches of snow outside) and this is what i found:
Duck one: i am pretty sure she died in my hand last night
Duck two: dead
Duck three: was peeping loudly when i closed the bator, but died in the night
Duck four: still stuck in shell and dead, was also working very hard to get out when i put the bator to bed
Duck five: dead in shell last night
Duck six: Alive

and did 90% of the work herself, bopping around and peeping!
Duck seven: Alive

i had to do most of the work for it and was still attached by a string and peeping loudly!

i took duck 6 out of the bator right away and was going to put her in the hatchery brooder, but dropped my heat bulb and smashed it

so into the other incubator she went until i got back from the kids dentist apt.

4 hours later we get back heat bulb in tow, i cleaned out the hatcher set it up and put her in, meanwhile duck 7 has lost her string, so i grabbed her out and brought her down to the hatchery. i took them out before fully fluffed because i was afraid of them maybe catching something from all the deadness in the bator.

they are now all snuggly with "mama" monkey and peeping, napping, running around, and napping. this hatch was very sad but... looking at them it is worth it

I'm starting to think this hatching my own thing is just going to make me

 

[Kevin565]

Awesome. I love runners!

I love runners as well! But I'm so excited to finally be picking up some magpies

 

[Marty1876]

So chicks will be fine if they eat unmedicated food with the others?

Yes, they don't have to have medicated food; Id just keep an eye incase of mischief. The chicken may not be as sweet to your other babies - you might say they can be a real pecker.....

 

[country_girl011]

Messier than geese?

This shall be a interesting brooding experience

they are flinging the food everywhere and have spilled the water twice.(and its not just a small bowl its a poultry waterer with the screw on jar top type deal)
they stand on the edge and tip it .
the worst this the gese are doing is pooping.
altho the 10 chicks are pooping alot more. lol

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Babies with "mama" monkey


view from the window

My brooder modified for 2 babies

*swoon*

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Thanks to all the pictures in this thread I'm going to end up with every waterfowl breed known to man

I know the feeling. Heck, I go to the waterfront now and I'm eyeing the Barrow's Goldeneyes wishing a couple would follow me home...

 

[Marty1876]

I love runners as well! But I'm so excited to finally be picking up some magpies

Your getting Magpies?? From the local feedstore?? Wow, I read there are less than 500 mating pairs.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Ok, im a little late. But whats up kevin?... Do you have a incubaoltor? Whatya got cooking?
How long till my RIR chicks hatchya think? Lockdown was this morning....

My random chicken eggs go to lockdown at 8pm. Going to candle one more time before they're officially locked down!

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

My random chicken eggs go to lockdown at 8pm. Going to candle one more time before they're officially locked down!