Ducks and geese at PO!!!!

[BarbL]

They just called the ducks and geese are at the post office I am warming up the brooder before I head out!! Wish me luck!!! And any last minute tips..oh and geeze don't know but there may be chicks in there for warmth!!!

[Srlendon]

Wow Barb! How exciting! Can't wait to see pics! Good luck with your new babies!

[Buffgirl]

How exciting, little duckies are sooooo cute. Let us know when you get them home. Looking forward to see some pictures..hint..hint:)

[astevens4]

ooh ooh ooh - we need to know the SECOND you get back!!

T

[ohchickw/flair]

sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to hear about new babies

[fibrolinda]

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[BarbL]

we are back! With 2 Pilgrim geese...2 cayuga...and 12 CHICKS!!!! I only have the one brooder!!!! And I don't know what they are the box doesn't say!! they must be a sex-link right it said males included..they are black with a white-ish spot on their heads....pics coming soon...oh lord I need help!! Just think 12 roos!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH when they said extra chick for warmth I thought a couple but 12!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!

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[hour3suns]

Yeah, that' show I ended up with so many extras last year. Along with the 2 bantam replacements I was sent 15 roos for warmth. Don't worry Barb, I can assure you the extra roos taste just as good as any other when it comes right down to it. I wouldn't put them in the same brooder with the water lovers though. It'll be too wet and nasty in there for them, not to mention the size difference which is noticeable now, but will be a lot more so before you know it.

Smiling & Waving,
Sharon

[BarbL]

am looking at pics and they look like barred rock chicks??? or maybe wyandottes....silver laced???

[BarbL]

Well for some reason I uploaded them to my album I can see them when I go to upload but not in my album so am trying to attach them here...

[Tanchanda Farm]

CUTE! Good luck with them.

[fibrolinda]

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[BarbL]

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yeah me too...but 12 roos! I have no idea what to do with that! If they aren't sex-link then I might keep them and see but 12 sex link roos whew what on earth??

[Buffgirl]

Awwww so cute, even your packing peanuts are little sweeties. At least these 12 little roos have a chance. It's horrible what they do to unwanted roos in the hatchery.:( I just read an article about what they do and it is so disturbing to me. Congrats on the new babies!!!!!!:)

[fibrolinda]

Awwww so cute, even your packing peanuts are little sweeties. At least these 12 little roos have a chance. It's horrible what they do to unwanted roos in the hatchery.:( I just read an article about what they do and it is so disturbing to me. Congrats on the new babies!!!!!!:)

don't wanna know don't wanna know don't wanna know... ooohhh poor roos !!!

[fibrolinda]

Oh Barb feel sorry for you too as well as the potential 12 roos!
OMG... what are you gonna do with them?

[CKHLilFarm]

They are all so cute. Pictures are kinda dark but they look like my Barred Rocks when I got them. Hatcheries mess up on sexing sometimes, maybe you'll get a couple pullets. Fingers crossed. Let me know how it goes with the Cayuga ducks, I have been thinking about getting some since last summer for my small pond and to be friends with my very lonely African Goose.

[astevens4]

they coule be EITHER barred plymouth rocks or sex links - only the barring gene makes that particular spot which they use to determine gender so its got to be one of the 2.

Tony

[jwm1960]

Glad your ducklings and goslings made it to you safely.

I will be making a trip to the post office myself next week as I have some pullets (Delaware & New Hampshire) ordered. They ask if it was ok to add some roosters for warmth so I expect to get some in the box with the pullets.

[BarbL]

OK am calmer now lol I have given all 12 of the chicks away to a nice man. He said he's gonna surprise his wife and that last year they only got hens so if they're roos he can use some and sell the rest. Duckies and geese are settling in and would you believe that one of the ducks looks like he has a little tuft on his/her head!! So I may have one of the crested cayugas. I knew they said they might come in your order. How cool is that. If it is crested it's a small crest for now but definately looks a little different from it's counterpart. So I am a happy camper now!!! And they are very calm now that the chicks are gone. They weren't trying to hurt each other but the geese are a bit clumsy and kept hitting a chick like a speed bump then would go tumbling to the end to land on top of more of the little guys. Now that its just the geese and ducks they are getting along quite well even laying down to snooze together!! SOOOOOO cute!!

[CKHLilFarm]

Awww I loved when my geese were little. You have to watch the geese, they have a bad habit of piling on each other. I lost 2 from that. Good luck!!! Can't wait to see pictures when they get older.

[muff2poo]

yeah duckies!!

[genuck]

Darn you're a hustler! got rid of 12 roos in less than a day. And what cute babies you got <3

[BarbL]

well I can give anything away,...selling well now that's another ballgame..I'd buy it for $5 and wind up feeding it for 6mths or a yr. and sell it for $2 LOL

[BarbL]

ok here's some better pics. I still can't see them in my album after I upload them tech people ....a little help please??

[RonL]

They are probably Black Sex-Links. They are produced using a Barred Rock as the mother with a red roo as the father. Both sexes hatch out black, but the males have a white dot on their heads. Hatcheries send them for warmth and also use it as a good way to rid themselves of the male chicks (killing two birds with one stone). So, there is probably no chance for them to be hens .... Can't wait to see them!

[CKHLilFarm]

The lil cayuga guys are so cute. I love em!!!

[genuck]

where's the new pics?!