Our 2nd attempt at Hookbill hatching eggs 🐥

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  • Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
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  • @DreamerSeerFaithBeliever
    @DreamerSeerFaithBeliever 3 роки тому +233

    Ahhh guys, love all your videos but this one, you outdid yourselves on the photography, music and content. Watching those baby ducklings struggle with life and death to be born and hearing the angelic sounding music you picked to go with their fight for their chance to survive and thrive and roam the earth was just fantastic. Then the footage added in of your own youngsters playing in their own watering hole...PERFECT!!! Award Winning Content. You all did great!
    Blessings and appreciation coming your way.
    Thank you for sharing this goodness with all of us!
    😁❤🙏👏🙌

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +39

      The review I needed to hear today 😄

    • @masonwolfram7260
      @masonwolfram7260 3 роки тому +2

      Pearl Of Great Price Mom god bless

    • @DreamerSeerFaithBeliever
      @DreamerSeerFaithBeliever 3 роки тому +3

      @@masonwolfram7260 Thank you for that blessing, Mason and may the Lord bless you and yours abundantly above and beyond what you can imagine.
      😊❤🙏

    • @The_RoyalBlue
      @The_RoyalBlue 3 роки тому +1

      I have allways wanted to start a farm with my Ex-friend in 3rd grade but then...
      She started to hmm how do I say it... let’s just say Mean...
      She bit me 5 times in 4th grade....
      Then in 5th grade she was talking one of my bff’s away from me and when I go say hi to my Bff she always says
      GO WAY _____
      (The blank was my name)

    • @The_RoyalBlue
      @The_RoyalBlue 3 роки тому +1

      @Abel Chacko i moved an want to start a farm in my back yard but my parents say no they say maybe when the buy the house from the landlords
      ( i am in 6th grade)

  • @Jlind9335
    @Jlind9335 3 роки тому +472

    I used to have to problem when I was hatching eggs. This year I forced myself not to open the incubator until the day after they should hatch. Making sure your humidity stays up. Every time you open the door you let the humidity out. That is what is drying the eggs. I know everyone wants to see, but you need to wait and give them time. I can't tell you how many turkey eggs I lost until I learned not to open. They have time because of the yolks. They can live off them for about 3 days. That is the only reason they can be shipped safely. 15 in the gene pool doesn't leave a lot of diversity. in them all. Like your idea on naming them.

    • @TheShadowCallers
      @TheShadowCallers 3 роки тому +31

      Them having a low number is probably why they have so many issues. It's unfortunate but that's kinda the cost for trying to save them. (Not saying we should save them it's just harder because the pop got so low before trying to save them)

    • @klaytonbowen5646
      @klaytonbowen5646 3 роки тому +51

      I’ve kept chickens my entire life and it’s so hard to watch some of these videos. It honestly makes me so sad, a lot of the time these deaths can be avoided. I feel like every video more of their birds die. It’s just wrong to me.
      (Later edit) I just remembered one of their videos they had a guinea chick that the mama hen had pecked to near death. The chicks skull was exposed and they just put it in a box to see if it could survive. It obviously didn’t and that hurt me so much because part of keeping chickens is you have to be able to take it out of its misery but they just let it suffer until it died. I don’t agree with that.

    • @azolla--
      @azolla-- 3 роки тому +20

      @@klaytonbowen5646 I both agree and disagree, some of the deaths could be avoided, but its hard to fix the problem if you don't know what the problem is or you don't know what to do about it.
      It is best to take them out of their missery if you think you can't save them. But at the same time if there is even the slightest possibility of them surviving its hard to give up and kill them to take them out of their missery when you think there still might be a way to save them.

    • @Teraperf
      @Teraperf 3 роки тому +40

      Klayton Bowen I can barely to stand watching their videos anymore, everytime they post a hatching video I cringe. They have needless deaths every single batch they hatch out. And people tell them over and over again to stop doing these things and they just don’t care.
      Guess they wouldn’t get the cute hatching videos they like so much if they let them hatch out properly but goddamn this is cruel..

    • @ashlee.m
      @ashlee.m 3 роки тому +6

      @@klaytonbowen5646 okay but also a part of having outdoor birds is death. You cant really be sad. Its a natural thing that happens commonly. And some deaths can be avoided some cant. With birds like chickens sometimes you never know what they will die from and they pass away so fast sometimes you have no reaction time by the time you catch on that something is wrong.

  • @batbitess4121
    @batbitess4121 3 роки тому +16

    Seeing that baby gasp for air broke my heart.

  • @maddiee96
    @maddiee96 3 роки тому +88

    The chickens with the big floofs on their heads make me smile. They are so goofy looking.

    • @Blue-Bells
      @Blue-Bells 3 роки тому +1

      Big floof

    • @maddiee96
      @maddiee96 3 роки тому +1

      @@azfallz XD can't have chickens. I live in an apartment in the city

    • @samheaton9928
      @samheaton9928 3 роки тому +10

      No there called polish

    • @BootScootinBoo
      @BootScootinBoo 3 роки тому +5

      Az The Animator AniMaTeS they are polish chickens, silkies look fluffy all over,

    • @azolla--
      @azolla-- 3 роки тому +3

      I think your talking about polish chickens they have big poofes of longer normal looking fethers only on their head while silkies have kind of furry looking feathers all over and sometimes have big poofes on their heads.

  • @lituma16
    @lituma16 3 роки тому +170

    NEVER open the incubator while they are hatching!!! The eggs dry up and they get stuck and can die.

    • @ratskullz_x
      @ratskullz_x 2 роки тому

      exactly they are killing animals just for them extra views

    • @MrRonin1234
      @MrRonin1234 2 роки тому +4

      @White House on the Hill .
      Please 🙏 listen to this advice .

    • @louisacapell
      @louisacapell Рік тому

      ​@@MrRonin1234 they don't care. They do all sorts of ridiculous garbage.
      It's like they are playing farm. And the animals suffer.
      They put a tom turkey into a coop with the mom hatching poults so they could " be a family" . Surprise! They died!

  • @secrets1744
    @secrets1744 3 роки тому +53

    Grateful that u show your mistakes and u aren't like the other youtubers that say of the egg cracked on there way here. Some just straight up lie but u arent like that :D

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +18

      I didn't want to show it, but sometimes I make mistakes. It happens.

  • @roarmaus
    @roarmaus 3 роки тому +107

    Perhaps of use in the future: the YT channel A Chick Called Albert dealt with a hatchling with balance (?) issues.. From my fuzzy memory: He wrapped/splinted the bird and set it in between two bolsters of foam. It improved and survived. HTH🦆❤️

    • @lisamoore6804
      @lisamoore6804 3 роки тому +9

      Yes, A Chick Called Albert guy seems to know a lot about hatching eggs. It would be a good idea to chat with him, if you can.

    • @theotheseaeagle
      @theotheseaeagle 3 роки тому +6

      Yea he always seems to think of some way to save his birds. He’s an amazing guy and has saved hundreds of birds from near death

    • @vegaschick4eva590
      @vegaschick4eva590 3 роки тому +5

      I watch him too! He is a lil obsessed but whatever rocks ur boat!

    • @fabriglas
      @fabriglas 3 роки тому +1

      Ducks at the pond?

    • @-budgie-4923
      @-budgie-4923 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah. He fixated the duckling with a sock for 1 night inside of what looked like a container for fruits, such as strawberries. The next morning, he took the duckling out and it seemed to be doing just fine :)

  • @silversummit5628
    @silversummit5628 3 роки тому +77

    That's awesome, I'm glad everything worked out and you got 5 to hatch. The dark ones will be dusky or look like a fancy khaki Campbell. If they have yellow bellies, necks, or wing tips they will be white bibbed or tipped. If you want to try more hatching eggs, either now or next spring let me know. My hookbills are laying normal again. Thanks for the great video and have a wonderful and blessed week.

    • @AG-mt3xs
      @AG-mt3xs 3 роки тому +9

      Thank you for your conservation efforts!!

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +10

      Awesome... we'll have to work with you on that

    • @chadabbott2027
      @chadabbott2027 3 роки тому

      I would like to help with the conservation effort if you have any hookbill eggs your willing to sell

    • @wellhill4017
      @wellhill4017 Рік тому

      I’m very sorry about the timing. I do wonder how much they are and I would like to know if I may buy some eggs. The location may stop me but its better to ask.

  • @jessicaharrison8081
    @jessicaharrison8081 3 роки тому +248

    My vets didn’t work with birds but they do now because I make them see all my sick birds 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @VS-qm9gj
    @VS-qm9gj 3 роки тому +65

    "White House on the Hill" UR Such an inspiration!

    • @sunshine_jenny9703
      @sunshine_jenny9703 3 роки тому

      Indeed

    • @jacksonfarmestate
      @jacksonfarmestate 3 роки тому +1

      I agree

    • @thomasvigil4505
      @thomasvigil4505 3 роки тому +3

      Sure other than he rips chicks out of their eggs before they are ready to hatch. Then makes a big fuss when they die all for views.

    • @sunshine_jenny9703
      @sunshine_jenny9703 3 роки тому +1

      @@thomasvigil4505 I'm sorry mate, but you didint get it

    • @surfbot417
      @surfbot417 3 роки тому +1

      @@thomasvigil4505 Having a bad day are we?

  • @pietersloft2318
    @pietersloft2318 3 роки тому +11

    Seeing new life on a farm is always such an exiting experience and it's so beautiful you can see it in person how a new generation of animal is coming into our world

  • @caden8986
    @caden8986 3 роки тому +19

    Yes! A new video! I just finished hatching some guineas myself! *RIP little duck*

  • @goose7574
    @goose7574 3 роки тому +35

    Awww... More baby ducks. And so many ended up hatching and being healthy.
    So Awesome!!!
    Thanks for doing this channel. It's very informative for kids (and even adults). Whenever I see a new video I call my daughter in the room (she's only 7), and we watch the new video.

  • @lisac2766
    @lisac2766 3 роки тому +7

    Just a suggestion if you are having humidity issues or membranes drying out perhaps spraying lightly with water can prevent that on hatching days. I had a similar issue with pigeon eggs (hatched naturally not incubated) old timers recommended I offer the parents a bath the day before they are due. If I cannot, then to spray the nest lightly with water. Since I started doing that I never had the issue again.

  • @bobafett9758
    @bobafett9758 3 роки тому +1

    Everything beautiful and cute must be endangered 🥺

  • @krhunt629
    @krhunt629 3 роки тому +2

    Watching these tiny creatures hatch and their first movements of life was magical. I was completely captivated, holding my breath as they began to live or die. Thank you for participating in the hookbilled duck project about which I wouldn't have learned without your videos. Fantastic. Bravo all of you.

  • @Salami-z
    @Salami-z 3 роки тому +4

    Again this is a wholesome family

  • @honorboundfate9521
    @honorboundfate9521 3 роки тому +13

    Thank you for improving a horrible day. Like seriously, I was asking myself where’s White House on the hill for this bad day.

  • @Rmak
    @Rmak 3 роки тому +2

    I loved seeing them hatch, once again a great move helping the chicks out. ❤️🤍

  • @DreamsRemorse
    @DreamsRemorse 3 роки тому

    Honestly I love to watch drama and the insanity of the internet...but sometimes something this warm and comforting...this sort of good innocence is just what I need. I love the break this channel provides and how just all around lovely it is.

  • @calvinfang9002
    @calvinfang9002 3 роки тому +94

    It was heat stroke I lost 4 chickens from that they did the same thing as the duck did

    • @sunshine_jenny9703
      @sunshine_jenny9703 3 роки тому +1

      Oh no! :(

    • @johnlogan1022
      @johnlogan1022 3 роки тому +8

      That's what I thought as well. It was panting trying to cool off.

    • @nenaelliott8058
      @nenaelliott8058 3 роки тому +5

      If that's the case don't you think all the babies would be having trouble?

    • @johnlogan1022
      @johnlogan1022 3 роки тому +13

      @@nenaelliott8058 Not all people are affected the same by heat so it makes sense that not all animals are impacted the same.

    • @fuzzytigercat
      @fuzzytigercat 3 роки тому +11

      I don't think it was heat stroke. I have chickens and they are in over 100 degree weather all summer long in California and none of them have died. I think it's a genetic defect since the gene pool is so small.

  • @dodraws1736
    @dodraws1736 3 роки тому +7

    Just how Ian malcolm said "Life finds away"

  • @elizabethharttley4073
    @elizabethharttley4073 3 роки тому +2

    I had some polish chicks back in the 60s. They are sweet and lay little brown eggs.
    The roosters are feisty!!

  • @grammybear4226
    @grammybear4226 3 роки тому +1

    🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 67 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼

  • @hellopeeps4722
    @hellopeeps4722 3 роки тому +12

    Just found your channel today and I’ve been binge watching your videos
    Great channel

  • @sobredensteiner
    @sobredensteiner 3 роки тому +18

    Some names for those ducklings:
    Peter (Pan)
    John
    Michael
    Smee
    Tinker
    Bell
    Tinkerbell
    Wendy
    and Darling!

  • @smartsoe123
    @smartsoe123 3 роки тому +1

    Love the cause. Love watching beautiful ducklings hatch. Love ducks. Love WHOTH!

  • @tianvelasquez2752
    @tianvelasquez2752 Рік тому

    You are AMAZING helping critically endangered ducks

  • @ReiTheScientist
    @ReiTheScientist 3 роки тому +3

    We've been raising chickens for 20 years. For the past couple years we have been raising endangered breeds. There's a extra twinge of guilt when you lose little ones you're trying to rescue, so this video particularly struck a cord with me. But, as you said, it's how it is on a farm. Don't mind the haters who give you a hard time. You are doing a great job. Thank you for sharing your beautiful family and farm with all of us!

  • @killapicklepiratepanda7373
    @killapicklepiratepanda7373 3 роки тому +48

    When you cracked that egg I winced

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +4

      Yep, a pretty dumb mistake. Moving too quickly and I was careless.

    • @brody4890
      @brody4890 3 роки тому +1

      I was so sad bc it is an endangered species I think

  • @arb7733
    @arb7733 3 роки тому

    I really appreciate you all for growing the Hook billed duck population and being aware of that. Also love the name Captain Hook! 😁💓

  • @sl_sabourin
    @sl_sabourin 3 роки тому +1

    I was so moved by this video - very sweet! Love the Peter Pan theme names 🤗

  • @ManeshX
    @ManeshX 3 роки тому +3

    Congrats on 500k 🎉

  • @scottlepak7068
    @scottlepak7068 3 роки тому +8

    I'm so sorry about the duckling you lost. I've honestly never seen respiratory distress like that in a duck. I've dealt with a few respiratory infections in chickens and even pigeons, but never in any of our ducks. They are usually pretty hardy, and unlike many other birds, they are pretty much immune to respiratory infections. At least, that has been my experience. I have no idea what could have caused such labored breathing that resulted in death so quickly. Congratulations on the surviving new babies though. They are adorable, and I hope they continue to thrive. I wish you luck with your future breeding plans for them (Also, just so you know, Hookbill ducks actually have three degrees of bill curvature: straight, moderately curved, and extreme curve. At this point, Captain Hook's bill may not get much more curved. To get the best fertility when breeding, it is usually recommended to breed moderate curve to moderate curve, and extreme curve to straight, never extreme to extreme). Good night, and God Bless You!

    • @caitlyn3476
      @caitlyn3476 3 роки тому +1

      It looks heat stroke

    • @scottlepak7068
      @scottlepak7068 3 роки тому +1

      @@caitlyn3476 I guess that is a possibility. I've never had an issue with heat stroke in our ducks either so I wouldn't know for sure. As long as they have access to water and shade the ducks seem pretty effective at keeping themselves cool enough. I'm inclined to think it was an issue of failing to thrive due to problems caused by limited genetic diversity, though if that was the case, it's surprising that it made it that long. Chicks/ducklings who have poor vigor and fail to thrive usually show issues and pass away much sooner, so I'm not sure if that was the case either. It's hard to say for sure, especially without being there.

  • @kendratacheny70
    @kendratacheny70 3 роки тому

    What a beautiful and wonderful life you all live!!! ❤️

  • @lockedin60
    @lockedin60 3 роки тому

    It is a blessing that you all get to experience the cycle of life and you are in the business of protecting life. The Trench Warriors!

  • @samheaton9928
    @samheaton9928 3 роки тому +67

    Why do you open the incubator during lockdown I feel like you guys are always shrink wrapping the chicken in

    • @wabarrelracer6510
      @wabarrelracer6510 3 роки тому +4

      Right

    • @Teraperf
      @Teraperf 3 роки тому +20

      It’s for those unobstructed close up shots that bring in all those tasty tasty views *heavy sigh*

    • @ashlee.m
      @ashlee.m 3 роки тому +5

      Its fine to do that as long as the humidty stays up. Its when it drops where it shrinkwraps them.

    • @Monica_bondevik
      @Monica_bondevik 3 роки тому +4

      Ducks aren't the same as chickens. In the wild mama ducks do get off the eggs so they're more accustom to the changes.

    • @Teraperf
      @Teraperf 3 роки тому +8

      Candice wdub they make the same mistakes over and over and over again and they’re ending lives. If you don’t care about unnecessary death, then you’re a bad person.

  • @sarah-fv9xu
    @sarah-fv9xu 3 роки тому +17

    I know the pain of losing a farm animal. My brother and I decided to get a baby quail about a week or so ago. Yesterday I found her in her water dish, shivering. I took her out and placed a heat lamp over a small cage, and watched her for hours. The next morning, I woke up to find her stiff, dead. she was only 4-5 weeks old. R.I.P Cuddlebug, July 2020 - August 2020 :(

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +3

      Sorry to hear that

    • @sarah-fv9xu
      @sarah-fv9xu 3 роки тому

      @@whitehouseonthehill I also have 4 ducklings and 3 *very* small chicks, the smallest duckling (5-6 weeks old) started to breath heavy with his bill open. He stopped about a week ago but I am still a little worried. (P.S I am 12)

    • @suraiyachowdhury4229
      @suraiyachowdhury4229 3 роки тому +1

      One of our chicks had this problem too so I dipped her beak in hot salty water and fed her a bit of medicine. Check if their bedding area is not dusty. I am also 12 maybe if you do a bit of research you might find out whether ur chick has respiratory disease

    • @sarah-fv9xu
      @sarah-fv9xu 3 роки тому

      @@suraiyachowdhury4229 I did dip his bill/beak in warm salt water, but that didn't help it, he is better now, and his bedding area isn't dusty. I know it isn't dusty because I soak their shavings in a bucket of water, then let them dry in the sun so there is no more dust.

    • @suraiyachowdhury4229
      @suraiyachowdhury4229 3 роки тому

      @@sarah-fv9xu im glad he is better. They probably open their beaks to breathe when their nostrils are blocked. Our chick had mucus in her nostrils so she had to breathe through her mouth

  • @gxrcxe196
    @gxrcxe196 3 роки тому

    Just found this channel and it’s so therapeutic to watch before you go to sleep 😴 and it’s is genuine defo recommend

  • @lillieschickens9350
    @lillieschickens9350 3 роки тому

    Love that you guys are trying to help.i love that you dont take care of the birds in order of most expensive to cheapest

  • @TechsScience
    @TechsScience 3 роки тому +3

    The good thing is that duck accept them as her babies

  • @nazunamiyauchi8329
    @nazunamiyauchi8329 3 роки тому +3

    Who else is screaming inside when they see baby animals.
    ALSO CONGRATS ON 500K SUBSCRIBERS

  • @beckywebb1916
    @beckywebb1916 3 роки тому

    Such a sweet life you all have!

  • @beckyg8724
    @beckyg8724 3 роки тому +2

    Birds are my favourite critter. So awesome to see new ducklings hatch.

  • @killjoy1523
    @killjoy1523 3 роки тому +20

    Looks like its got what I've heard called a gimp leg i beleave u can use a dock to fix it but unfortunately it doesn't always work. I believe if u watch a chick named Albert they can show u how. I know they sorted out those issues but it csn be helpful for any that dont

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому

      The weak legs worked themselves out a day or two after they hatched... we showed that in the video

    • @killjoy1523
      @killjoy1523 3 роки тому

      @@whitehouseonthehill I know I said that. I ssid if u have any that dont

  • @enzoolliff714
    @enzoolliff714 3 роки тому +4

    I have ducks too, and I lose so many every year, ducklings and ducks. Some of my favourite ducks were killed by dogs and my favourite ducklings killed by rats. It is very sad, I hope the other do well. Good luck!!

  • @julietrivero238
    @julietrivero238 3 роки тому

    I completely adore this family.

  • @patriciabeyer7824
    @patriciabeyer7824 3 роки тому +1

    Hi. The new ducks are sweet. Thanks for the video. 👏❤ Be well.

  • @TheBabyVampire96
    @TheBabyVampire96 3 роки тому +11

    If you have females you should name them Wendy, Myra, Angela, and Darling. Since that is wendys full name. The peter, pan, smee, etc for boys.

  • @zer1661
    @zer1661 3 роки тому +5

    O men i would love to have some of those featherd head chickens.. they are beautiful

    • @surfbot417
      @surfbot417 3 роки тому

      They're Polish Top Hats

    • @Bookwurm22
      @Bookwurm22 3 роки тому

      zê rø they are called polish. We have three at my house.

  • @Bmoore295
    @Bmoore295 3 роки тому

    I am so excited that you went with Captain Hook, and the Peter Pan names are so perfect!! 💕💕

  • @flyingwild1053
    @flyingwild1053 3 роки тому

    Your farm and livestock are nothing short of breathtaking and you and your family are really sweet. You are really unnoticed as the kind hearted, warm people you are. Keep up the good work!

  • @lordfaladar6261
    @lordfaladar6261 3 роки тому +5

    glad you managed to hatch out some more of this rare breed.
    also.. did you hatch out another boy? and almost full grown too!

  • @charlisemayall8689
    @charlisemayall8689 3 роки тому +16

    captain hook doesn't seem to have a curl on 'his' tail. you might be looking at a female captain!

  • @giotan1197
    @giotan1197 3 роки тому +2

    Your polish chickens are sooo beautiful!just got 6 of it for my mini farm💚✨

  • @maryclairekalamafoni9524
    @maryclairekalamafoni9524 3 роки тому

    The life you have created for your family is magnificent!!! Rock on Captain Hook! Take care of all your little buddies!! 💜💙

  • @franc2063
    @franc2063 3 роки тому +9

    I love ducks 🦆🦆🦆 With ponds I always worry about snapping turtles. What does your pond have?

  • @garfield2164
    @garfield2164 3 роки тому +3

    I think it’s super cool that you guys are doing this!
    I’m quite curious though 🤔 will this species fully recover with such a small gene pool though? Especially since they came from only 15 ducks.

  • @nancycowan6109
    @nancycowan6109 3 роки тому

    Your videos often leave me teary-eyed. This one is no exception. Thanks for sharing. ❤️

  • @heatherblucher
    @heatherblucher 3 роки тому +1

    Thats cute, you could have the lost boys as the ducks because they are endangered.

    • @heatherblucher
      @heatherblucher 3 роки тому

      OOO also. For the girl ducks you could have fairy names, like tinker bell. since I don't think there were any lost girls.

  • @tcastrawberry5571
    @tcastrawberry5571 3 роки тому +4

    Ahhhh love your vids and thanks for making my day

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you!

    • @tcastrawberry5571
      @tcastrawberry5571 3 роки тому +1

      White House on the Hill omg I’m screaming thank you sooo much it make me happy thank u and bless your fam all was🙏🙏🙏

  • @danielasigheti5768
    @danielasigheti5768 3 роки тому +5

    I ordered Hookbill duck eggs and 7 days later, the USPS still not delivered them. Such a waste😭.

  • @commandoleo2775
    @commandoleo2775 3 роки тому +1

    I hope these younglings that died will have a better life in the after life.
    Seeing animals die without entering the world is the saddest thing...

  • @ralapeit0
    @ralapeit0 3 роки тому +2

    Have any of your boys picked up on drawing yet?? Looking at all those beautiful birds I can't stop thinking about how I would spend all day drawing and painting these guys!!!! If any of them start showing artistic inclinations make sure to encourage them!!!

  • @ivybeckmann3167
    @ivybeckmann3167 3 роки тому +4

    I live in Australia and I hatched the most beautiful chicks I’ve ever seen and it was there first time standing on the fresh green grass. That afternoon I got home from school and in there small cage was the 4 little chicks died with blood everywhere. And guess what killed them??? A butcher bird. I was sooo sad. And the first chick that hatched I named Hope. She was beautiful and a little sweetheart. Make sure u have something over the top of the cage to avoid what happened to my chicks.

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +2

      Sorry about your chicks... yep, aerial predators will get anything small they can grab.

    • @leannepaxton5012
      @leannepaxton5012 3 роки тому +1

      I'm so sorry about your chicks. That's so sad.
      I live in Australia too and I have seen those Butcher birds attack pretty much anything and everything that lives, breaths and moves.
      I mean they aren't that big, but I have seen them repeatedly swoop and attack Bush Turkeys that are adult and fully grown. They must be about 5 times bigger than Butcher birds!
      I also see them fly after and attack all sorts of other flying birds, bigger and smaller than them.
      Those poor chicks of yours wouldn't have stood a chance once a Butcher bird laid eyes on them and decided that they wanted to attack them.
      I've never seen a more aggressive bird! Especially considering that they constantly attack any human unlucky enough to be walking anywhere in the vicinity of their nest or territory!
      Again, I'm so sorry for your loss Ivy. 💜

    • @ivybeckmann3167
      @ivybeckmann3167 3 роки тому +1

      Thankyou Leanne !💖💖💖 Nature just has to take its course though. You just made my day!!

    • @ivybeckmann3167
      @ivybeckmann3167 3 роки тому +1

      I thank all of you!! Stay safe and I wish you all the best!

    • @leannepaxton5012
      @leannepaxton5012 3 роки тому

      @@ivybeckmann3167 , aww, you are most welcome. Although everything I wrote was the truth.
      I hope you get some more beautiful baby chicks and that no Butcher bird ever lays eyes on them.
      Enjoy your Sunday Ivy. 💜

  • @quiverfullmomma137
    @quiverfullmomma137 3 роки тому +11

    When they have balance issues, is it niacin they need? I might be wrong on that

    • @ChristineFirstHomeLoveLife
      @ChristineFirstHomeLoveLife 3 роки тому +2

      Yes I just commented that baby ducks benefit from niacin. Helps with neurological issues 🙂

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +1

      Wasn't a balance issue... the leg wasn't moving much at all. But definitely a nerve issue.

    • @quiverfullmomma137
      @quiverfullmomma137 3 роки тому

      @@whitehouseonthehill I'm glad the duck is doing well. What a great bread to hatch

  • @saschafabbrideravi3975
    @saschafabbrideravi3975 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for doing everything you do for animals. The world needs more people like you

  • @sherreeroper1944
    @sherreeroper1944 3 роки тому

    Omg.. I'm actually cheering for these babies

  • @dragonlion14
    @dragonlion14 3 роки тому +3

    Hello, those ducks are awesome. Never seen one in my home country (The Netherlands)
    I am wondering if there still any out here? Always love to see people who make an effort to let animals not get extinguished ❤️
    Love your family and your channel. Hope the ducklings survive and get some lovely names.... thinking of the Peter Pan movie I always have Robin Williams in my mind and heart.....I miss the good man 💔

    • @davekelder6959
      @davekelder6959 3 роки тому +1

      I havent seen any either ( ik zie normaal gesproken alleen de eenden met een groene kop en de vrouwtjes daar van die bruin van kleur zijn)

    • @larsschrauwen8762
      @larsschrauwen8762 3 роки тому +1

      dragonlion14 kijk bij diertotaaljaro in kwadendamme die hebben zowat ieder kip of eend en nog veel meer! Die zullen er wel kunnen bestellen voor je

    • @dragonlion14
      @dragonlion14 3 роки тому +1

      Lars dank voor de tip maar ik heb zelf geen dieren, was alleen nieuwsgierig of er nog in ons eigen land van deze eenden bestonden. Vond het verhaal bijzonder.

    • @koerdozoetermeer8366
      @koerdozoetermeer8366 3 роки тому +1

      dragonlion14 lol zoveel nederlanders

    • @davekelder6959
      @davekelder6959 3 роки тому +1

      @@koerdozoetermeer8366 we zijn overal hahaha. Al woon ik daar niet meer ik woon in missouri

  • @janiceanderson961
    @janiceanderson961 3 роки тому +4

    Hey Jake and crew, Great video, love what you doing with the hook bill duck project. I was just wondering how you guy make an income, whether its through UA-cam or in another way. Just want to know cause I would one day like to own a farm like yours.

  • @pickingwilddaisies945
    @pickingwilddaisies945 3 роки тому +1

    I love the Peter Pan name idea!

  • @joecattle9453
    @joecattle9453 3 роки тому

    I love this account it shows the good and bad of having pets it’s not all just fun.

  • @chilli9561
    @chilli9561 3 роки тому +4

    This dude cracked before even starting 😂

  • @avielkurulkar9492
    @avielkurulkar9492 3 роки тому +10

    When your rare duck is dying you don't check up on him in an hour ! You take him to the doctor !!

    • @mrbooje6502
      @mrbooje6502 3 роки тому +4

      Not all vets would take ducks, especially a rare breed.

    • @janu4380
      @janu4380 3 роки тому +5

      I don’t want to assume but I’m wondering if they even called an vet and consulted about the duck?? Or separated and keeped an eye on it, if you have animal that has obvious problems you should either keep constant eye on it or check it more often than every hour!! Also people keep telling them about not opening the incubator too early... just really disappointed, feels like it’s now more about cool shots and views and not about the animals anymore...

    • @mrbooje6502
      @mrbooje6502 3 роки тому +2

      @@janu4380 about the incubator. Mother ducks naturally leave there nest for 10 min or so, so in that time you can open the incubator.

    • @domidoodle9723
      @domidoodle9723 3 роки тому

      Candice wdub Why do you keep going around to all the comments saying this? These people are truly concerned about losses that shouldn’t be happening

    • @domidoodle9723
      @domidoodle9723 3 роки тому

      Candice wdub I’m honestly just confused. A lot of the comments seemed to be concerned about the baby birds that die. I love this channel but I truly want to know if it’s wrong or not to open the incubator during the “lock down” stage

  • @trathbone
    @trathbone 3 роки тому

    It’s so refreshing to watch a video with some good news for a change. Thanks for everything you guys are doing!

  • @narhiyadavis6001
    @narhiyadavis6001 3 роки тому +1

    I watch a UA-camr who is also doing this. You guys are amazing people!

  • @Ella-qo1jd
    @Ella-qo1jd 3 роки тому +29

    The title: Hatching Three of the Rarest Ducks!
    Me: Haven’t you already done that? Lol 😂
    Ps: Love your videos!

  • @sparkfishes
    @sparkfishes 3 роки тому +6

    With such an important duck why did you not take it to the vets ? 🇬🇧

    • @medeasong9354
      @medeasong9354 3 роки тому +4

      I'm not sure that there are any open around them plus he said it just started that day so

    • @MrNilo1990
      @MrNilo1990 3 роки тому

      @@medeasong9354 if someone habe trouble breathing, do you stay there doing nothing and waiting ? .
      I think that he was not clear enough with what happened

    • @medeasong9354
      @medeasong9354 3 роки тому

      @@MrNilo1990 my sister and I have trouble breathing all the time thanks to allergies so yes actually

    • @AG-mt3xs
      @AG-mt3xs 3 роки тому +3

      It's kind of hard to find vets that work with birds. Most I know either deal with livestock, wildlife, or dogs/cats.

    • @ashlee.m
      @ashlee.m 3 роки тому +3

      Because most vets dont treat birds like chickens and birds like ducks and chickens pass away quicker than you can find out whats wrong or treat them. Its a natural part of farming

  • @pickingwilddaisies945
    @pickingwilddaisies945 3 роки тому

    Great job! Thank you for trying to help this breed of ducks 🦆 Captain is beautiful

  • @TheViver66
    @TheViver66 3 роки тому +2

    Your cinematography is great!! I just love the way you capture your family and the animals. You have a good eye.

  • @personinyourwall9158
    @personinyourwall9158 3 роки тому +4

    11 minutes ago...
    One day...I will make it...
    Edit: Btw I wish the best for you all! ❤❤❤

  • @OCAVIARY
    @OCAVIARY 3 роки тому +6

    Genetic diversity will be a massive problem for these ducks in the long run. The initial 15 of them will be the ancestors of these guys, so potentially there could be up to 40 generations of inbreeding between them.
    Would you potentially add in a different species of duck to their group. So when they breed, you get really healthy half hookbilled ducks. Then those halves can be bred together with the other hookbills, which will ultimately help them massively in the long run

    • @whitehouseonthehill
      @whitehouseonthehill  3 роки тому +1

      Yes, I've seen other Hookbill owners use other varieties of ducks to breed diversity into the ducks. We'll consider that if we need more diversity.

  • @ronhooks1123
    @ronhooks1123 3 роки тому

    Just simply, fascinating!! Thanks for sharing. Peace from SW Florida 🤗!!!

  • @joyceroberts9304
    @joyceroberts9304 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful chickens, you guy are doing great job, good luck with your farm

  • @lucyfoyil04
    @lucyfoyil04 3 роки тому +5

    I was your first view!!☺☺

  • @wrinklesandsprinkles
    @wrinklesandsprinkles 3 роки тому +5

    There’s another UA-cam homesteading channel in Arkansas has just acquired 4 2mo old hookbill ducklings. All are doing well so far🤞🏼Maybe y’all can work on this project together 🤔

  • @louisebrown2624
    @louisebrown2624 3 роки тому

    What I would LOVE to see, is more of Becky. I want to know what she is planning, doing with all the produce from the farm, feeding the boys - farmers wife type stuff.

  • @weibie
    @weibie 3 роки тому

    Congratulations on reaching 500k subscribers! I hope you're hook bills all survive, the world needs more people like you and your family!

  • @FrancescaMistretta
    @FrancescaMistretta 3 роки тому +8

    Finally, you helped these ducklings by cracking their shells!!!!! You should do that with all your hatchlings not just the hooked bill ducklings!! That’s why you’ve lost animals in the past because you don’t ever help them out. Reference: Brian Barcyzk at BHB reptiles always cut the eggs at a certain amount of days to help the snakes hatch and NOT die in the eggs which can happen often!!

    • @MrNilo1990
      @MrNilo1990 3 роки тому +1

      it depends on the animal wich you are working with, if they will be pets there's no problem with helping them, but if it's a conservation project you don't help them because their offsprings in future generations will not be able to hatch on their own.

    • @kuceracm
      @kuceracm 3 роки тому +1

      Normally you would not help birds to hatch. You could knick a blood vessel under the shell and the baby can bleed out. You could accidentally help too much and the baby could fall out of the egg before the yolk is absorbed all the way. Or the baby is genetically weak and could pass that weakness on to future generations if it survives long enough to do so. Critically endangered birds like hookbills are the exception because of how few of them there are but you still only want to go so far in helping them for the reasons stated above.

    • @nidohime6233
      @nidohime6233 3 роки тому +1

      Isn't that guy controversial for breeding spider snakes?

    • @RipnRev
      @RipnRev 3 роки тому +1

      Unlike snakes, birds need to break out on their own. It helps develop their muscles. You can also rupture a blood vessel before it dries up.

    • @MrNilo1990
      @MrNilo1990 3 роки тому

      @@nidohime6233 yep, and isn't the best example of husbandry either

  • @thomasvigil4505
    @thomasvigil4505 3 роки тому +13

    You are helping them out to soon you are causing the issue with them hatching the best thing you can do is leave the eggs alone in the incubator and do not open the incubator after you see piping. by breaking off shell you are causing them to dry out not helping them you are actually making it harder for them to hatch. Also a chick should never hatch with yoke still hanging out of their belly’s and at least 2 still had yoke hanging out. It’s also why they are having leg issues they just are not ready to get out of the egg and you are pulling them out. They will never start to hatch with yoke hanging out. You will have so much better success if you lock down the incubator 3-4 days before the hatch never opening it unless chicks have been in there for more than 24 hours. mostly when they is another egg hatching do not open the incubator most of the time helping an eggs is actually hurting it.

    • @Teraperf
      @Teraperf 3 роки тому +3

      Thomas Vigil they’ve been told this hundreds of times, they don’t care

    • @Teraperf
      @Teraperf 3 роки тому +3

      Thomas Vigil have to remember that not opening the incubator at all 3 days before and 2 days after hatching doesn’t let them get all their hatching shots for their channel that UA-camrs find so important

    • @thomasvigil4505
      @thomasvigil4505 3 роки тому +2

      Riley Bell ya sadly you are right it just makes me so mad that they just rip them out of the egg and force hatch them then they get all sad because the birds don’t live or have developmental problems. Not to mention that sense this is an endangered species you think they would take a little extra care of them.

    • @nidohime6233
      @nidohime6233 3 роки тому +3

      @@thomasvigil4505 Breed, is a endangered breed.

    • @voidsvoidsvoids8488
      @voidsvoidsvoids8488 3 роки тому +2

      But why would they pip if they weren't ready yet to hatch? Should've he waited for a day longer, and let the other 2 possibly die too?
      And one of the ducklings with leg issues hatched by itself, so that couldn't have been "because he ripped it out the egg too soon".
      If you think you know so much more about hatching eggs, why don't you do so then?

  • @DreamsRemorse
    @DreamsRemorse 3 роки тому

    I'm so sorry to see the loss of one of the ducks but I'm thrilled to see the new baby ducks! It's amazing to see you and your family working to help a species of duck that is so limited in number! Amazing and I can't wait to see you help further in helping the species regain some of it's numbers!

  • @sausageroll8705
    @sausageroll8705 3 роки тому +2

    Hello from the uk 👋🏼

  • @Brifromscratch
    @Brifromscratch 3 роки тому +3

    39th

  • @Teraperf
    @Teraperf 3 роки тому +20

    STOP TAKING THEM OUT OF THE INCUBATOR, you’re killing those birds

    • @divaowu7469
      @divaowu7469 3 роки тому +2

      *that's not how it works-*

    • @ashlee.m
      @ashlee.m 3 роки тому +1

      Sometimes you have to help chicks hatch. Its a part of hatching. Just like the people who think you shouldnt candle because your taking the eggs out and exposing them to air. I candle mine every 5 days and i have amazing hatch rates. Theyre fine as long as the humidity stays up in the incubator. They dont just die from taking them out.

    • @divaowu7469
      @divaowu7469 3 роки тому

      @@ashlee.m, yeah! That's how it works!

    • @divaowu7469
      @divaowu7469 3 роки тому

      They need air to breathe!

    • @mrbooje6502
      @mrbooje6502 3 роки тому +1

      You are supposed to stop the incubator for 10 min, in that time you came take them out
      Reason as to why is because a Mother ducks leaves the nest for around the same period of time.

  • @lauradavison4044
    @lauradavison4044 3 роки тому

    Great seeing the ducks hatching and also knowing you are helping build the species back up, great video you all look so happy.

  • @juleseyg
    @juleseyg 3 роки тому

    Gorgeous little ducklings🐥 hope they all do well lovely video 😊😊😊🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @1diotchair
    @1diotchair 3 роки тому +3

    Eating gummy worms while watching this was a bad idea I just threw up

  • @amapparatistkwabena
    @amapparatistkwabena 3 роки тому +1

    Great video! Your wife has the most beautiful and wholesome smile!

  • @reneboymanalo4124
    @reneboymanalo4124 3 роки тому +1

    Always looking forward for your new videos, love your farm, but i love your garden most. 😊😊😊😊😊

  • @wydjayaferyyn7327
    @wydjayaferyyn7327 3 роки тому

    Thank you for all these videos who bring me so much joy! A lovely family living in a beautiful place with a lot of animals treated with respect it is wonderful to watch. Some moments are sweet as poetry some others are sad like all colors of life. May you continue like this!