Hmmm on the parasites. I will check. It's about time to dose them with Ivermectin, though I haven't really seen anything, it surely won't hurt. The temps only are in the low 30's here at night, and the roo seems active enough, and since I've already hatched eggs from him and these same girls...
I have some Dorking/Barred Rock Crosses. Strange things like this happen when you toss an egg eating BR hen into a pen with an extra Dorking roo and your hatching addition causes you to toss some eggs in the incubator to make sure every spot is filled. lOL The feathering is very simliar to...
This is my first winter (OK, so it's still officially fall) with a laying flock of Dorkings. They started laying late Oct and fertility was fairly good then. However, since then fertility has dropped to zero. I would have thought it was just my birds but I got some Dorking eggs from a friend...
I have one white Appleyard that Holderread's threw in when I ordered more Silvers for my flock. Anyone have any idea what will happen if I allow her to breed to a Silver drake? Is the white dominate, or will some Silvers hatch out?
My Dorkings just started laying well, and I have trouble with them wanting to lay in the dirt too. I'll try making the nest boxes darker. Thanks. I also have a question. My eggs were very fertile and hatched well for a time, and now, none of them are developing. I also got some Dorking eggs...
My Silvers were hatching out all pure silver, and I was so confident of the source of my flock that I even advertised the hatching eggs are pure silver. But the past 2 hatches I've done have had a couple roos with what I consider too much white, so I'm suspecting some Light lineage in there. I...
Ok, I am so new to Appleyards that I didn't even know there was a breeding season. Is it during certain months, or just whenever it happens to hit them? My Anconas quit laying for a couple of months, usually Nov-Jan.
That would explain why the ladies aren't laying either. It also explains...
Got my first Harlequins from Holdread's in early June. I got them because of the rave reviews of a friend who had some. I think I'm going to enjoy them too. I love the duckies. :-) Got some appleyards hatching in the incubator now. thanks so much guys, you've put my mind at ease.
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I have two pair of Silver Appleyards that I got from a local breeder about a year ago. When I got them, their color was very typical and beautiful. Over the past month though, my drakes have lost their color. There is no green on their head, just silver and black now. I attributed it to...