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Bowker Acres
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1Baby picture Empty Baby picture Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:02 am

Farmer Bob

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First hatch of the year! bounce

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2Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:38 am

bcboy

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Hehe, something not rite about that picture.
Thanks for posting. cheers

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3Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:08 am

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thank you for posting the adorable picture, you've made my day

4Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:54 am

IzzyD

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Aw! So cute Smile

5Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:10 pm

Farmer Bob

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Here they are at one week old!  "Dora" is doing very well with them.

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6Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:11 pm

Bowker Acres

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That poor chicken is going to be a wreck when her precious babies go diving into a water bucket!

7Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:30 am

CynthiaM

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Beautiful pictures, it is amazing how a mamma hen doesn't care about what the babies are, not colour, not breed. But ya, poor thing when the little ones want to bath. That makes me smile. Have a wonderful day, CynthiaM

8Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:11 pm

Fluffy

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lol ! that is so awesome!! adorable pics!! congrats!!

9Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:42 pm

Farmer Bob

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Here they are at 2 weeks old.  They look a little wet because my wife took them for a swim...I'm not sure who was more horrified...then mother hen, or the ducklings themselves!  Apparently they think they are chickens...they want no part of water!  Razz


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10Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:35 pm

IzzyD

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Haha that's funny.

11Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:47 pm

Echo 1

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So cute!

12Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:58 pm

Farmer Bob

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Well...at 3 weeks they are looking like teenagers...and they have figured out what water is!  Mom has also decided that quick baths are of no concern...as long as they don't try to swim away from her!

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13Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:16 pm

bcboy

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Nice picture you have taken there. Thanks for taking the time to keep us up to date with them.
What breed of ducks are they Bob. I'm looking into getting some dual purpose ducks. What kind of ducks do you like the best?
Thanks for your time.
Kimball

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14Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:30 pm

Farmer Bob

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Hi Kimball, these are Silver Appleyards. They are a large dual purpose breed. I'm completely enamoured with them. They grow very quickly and lay extremely well. They were at butchering size last year at 9 weeks, and started laying at 19 weeks old. We have 4 duck hens and they average 3 eggs a day. They haven't slowed down since they started laying last December. These are the only ducks we have ever had, so I don't have anything to compare them to. We are actually selling hatching eggs if you are interested.

15Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:32 pm

bcboy

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What did they weight at 9 weeks old Bob? I would Like to try a dozen or two of your hatching eggs. Do you do E transfer or how would you like to do the money exchange?
Thanks Bob for giving me the opportunity to buy egg from you.

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16Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:26 pm

Farmer Bob

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Hi Kimball, I sent you a PM.

17Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:03 pm

Farmer Bob

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Here they are again at 4 weeks old!  Mother hen and babes are pretty much into each doing their own thing at this point!

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18Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:47 pm

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i just love your pics! never had a crossdressing mama before...it is pretty amusing!

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19Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:39 pm

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Ok...5 weeks old today...and all alone!  Mama hen is back with the flock after doing an excellent job!  She has earned herself "keeper" status!  These little guys are growing like crazy...but still can't quite tell the males from females.  We have 3 of them spoken for once we can tell.   2 more hens setting on duck eggs, both about 2 weeks along.

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20Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:10 pm

bcboy

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I see one of the ducks in the picture with a dark line in the eye area? They sure are getting big tho. Thanks with sharing.

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21Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Apr 05, 2015 9:42 am

Farmer Bob

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Yes, two of these 5 ducklings are darker with striped heads. If they are males, their heads will turn completely green. If they are females, they will retain some stripe pattern around the head. At around 5-6 weeks, the bills of the males will turn green, and we will be able to sex them. So far, these all look much the same to me.

22Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:51 am

bcboy

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Do you have any pictures of the adult flock? Thanks.

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23Baby picture Empty Re: Baby picture Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:48 pm

Farmer Bob

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For sure, here is our complete flock.  2 drakes and 4 ducks.  These may not be the actual parents of all the ducklings in this thread, as we had another pair that we sold a couple of months back, but they are the parent stock of the eggs we are collecting for you right now Kendall!

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