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Thank you! Our vets here (Canada) are so overworked, it’s hard to get seen for anything but emergencies. I’m confident it’s not Avian Flu but would just be nice to know especially if it’s preventable in the future.

Hello, I’m wondering if I might gain some insight from those who are more familiar, as to the potential reason for the sudden death of my duck. Initial and immediate concern was for the increase in cases of Avian Flu in our region, however there is no evidence of symptoms in the remainder of...

Well her offspring looks incredibly close to gold phase welsh harlequins - with the exception of the bill which is consistently light in colour - almost flesh-toned. Personality is quite nice and mellow but she’s an inconsistent layer and her offspring might be too - the whole batch went to a...

ours definitely looks like this guy! My main unique identifier (and the reason I thought he was an Italian) was that the back 'stripes' are really dominant and they are light/almost white. his brown/gold/rust colour is really only around the face, and not at all in the back feathers (there is a...

YOU'RE THE BEST!!! Thank you! I thought Falb Fees were super rare - I wouldn't have thought we'd find one in our own coop :) It's the only one of 60 eggs we hatched out. Do you know what the silver roo would result in when mixed with the others? TIA!

I'm looking for genetic wisdoms because despite many attempts I still don't feel confident with the quail calculator and I'm planning to start a new flock with a few birds that have shown awesome personalities. I have tentatively set aside: 1 Silver male 1 Italian/pharaoh male 2 Pharaoh females...

Thanks! I do find she has a bit of the harlequin look! I’ll definitely try breeding and post results!

Well I can certainly try to use her eggs (they're definitely fertile as of late) and see how the incubation goes. If she is a new colour phase, I guess that would be cool! This is the one and only time I've seen khakis that look like that, and the breeder I got my flock from in the first place...

Here's what that batch looked like as ducklings ... I completely forgot we had a splashed one in the mix - he died from an unfortunate incident with our neighbour's grandkid. The second batch we incubated was 5 true-to-form Khaki's - no oddities, that we sold.

Hi all! I was reading up on rare colour in various breeds and wanted some input on my khaki Campbells before I incubate. My original flock consisted of the drake plus the khaki and dark Campbell, that are now two years old - these ducks came from a breeder who said they were pure (we saw her...

Maybe I got too big for my breeches too fast. We did so well with our small incubator so I upgraded from 7 to 48 capacity, and made plans to increase our setup. Well, looks like slow and steady is the way to win this race :(

ok, that's also depressing but makes me feel a bit better I guess.

I will - this time with all my own flock's eggs - this run has proven to be a bit too expensive!

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yes - the secondary one I run is calibrated perfectly and I check it before setting eggs, so I know the incubator runs slightly lower.

We open the incubator daily, sometimes twice, and mist as well. I wonder if my temps have been too low at the outset? :( I'm at 97-98 now during lockdown.

I'm in Ottawa/Canada - House humidity runs low in the winter, but the incubator with a secondary thermometer and hydrometer are reading consistently at 45/50 for the first 25 days. I have it set to 75 right now (lockdown) as of yesterday. Am I running the humidity too high?

We set 30 eggs, 6 of our own khakis, and 24 purchased from a breeder to expand our flock and get some new types of duck breeds! I fully realize it was an early start, before hatching season is in full swing, but compared to past experiences, I'm having a terrible go of it this time! Only 12 eggs...

Remove the night waterer... provided you’re letting them out early mornings and putting them in late (say 7am/7pm), they are fine without in the cold months and we’ve found it makes all the difference. If it’s very cold (ie they need to stay indoors all day during a big snow storm or something)...

Thanks so much!