Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[DutchChic]

I order 24 Lemon Cuckoo Orpington Eggs well they hatched and I got 16 to hatch 2 had bad legs and didn't make it. there are 7 Males and 7 Females


Below is the only Fertile egg I got out of 12 shipped to me. He is getting so big

I want some of these really bad!!

Ditto! Which just backs up my urge to lock down duckies tomorrow instead of Sunday!

I did a mass candling earlier, which is why I'm up so late. Takes a while to candle 84 eggs.

I have:
2 questionable BEI's. Can't see well enough to assess.

4/11 hatch
3 BEI's with wonky air cells, but babies are moving energetically.

4/11 hatch
1 runner duck quitter.

4/11 hatch
2 rouens with wonky air cells, but babies are moving energetically.

4/17 hatch
3 Saxonies with really wonky air cells, but also moving energetically.

4/17 hatch
1 Welsh Harlquin blood ring

4/20 hatch
4 Penciled Runners with wonky air cells, moving well.

4/17 hatch

Now for the less worrisome news:
4 Silkie ducks with different hatch days, all alive and active.

4/11 (1) 4/17 (2) 4/20 (1)
4 Welsh Harlequins looking good.

4/20 hatch
5 Rouens looking good.

4/17 hatch
4 Penciled Runners looking good.

4/17 hatch
8 mixed Runners looking good.

4/17 hatch
4 Saxonies looking good.

4/17 hatch
18 mixed Runners looking good.

4/11 hatch
5 BEI's looking good.

4/11 hatch

And the best news of all...
2 surprise Goose eggs looking good!

4/11 hatch

and...

11 of 12 eggs from my flock.... FERTILE!!!

4/23 hatch

Wow....the 17th is gonna be a busy day for you! I have eggs due then, too....but not as many as that!

My first black copper maran chicks I hatched 12 of 16 eggs Shipped to me. there are 10 girls and 2 boys


the 4 infertile eggs with 1 Brown leghorn and 1 Rhode Island Red eggs

Now that's a nice ratio of males to females! You will have a nice flock of Marans!

3 Pips this morning. Eager little boogers. They aren't talking to me though. Eager AND quiet.

Go babies!!!

OMG, I'm outta control!! I just bought 4 more grey dewlap toulouse eggs from the seller I got my buff dewlaps from. So, now I have 9-10 goose eggs to set first thing next week!

Good thing I'm getting ready to toss all but 2-3 SA eggs from the bunch I set 8 days ago.

Addict!!! lol I sure would like to have a pair of dewlaps

my first hatch, 7 hatched, 2 were dead and 1 infertile, i guess 70% aint too bad

Congrats!!!

 

[Iain Utah]

cbohn, that is excellent hatching success!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JulieNKC]

my first hatch, 7 hatched, 2 were dead and 1 infertile, i guess 70% aint too bad

Your pretty far away, I may just have to wait two years for your eggs. Those people never get back to me about the dewlaps, so I fiinally gave up on them.


I'm glad its pipped, hopefully some others follow suit real soon!
Where Julie? Any between us?

There's a bunch of poultry shows in Sedalia each year. I loved going to the state fair when I was a kid, I'd spend the whole day wandering through the poultry barn and horse barns. There are big swaps/auctions in kingsville, jacob's cave, gardner, and yates center. Smaller one's around too, there's one by st jo soon and I see others quite often. I'd love to go to one, but would have to leave all my money at home so I don't bring anything home with me, lol.

 

[Iain Utah]

Dutch, I am pretty excited about the dewlaps! Can't wait for my 1st set of buff dewlap babies to hatch in about 10 days.

On a different note, how's your horse doing??

 

[Iain Utah]

Marty, we keep bouncing back and forth on hatching threads. Just posted a message about Erin's egg. I think we should assess situation and strategize on what to do.

 

[cbohn80]

thanks all, it was pretty exciting, most of them will be mutts but i have the chance for pure cayugas or black runners. i'm hoping a few have a good amount of white from the pekins to diversify the look of my flock abit. our pekins are the friendliest too so i want some of their genes in the pool

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Qj! You can come get the puppy when you want her! Shes ready! Just gotta feed her puppy food a few times a day instead of just once. Moms not nursing pups anymore. let me know when you can get down here, and we can work it out, and you can come see the farm and everything! Also, I think I have a uploaded pic of her..... Let me check!

 

[DutchChic]

Dutch, I am pretty excited about the dewlaps! Can't wait for my 1st set of buff dewlap babies to hatch in about 10 days.

On a different note, how's your horse doing??

Pitiful...feel so bad he's in such pain. But he gets around. I let him out for grazing during the day, then lock him up at night. He spends most of the night laying down, which is good rest for his foot. I changed his dressing last night at feeding time, and there is pink flesh and granulation happening....but it's going to be quite awhile before the wound fills in, it's so deep. You know a would like that gets really ugly before it gets better...

Got my fingers crossed your dewlaps hatch alright!

I want a pair of the grays, dangit!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I have a baby!!! I have a baby!!!! The first one that pipped yesterday is out!!!!

My first duckling EVER!!!






One didn't make it through the night but the other two are hanging on.

 

[Marty1876]

Pitiful...feel so bad he's in such pain. But he gets around. I let him out for grazing during the day, then lock him up at night. He spends most of the night laying down, which is good rest for his foot. I changed his dressing last night at feeding time, and there is pink flesh and granulation happening....but it's going to be quite awhile before the wound fills in, it's so deep. You know a would like that gets really ugly before it gets better...

Got my fingers crossed your dewlaps hatch alright!

I want a pair of the grays, dangit!

I use homeopathic methods for healing, unless I need a vet, and then I always call him. That said, your horse may be at a place where a nice potato poltace may releave some discomforts by removing any lingering infected tissues. It seems like at this stage, it has some benefits. I use it for a number of instances (even w/poultry, plus dogs, goats, people....) when a wound is hard to heal, or seems rather inflamed still. It won't hurt anything, and may help out. If you want to, PM me. Or there are instructions on the thread "Mildred Ninja duck"