I sold some of my duck flock today.
I love my ducks, but I was getting too many eggs so I sold 6 hens and 2 drakes. I'm a bit sad about it, but I have some ducklings in the basement that I just hatched and they're good therapy.
The door on the coop blew shut during a downpour. They couldāve gone under, but that was too easy, apparently. I found them standing at the door View attachment 2755773
So did take photos one I thought cockerel getting better look think pullet so may have three will keep the large ones I hatched the one has feathered feet and there was one marans egg
Hey photos are great sorry about loosing the data bout I do understand that ..
My two brooders now get new photos the hatch I did with the thread was pphhhtttt. I have like of 5 alive 3 cockerel 2 pullet..
But have 7 banty I picked up to replace loosing all mine silkie grow slow mine are still no bigger than a minute
Thanks! It sucks, but Iām lucky it was only four months and not something like a year. Iād take losing four months of stuff over losing everything.
I think so. I love the blur effect, I just wish there was an easy way to change small features after the picture was taken. I considered photoshopping the beak from an unblurred version on him, lol.
The door on the coop blew shut during a downpour. They couldāve gone under, but that was too easy, apparently. I found them standing at the door View attachment 2755773
Both the grey are obvious pullets, The black and white I sure hope a pullet.. would be odd but the grey and white might be pullet ? that is 4 of them
The grey banty is a sweetie
Thanks! It sucks, but Iām lucky it was only four months and not something like a year. Iād take losing four months of stuff over losing everything.
I think so. I love the blur effect, I just wish there was an easy way to change small features after the picture was taken. I considered photoshopping the beak from an unblurred version on him, lol.
Yeah, Iāll definitely be backing my phone up more frequently now. I have a reminder set for every Friday afternoon.
Poor boy! Heās gorgeous. That shade of teal is one of my favorite colors, both on roosters and in general.
Theyāre adorable! I really love the solid gray ones. It makes me miss having chicks around.
Nice catching up with you folks!! Good fun and great photos!!!
Well, I'm forced down from the mountain again. Transferring incubator chicks to the brooder and I have someone coming to pick up a few this eve.
So far 16 out of 19 have hatched and I am not unhappy with how they look at all.
Missing the coolness and smell of eucalyptus but mostly the ferrets of course. Mountain neighbors are tickled with the chooks and are happy to keep their eyes on them when I am not around and I'm even trading eggs for veggies too .
I let the girls out early yesterday thinking I would keep tabs on them and collect eggs after. Boy, those gals scattered in every direction and went deep into the forest. I was not even close to getting ahead of them. Stinkers <3
So, I called them all back in the run and locked them in and manage to get 7 eggs in the nest boxes. I also got 3 eggs from the roof of the shack... can't say I blame them for that.
I think they are mostly playing in the forest and I need to not panic, it beats them cooking and stressing below where I get low egg counts in the summer anyways.
Got my revamped brooder set up after I added a little height to the bottom with 2x4's and I actually am using a heat lamp for almost the first time ever- I will also have my heating pads. It gets in the 60's at night and I'll have close to 60 chicks so trying to cover all bases and will subtract heat sources as needed.
View on the way home. I obviously need to adjust my pixels.
Favorite view in the cabin is my little orphans. When they are not playing and terrorizing or eating they are snuggling.
The big kids are enjoying their new found freedom too.
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