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    New Flock - what are they

    Chicks are 4 weeks old; posting a few update pictures. Group 1 was easy. 1 pullet and one cockerel from barred rock mom as guessed. Group 2 I think was correct but one chick did not survive past day 4. I’m not sure I got a picture of the cockerel but here is the pullet. Group 4 The...
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    New Flock - what are they

    Thank you your votes. I do also think #4 is a Bielefelder cockerel and did end up marking him as such. And yes on group 5; so confusing. I pulled out all the chipmunks again and moved a couple from group five to male and left the rest as females. I’ll post pictures again in a few weeks and...
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    New Flock - what are they

    I am absolutely no expert but I know that quite a few breeds have chipmunk chicks. I’m not sure you can tell which is what if you don’t know anything about their parents. You may want to find all the breeds that have chipmunk babies and start eliminating them as your cute little chick grows...
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    New Flock - what are they

    After a small break, I am getting chickens again and I decided it would be fun to hatch them. I’ve hatched ducklings before but this was my first chick hatch. It is so fun that they hatch a week sooner than ducklings! I ended up getting 2 dozen eggs; 2 were non fertile and 3 did not make it so...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    10 babies in the brooder. Will add 2 more in the morning and assess the last two eggs.
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    Evening update. I just landed. The 10 that hatched earlier are in the brooder and one is in the incubator. So definitely little wrong end pip did hatch. The 3 left looked a little behind so I’m thinking tomorrow for them. Mr Jurassic park. thinks the one in the incubator looks not quite...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    I have left for the airport and 5 are out and 6, 7, and 8 are working on it. As far as the wrong end pippers , I have no idea. It is a mess of ducklings hatching and then flopping all over the place and I cannot track the eggs. I pulled the shells out to gain a little more room. My...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    I was so excited to see the first popper had poked a hole overnight and I somehow missed this. Another one is suddenly almost out as well. So amazing.
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    It seems like it is making progress so I’m hopeful. While I was I obsessively watching the eggs I saw another one that was pipping a little bit always from the air pocket and it was on the bottom so I had to adjust that one because it just did not seem like a good egg placement. As of now 9...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    Thank you. I will not touch and see how it goes. Ugh - so stressful.
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    This one is pipping at the wrong end. Do I do anything or just leave it? I think 7 have now pipped and I hear some peeping. I’m sure they will hatch tomorrow afternoon after I leave.
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    Two have now pipped. They are making progress but I never see/hear anything. I now know how Drax feels. But the little groots are working on appearing.
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    Bad picture but I may have a pip. I am in shock and this whole incubator thing is so freaking stressful. I really did not think I would get a hatch (still not counting on it) but they seem to be going for it. Just to make it more exciting, I am leaving Saturday and these will be left in the...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    I just wanted to swing by and give a quick update. The squatter geese left their nest with one gosling. The other egg never hatched. I have seen the little goose family swimming around our cove so that has been cute. We moved our broody duck and she immediately abandoned her eggs. I gave...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    Small update: We put up a camera so we could watch the geese squatting on our boat. It is really uninteresting; she just sits there all day. Miss pasture duck Is also doing well. I counted 12 eggs. We may move her this weekend; still working on her new safer home. Oh gah! Why can’t I...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    The pasture is 1 acre fenced in with 2x4 no climb. There are shelter choices obviously ignored. The LGD is right next to the pasture and we had no problems this winter (unlike previous winters). But the LGD is moving with the sheep so if I leave her, predators are a concern. If I were not...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    And just for entertainment, I have been talking about these duck eggs non stop. My husband might be tired of the conversation. Yesterday we lowered our boat to check it out and a goose flew out. She had a nest with 2 eggs on our cover. My husband looked at me and said “what is it with you...
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    Broody duck and moving In 10 days

    While I have read articles and posts on this site for a few years, this is my first post (so hello!). I found one of my ducks sitting on a nest a couple of weeks ago. I found about 25 eggs in there so pulled about 10 cracked a few open and realized they were fertile. Ugh. So I put them in a...
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