Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Kevin565]

My mother sent me this today...going to make it my avatar. Isn't he cute?! Kevin....you need one of these for your zoo!

, Now that's a stink eye!

 

[Kevin565]

Saw this ad for Black East Indies on craigslist today. Not sure if any of you Washingtonians are interested. I think I went out to this person's house a year or two ago, but decided that I wasn't set up well enough at the time for such small ducks.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/grd/3030347065.html

If I wasn't a million miles away I'd snatch those up!

 

[Kevin565]

My call hen is now broody on a empty nest

. Looks like I'll need to find her some eggs or babies

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

DG, working on your care and info sheet. Text me when you get those answers for me. Will plan for tomorrow to ship, should be an over night express flight. It's 2:30 here so need to do brooder clean outs and feed the newest hatchlings.
Your goslings should have yard time every day starting at day 3 with you with them. If you don't have a secure area 2-3 times 20/30 min is a good start. By day 5/7 they should be outside all day, and back in at night. We use landscape timbers with PVC pipe creating arched tips covered in chicken wire to create daytime playpens for the super young goslings. Shade cloth gives them protection for the heat and sun. If for some reason you can't get them out then they need greens brought to them every day. It is a very important part of their diet and helps reduce risk of angel wing. Goslings fed too much protein and not allowed significant grazing time suffer from it most often.

I love when you give me info

......... I would be oh so lost with out ya celtic!!

I am making a new playpen for them tomorrow! I used to dig up sods of grass for my pilgrims, till I lost them.. everytime they would finish one, I would put the sod back in the spot I got it from, and dig up a new one.

 

[DutchChic]

If I wasn't a million miles away I'd snatch those up!

Me too!

 

[DutchChic]

I love when you give me info

......... I would be oh so lost with out ya celtic!!

I am making a new playpen for them tomorrow! I used to dig up sods of grass for my pilgrims, till I lost them.. everytime they would finish one, I would put the sod back in the spot I got it from, and dig up a new one.

That's a really cool idea DG!

 

[thorneinmyside]

I was referred to this thread and told maybe yall could help?

okay so 3 days ago my egg was great moving around and everything. however since then i havent seen any movement, my bator for some reason went from 99 degrees to about 102 over night so maybe thats why... but i fixed the problem but still no movement, also no stink. so i dont know if its still alive or not...??? help?

 

[JazminesZoo]

I GOT MY FIRST CAYUGA DUCK EGG TODAY !!!

Want to fill my bator with some Duck, Chicken , Goose, & Guinea eggs, (also some silkie)! What do ya all have for me to hatch ???

 

[country_girl011]

so i just may have saved 2 upside ducklings.
pulled both their heads out. they opened their eyes and peeped at me. i guess that was their thank you.

i opened one of the eggs a little to see about SW
guess what everyone was.(i even had the humidity up at 84% before everyone int pipped. (i give up on this whole sw thing. its w/e at this point. ill just assist the hatches and not complain)
thats how i found the 2 upside down guys.

 

[DutchChic]

so i just may have saved 2 upside ducklings.
pulled both their heads out. they opened their eyes and peeped at me. i guess that was their thank you.

i opened one of the eggs a little to see about SW
guess what everyone was.(i even had the humidity up at 84% before everyone int pipped. (i give up on this whole sw thing. its w/e at this point. ill just assist the hatches and not complain)
thats how i found the 2 upside down guys.

Good thing you checked. My eggs are rocking hard, but no ext. pips. I'm going to probably check things out in a bit, since I brought mine in after they had majorly internally pipped. I'm concerned about SW too.