In the last 3 weeks I've lost 5 call ducks to an unknown cause. 4 were hatched out this February and one was hatched last year. They are all in the same large pen with 10 other call ducks and a pair of peacocks. This is a 70'x 15' covered on the ground pen with a 6'x8' attached "house". They...
This is my 4 year old tom turkey. Any idea on his color. When crossed with a BBW they produced a hen that looks like an Oregon Gray color wise. I thought he was a Narragansett but when comparing with other Narri photos his wings have much more white in them. Is he some other color or just a...
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Anyone have any ideas on the genetics behind carnation combs? Is it just a single comb with modifiers or something else? I'm in a quest to make dark egg layers without single combs. They likely will have rosecombs due to it's easy dominant trait.
So if I have a Penedesenca rooster and cross...
Does anyone know of any dark egg layers that have a rosecomb or some variation (cushion, pea, etc) of it? All the dark eggers I know of have either single combs or carnation combs. I'd love to get some cold hardy rosecomb dark eggers!
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I was wondering if it is possible for a chicken to sucessfully hatch peachicks. So far I'm 0 for 2 when I've tried this. They are fully developed, pip but never make it out of the shell. Should I give up on the chickens? Thanks
Aprille