Recent content by exoticduckluvr

Aubrey you just made my day. Guess my new split Woodie is going to be a dumper. My lead Mandy hen turned male and the second hen won't lay or hasn't so guess Woodie just laid them on the ground. My Ringed Teal hatch a clutch March 29th and is brooding another clutch now. Other hen is new and...

who am I ?????? found a couple eggs on floor of Aviary this one hatched, found 2 more a few weeks later. 1 is coming along. This one hatched this morning Silver Wood Duck, Silver Bahama Pintail?? or???

can anyone tell me if you can put eggs under a broody duck with the eggs hatching about 2 weeks earlier than she would expect??? 5 of 8 are developing very well I bought White Mandarin eggs(before I knew I was sick again) when she started laying but then the Ringed Teal hatched almost a week...

wow I have saved 2 chicks this week. either last Sunday or Monday morning I went out to the pens and there was a wet chick on the ground. I thought it was death but when I picked it up it peeped but it was cold. I brought it in and put in under the heat lamp and it is fine. This evening I pulled...

KK I will be selling out completely after breeding season but it will be pick only. my cancer is back with 2 maybe 3 tumors in 9 months after removal of the first one. Will sell entire collection for half the market rate and include all the brand new this spring, last yrs new and older nesting...

I love to watch the Hoodies playing chase over sticks they drag into the pool Here is my Mandarin Hen turning like a Drake. A first for me in 6 yrs of raising them. I guess that's what I get for trading out blood lines. She was fine, laid and hatched a clutch last spring

no joke my bantams roo's start breeding at about 2 1/2 months and the hens start laying at 3 months. they go broody 2 to 4 times a year. I write everything down on my calendar so I know when they hatch. I don't know if living on the Gulf of Mexico has anything to do with it or not. We didn't...

mine start breeding and laying at 2 1/2 to 3 months

I am selling off all mine now and have about 50 chicks and more daily with all the girls broody. I do have some nice birds but none show quality as far as I know. My cancer is back this time with 3 tumors in 9 months since the removal of the first one. Surgery Friday the 13th and then I am done...

I thought Hooded Mergansers didn't breed until 2nd yr??? 1 of my prs was breeding this afternoon and the drakes are just now starting to get a little white in their heads

oops with the flock raiser you cut it with scratch and white proso millte. I get what is called ultra scratch. it has sunflower seed, winter peas,wheat, oats, corn, pellet feed, red millit. That is what my domestics get plus they free range all day. I put a bowl of this mix in for the Exotics...

what a beautiful chick. Can't wait to see how it turns out

I wouldn't feed layena at all except during breeding season. From what I have read to much calcium will shut down the kidneys especially on the drakes that don't need extra calcium. You would be better off feeding Purina Flock Raiser and putting out bowls of oyster shell for the hens. That's my...