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British Tailed Araucana are the only Araucana available in New Zealand. The Lavender are the most common but some people are starting to develop them in other colours. We purchased some hatching eggs with a project of our own in mind. We hatched 9 out of 10 eggs we picked up a 3 hours drive...

We have ended up with a gorgeous OEGB cockerel. He looks like he will be a golden duckwing, and I'm wondering how long it will take for him to molt into his 'adult' colouring? He is the sweetest thing and will settle down in my hand to be patted. His sister, who looks to be a full black...

I thought everyone could use a dose of duckling cuteness. Our babies finally hatched. On day 35 we had two black babies hatch. In truth one needed a lot of help. It pipped internally and then didn't do anything else. I made it a safety hole because it was no longer talking back to me and...

I found this article about Perinatal Acoustic Communication in Birds. I was trying to find out if there was any benefit in talking to my Muscovy eggs as they incubate. It seems that communication is more important between the developing chicks than between the chicks and the parent bird/s...

I searched everywhere but couldn't find how early you can see development in Muscovy eggs. This is the first time I've hatched duck eggs and not being the most patient soul I've been looking for signs of life the last couple of days. I thought I'd post what I've found in case someone else has...

I have 9 Muscovy eggs that were shipped to me, 3 eggs each from 3 different hens. I am currently incubating them (forced air) vertically because the air cells looked a little loose. I've had to put them in trays loosely packed with paper towels to keep them upright because one hens eggs are...

I ordered 6 Muscovy hatching eggs from a lovely lady who I've got chicken eggs off in the past. She sent me 9 eggs, 3 from the 3 nests her hens are currently accumulating. She's labelled them for me so I know which sets are which. One set of 3 are enormous compared to the others. They are...

We are very excited to be getting some Muscovy hatching eggs later this week. They are coming by courier and should be here in a couple of days. I've got all the information I need about the incubation process but I had a couple of other questions. 1: how much protein is too much (and would...

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We have these lace neck doves living wild in New Zealand and I found this little one outside. I've never seen one so young and its parents are no where to be seen. I spotted it yesterday and I did a double take (never having seen one so little) and this morning I found it back on the lawn and...

I just wanted to share my little Button chick that hatched out today. I've brought it and its family inside as the weather is going to pack up and I don't want this precious baby wandering off in the aviary and getting lost (that's happened before). It's patterned like a wild type but...

I've been looking for a friend for our ringneck dove for the longest time. Someone is trying to rehome one but at the moment it is free flying with some white garden doves so it will depend on whether she can catch them. If she manages to, how long should I keep it in quarantine considering it...

I'm in New Zealand where we aren't supposed to have the red breasted mutation, but I have this beautiful young boy and a couple of other slightly younger boys are looking very similar. They were the result of a cinnamon split to silver crossed with a silver split to cinnamon to get some ivory...

We had a Ringneck fly in one day and land on our heads. We couldn't find its owner so it now lives in our aviary with finches and bourkes parakeets. It is quite tame and loves sitting on my head and has taught our young bourkes that people aren't to be feared. They now climb all over me. At...

I just wanted to share some photos of our new Button chick. Our lovely cinnamon girl decided to try hatching some eggs even though it's winter here. She laid a big clutch of nine, then proceeded to sit. We had some cold snaps (some very frosty mornings which is unusual for us) and I checked...

One of our hens has started limping. I noticed it last night. I've checked her foot and there is no heat, no scratch, no puncture and no swelling. She's the leader of the flock and she seems normal in every other way - she's still eating and getting about, just a little slower than usual and she...

Our baby Spook (hatched on Halloween) is a week and a half old. I've taken lots of photos of him/her and often, despite not using the flash, his/her pupils look red. Today as I was holding him/her I noticed the iris of his/her eyes are blue-grey. He/she is the most laid back, gorgeous quail...

Our Silkie chicks are 6 weeks old. Our broody mother who adopted them started laying a week ago but I left her with them as she was still sharing food etc but now is getting a bit cranky with them at times so I will take her out soon. I'm just worried I have 3 boy babies (out of 4!) as I have...

Having taken so many photos (and searched through so many threads about trying to sex them) I thought I would post some photos of my Orpington babies in the hopes it helps someone else. My Orpingtons are mixed colours - the breeder I got them from keeps mixed colour groups so she gets some...

I have a very broody Old English Game Bantam who hatched bantam chicks for me not so long ago. She was laying again by the time the chicks were 6 weeks old, and she laid for a month, then went broody again! She has been such a pain in the coop I have recently taken her out and set her up in...