Recent content by yaddaluvpoodles

Wow, who woulda guessed! Makes me feel all out of control not to have everything down in black and white. Hmmmm. Ok, I can handle this lack of pedigree stuff, I think I can, I think I can. LanaRae--sorry for your loss! I lost my best, my favorite boy about 3 weeks ago to cancer. Broke my heart...

I ordered the Storey's guide from the local library, should get here sometime in the next couple of weeks. I am a bit redfaced as to HOW many times I went through the older book (written by D. Holderread and put out by Storeys) looking for the color genetics info. Thought I was blind,everyone...

Having come from the world of dogs....how does one keep track of the "pedigrees" of their birds, how do you track offspring? Is there a registry for chickens/waterfowl? Thanks, Dar

You all are awesome! Great ideas and information. Gonna keep me busy thinking and dreaming for a while. One of the people I work with told me that he set up a "brooder" consisting of an old clawfoot bathtub with a kerosene lantern suspended over one end. Said it worked great. I currently don't...

Anyone have any suggestions for an incubator as well as a brooder for an off grid situation with no electricity? Thanks!

I did a Yahoo groups search and found the Ancona group.

Thanks all! I think I'm addicted..... groan... there goes the budget! Local library has "Raising the Home Duck Flock" which is by D. Holderread and put out by Storey books, but I didn't see anything about color genetics in it. Thinking have to to have "Storey's Guide" which isn't at this branch...

Silly me, that will teach me to do my research better! I had several show quality magpies (black) from Holderreads a few years ago. They were wonderful. They were given to me by a woman who had just moved to a farm, spent $800 on poultry/waterfowl between Murray McMurray and Holderreads. She...

Hi all, Am wanting to get some Ancona ducks and have lots of questions about the colors. Can the colors be mixed/matched together, or do they need to be segregated? For example, if you bred a black ancona to a tri color what would you get, or a blue to a black, or a silver to a brown...