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    Is there correlation between larger egg size and final bird weight

    To the OP, SimonGrow, or any others: Do you have any follow up on your experimentation? I'm currently selecting my largest birds (male and female) for a breeding group with the intent of producing larger offspring. My premise is that larger birds will equate to larger eggs. Once I have enough...
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    Review by '' on item 'Brinsea Mini Advance Incubator'

    I had used my Brinsea Mini Eco 4-5 times when it started this horrible screeching when turning. I noticed the gear that is part of turner was all rusted up. I contacted customer service, and my unit had just gone out of warranty so they refused to replace anything. Customer service rep was short...
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    Cream Legbars

    Thanks, folks! I appreciate the help. I plan to diversify my breeding stock, and when I do that I will be looking for birds that lay blue eggs.
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    Cream Legbars

    I have five POL pullets from Greenfire Farms. They are laying green eggs. All the same color. More green than blue, anyway. Anyone else get pullets/chicks from Greenfire and get BLUE eggs? I'm disappointed, really wanted blue eggs.
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    cuckoo marans x black copper marans

    Mahonri, what did you get crossing your BCM roo over your FGCM hens? I want to try this. Did the offspring have any sexable coloring?
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    Runner and Mallard cross?

    They do not go back in at night. The good thing is, they are easy to herd back in, unlike chickens.
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    Runner and Mallard cross?

    Yes, you should clip one wing on each duck. This is for their own safety. I had mine fly to the neighbor's yard and not be able to get back over the fence. One ended up three houses down and I wouldn't have got her back except they knew I had ducks and called me. There are good videos on Youtube...
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    Runner and Mallard cross?

    How they look depends on the runner's color. My mallard girls crossed with fawn-and-white runner drake tend to come out buff or light brown. Some have a white ring around their neck.
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    Chicken and Duck interaction - bad behavior and changes for the worse?

    Oops. I guess I don't know what I am doing. I have only one hen that is mean to ducklings, out of about 50 total hens. I am going to keep them separated until the ducks are big enough to fend off rude chickens.
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    Runner and Mallard cross?

    I suppose the runners can fly if they practice. They are not heavy birds. Mine has no reason to fly. His buds are all ground-bound. They are either non-flying ducks or they have their wings clipped.
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    Chicken and Duck interaction - bad behavior and changes for the worse?

    I am not sure why folks are welcoming me, I have been a member since April 2014 and I have posted a few times before. But thanks for the welcome anyway!
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    Runner and Mallard cross?

    They can get off the ground a few feet for a very short distance, but they have never gotten over my 5 foot fence.
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    Runner and Mallard cross?

    Sounds like it could have been a wild Mallard.
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    Runner and Mallard cross?

    I have hatched quite a few of the reverse cross, a fawn and white runner drake with a mallard. The resulting ducks are either all buff (strangely enough) or medium brown. In my avatar pic, the drake in the center and the girl on the far left are runner x mallard. This is a wonderful cross, IMO...
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    Can mallards cross with runners?

    I have a fawn and white runner drake who has crossed with my mallards and I hatched the eggs numerous times. The resulting ducks have come out several different colors: an almost solid buff, buff with a white band around the neck, and a medium brown, sometimes with the white band. The medium...
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