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Hatching ducks and various other poultry

12/08/2023

So it’s been a while since I updated, but the little sqawkers have moved outside during the day in the nice weather and they are loving the new found freedom. They have grown loads in almost 3 weeks, we sadly lost one though.

The Cayuga (duck Vader)is rather untrusting of us, but the little mini appleyard (nibbler)and what I believe is a sneaky cherry valley (wicket) are rather friendly

31/07/2023

So while I am chatting away to myself as technically no one knows this page exists right now. Or why I am even bothering at this point. 🤭

I was looking through all my old photos from when the not so smol Hooman was actually smol! life was a tad different.

For some reason I don’t have photos of any of the ducks on Facebook.

I had a beautiful flock of apricot Indian runner ducks. Charlie fox decided to come and murder them though 😩

I was so serious back then with Brahma chickens that they were featured in a magazine. Ok it was only a poultry magazine but still it was the! poultry magazine 😂

I raised turkeys, geese and ducks chickens to tiny quail for eggs, pets and eating. Had a pet French Partridge call Pierre and raised pheasants but they are flighty little sods

I even raised ferrets and as babies they are adorable but once they have grown they stink like a skunk 😂

So now going from very rural living, to this urban living. I/we are going to raise these messy little asshats 😂 for eggs and pets not sure I could convince the other members to raise for the table 😬 probably a step to far.

But back to life as it currently is.

30/07/2023

So we didn’t actually record much of the incubation period of this first hatch, as I wasn’t actually going to make a thing of this.

But someone told me I should, and so here we are, we are just documenting what I do and what happens along the way, with this new hatch. We are going to document more and show you the process.

But here’s hatch day for this little guy, he decided that on the day of ‘lockdown’ he’s was coming. I say he but actually hoping it’s a girl 😂

So am explanation of lockdown, it’s when you stop turning the eggs 2 or 3 days before hatch. Which should be 28 days or so (but mini ducks and call ducks are between 24 to 28 depending and this little fuzzy butt is a mini duck so this is day 26.) you crank up the humidity at approx 80%, turn the heat down a smidge like 37.2-4c and open the vents a little. Sounds complicated but it’s quite simple, which good equipment.

So here we have Nibbler, first out mini silver appleyard. Born day 26 first day of lockdown

The shell has been pipped this is the first stage of hatching, it can take up to 72 hours from this first pip, translated as little ducky trying to smash their way out! Eggs sheep’s are harder than cheicken eggs.

Once this happens it can be many hours before anything else occurs, try not to panic! The eggs wobbling as the squishy cuteness is trying get out and it’s hard flipping work! So this monkey was quick pipped early day 26 and out by the end of the day! But will show you that in a another video.

29/07/2023

Approximately 1 week in call duck egg.

After 7 or so days. I usually check for signs of life, this way you can remove the infertile ones.

You can see a teeny tiny baby growing in the middle of all the veins.

29/07/2023

So it all started with a drunken Amazon shop 😂 and a cheap automatic incubator arrived

-Non named incubator with automatic turning
-Cayuga eggs x 5 was meant to be 6! However they seem to have sent me a possible cherry valley (which is a stand egg laying white one)
-6 x miniature silver appleyard.

Before you think, what am I thinking.

I am not a complete novice to this. I have lived in the sticks, raised and kept a variety of animals, it has been a number of years however!

But sod it you live once, I have the time and the space again.

Its something I loved and it’s awesome to share it with the townie other half 😂 as he put it and my offspring who was too young to remember it completely.

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So it’s been a while since I updated, but the little sqawkers have moved outside during the day in the nice weather and they are loving the new found freedom. They have grown loads in almost 3 weeks, we sadly lost one though. The Cayuga (duck Vader)is rather untrusting of us, but the little mini appleyard (nibbler)and what I believe is a sneaky cherry valley (wicket) are rather friendly

So this little giy who is now known as nibbler was rhe first to hatch, h

So we didn’t actually record much of the incubation period of this first hatch, as I wasn’t actually going to make a thing of this. But someone told me I should, and so here we are, we are just documenting what I do and what happens along the way, with this new hatch. We are going to document more and show you the process. But here’s hatch day for this little guy, he decided that on the day of ‘lockdown’ he’s was coming. I say he but actually hoping it’s a girl 😂 So am explanation of lockdown, it’s when you stop turning the eggs 2 or 3 days before hatch. Which should be 28 days or so (but mini ducks and call ducks are between 24 to 28 depending and this little fuzzy butt is a mini duck so this is day 26.) you crank up the humidity at approx 80%, turn the heat down a smidge like 37.2-4c and open the vents a little. Sounds complicated but it’s quite simple, which good equipment. So here we have Nibbler, first out mini silver appleyard. Born day 26 first day of lockdown The shell has been pipped this is the first stage of hatching, it can take up to 72 hours from this first pip, translated as little ducky trying to smash their way out! Eggs sheep’s are harder than cheicken eggs. Once this happens it can be many hours before anything else occurs, try not to panic! The eggs wobbling as the squishy cuteness is trying get out and it’s hard flipping work! So this monkey was quick pipped early day 26 and out by the end of the day! But will show you that in a another video.