Posts by coffeepheasant

I beileve the humidity is fine as i did extremely well last year with some pekin eggs. The ducklings don't die because of difficulty hatching.....  the membrane doesn't stick to the ducklings they just seem to die once hatched....

I have 12 muscovy duck eggs in the incubator all of which have ducklings in them. Three of them began to pip they were frantic and got out of their eggs within a couple of hours, however within twenty mins of hatching the ducklings...

The cockerls comb doesn't look that red in normal light ! I think I will continue to rear them each year and just cull out the pink ones and i will add some new blood !! Few years I should have them looking good thanks for the...

Thanks here is a pic of a pair but i have been looking and i think one of the hens isn't as pure, because all the pink chicks came from her brood.

I have hatched a batch of 15 silkie chickens from my flock and 3 have hatched with pink instead of black skin. Is this a random throw back or are the silkies not pure bred???? They still have the 5 toes, feathery legs and fluffy...

The main differences are that female goldens have yellow legs and have a yellow tinge, whereas the female lady amherst have stale blue legs with a bluish tinge.The female lady amhersts are bigger. My hens will lay about 30-40 eggs 7 in...

Thanks hopefully i will have 5 little goslings in a month coffee pheasant

I am still a bit young so I have a reduced collection but i have golden, lady amherst, reeves and silver pheasants. Hopefully i will be getting some more lophuras !!!!!! Would it be possible to add the hen if i split the aviary and put...

I currently have 5 eggs in the incubator and a muscovy hen that is sitting on 15 eggs underneath my stables..... I haven't managed to control were they lay I can't wait to have some more duckilings and some more meat !!!! I was also...

Thanks for ur advice.. i guess she is just finishing her clutch.. I will follow ur advice and hopefully some ducklings will appear :D coffee pheasant