Posts by country_girl011

my ducks do not care for the peas either. but my male loves the ducks, he will back them in a corner and display at them with everything he has, as soon as they see an opening the ducks take off quacking up a storm.

its a male color develops slowly. he has burnt orange wing feathers. if this was a hen by now her body would be shades of brown with no barring on the feathers.

peachicks also hatch with wing feathers. and tail feathers. most other chicks (i dont know of any other that do , i could be wrong) hatch only covered in fluff.

Quote: Originally Posted by WestKnollAmy  With the egg eating you will need to increase her protein. Birds eat eggs because they crave the protein in the yolk. Most people think it is because of calcium deficiency but...

oh and on another note. all of my birds are 2012 hatch except pearl so i know she has seen snow. and today we got snow for the first time. only about an inch . but i just opened the shed door for everyone. ducks came running...

So i have a slight issue and imthinking this may be the reason pearl was at rhe auction to begin with. The chickens laid an egg yesteday they r pullets so it spurratic and it was late in the day and chilly oout so i was just going to get...

Quote: Originally Posted by casportpony  The white I have seen is separated with dark feathers between the white. Does that count as a white patch? In horses, it does. On this teen-hen, it's very...

Quote: Originally Posted by casportpony  So if I have a bird with white primaries and a throat patch it's a dark pied? yes as long as its actually a white throat patch and not just the normal light patch that IB...

white wing feathers = split to white / and/or pied birds. this means if bred togather (2 split to whites) you could get not only Ib offspring but also white or pied. depending on which they are split to .   white throat...

my pretty boy decided to be a show off today . like he is everyday. he displays at everything! and everyone !