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[OneMountainAcres]

Good morning pond. Today is the last day of my first 10 day stretch of the season. I'm looking forward to the 4 days off that I get now It's been raining/ storming every day for over a week now. The power has been on and off with high winds and trees down. The park was out for 6 days! Our little car charger got fried in one of the storms (our new one comes in the mail today) and I think the fridge might be about done (keeps going from freezing cold to not cold at all). Grass is growing like crazy! We finally got ours mowed yesterday for the first time this year. I'm definitely exhausted but a break is coming Here, enjoy this silly bird I saw at work yesterday.

 

[muddy75]

Good Morning, Pond!

 

[sourland]

Good morning Pond Folk.

 

[Alaskan]

Good morning pond. Today is the last day of my first 10 day stretch of the season. I'm looking forward to the 4 days off that I get now It's been raining/ storming every day for over a week now. The power has been on and off with high winds and trees down. The park was out for 6 days! Our little car charger got fried in one of the storms (our new one comes in the mail today) and I think the fridge might be about done (keeps going from freezing cold to not cold at all). Grass is growing like crazy! We finally got ours mowed yesterday for the first time this year. I'm definitely exhausted but a break is coming Here, enjoy this silly bird I saw at work yesterday.

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Ok... the love was for the bird...NOT for the power issues, battery... etc!!

What a bunch of excitement you have had!

 

[Pyxis]

What is the incubation time on those? Something close to forever?



Do your emus ever gow broody? Or do you discourage that so you can get more egg

49 to 60 days, usually. My flipping keeper chick got out of his brooder and turned my incubators off two days ago :

The legbars in the incubator that were a week along are okay. The duck eggs that I had JUST started two days before are not, sigh. There go my runners. No idea if the goose eggs are okay yet. Will have a wait a bit on them to tell.

The emu eggs are likely fine. If the chicken eggs lived, they should have also lived. Getting to the age where they might move if whistled to so I'll probably test that tonight.


On the broody front, Sebastian, the male I lost two winters ago, used to sit on the eggs. But I had to take them from him because he would start trying to sit in January or February and the eggs would never make it outdoors that time of year here. I always said if he tried it in March or April I'd let him keep one or two, but it never happened.

 

[Alaskan]

49 to 60 days, usually. My flipping keeper chick got out of his brooder and turned my incubators off two days ago :

The legbars in the incubator that were a week along are okay. The duck eggs that I had JUST started two days before are not, sigh. There go my runners. No idea if the goose eggs are okay yet. Will have a wait a bit on them to tell.

The emu eggs are likely fine. If the chicken eggs lived, they should have also lived. Getting to the age where they might move if whistled to so I'll probably test that tonight.


On the broody front, Sebastian, the male I lost two winters ago, used to sit on the eggs. But I had to take them from him because he would start trying to sit in January or February and the eggs would never make it outdoors that time of year here. I always said if he tried it in March or April I'd let him keep one or two, but it never happened.

Wow! Not a good update!

Bad chick! I hope the Emus and goose eggs are ok!

 

[muddy75]

Good Morning, Pond!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Pond.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Still dry on my lily pad all.
My friend that I buy peeps from brought me 6.
I will add a photo if I can they are all dark.

 

[Alaskan]

Marans??