This morning was kind of one of those crazy days, where I got up a little later than I wanted to which is never a good thing. It seems like you are always trying to catch up with yourself for the rest of the day. I found what I was going to wear, let the dogs out, started the coffee pot and went down to wake up my son. I proceeded to fill a pail with water for our big ducks and head to the hen house with Patches, our dog. I went in took care of the ducks, geese, and chickens and on my way back out noticed that Patches had gained entrance into the dog yard. I was trying figure out how she did that when I realized my rottie mix and great dane had escaped. Great, this is definitely going to make me late for work. I jump in the car with Patches and we head out to find the escapees. We find them and they trot along behind the car back to house, and then they all get in the car while I'm trying to get them out. Finally, get them back in the house, get them fed, head back up stairs with my coffee to finish getting ready. In this process, I manage to spill coffee on my shirt and poke myself with my mascara so I'm having so much fun. It all makes me laugh because what can you do. I grab my phone and head back down stairs because I'm just about ready to go.
All of that to share this wonderful miracle with you.
We had been incubating a few duck eggs in this mini incubator by Brinsea who is a proud sponsor of the CommunityChickens.com http://www.brinsea.com/default.html This incubator has been sitting on the counter in the kitchen for the last month waiting to see what would happen. It's small and easy to use. Great for first time users. I got one that didn't have an automatic turner so I would check the eggs regularly. My son wanted to know what kind of a duck it was and I'm not 100% sure at this point but I'm fairly sure from pictures that this is a blue Swedish. It amazes me that a perfect little duck came from an egg. All the intricate
details of this little body came to be when so many things can go wrong. I know this is a Chicken Community website, but this little incubator will also give us the blessings of chicks too. Have an awesome day!!
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