I have 5 12 week old Buff Orpington Ducks From Metzer Farms that is raised from 3 day old ducklings, I am still new to ducks does anybody have any pictures of the difference between a 12 wk old Buff Orp Duck hen and drake. I have heard that you can tell by the quack, Hens Quack loudly and drakes...
I hatched some chicks for Mahonri's Easter hatch along. 2 of the chicks being from my Giant White Cochin hen covered by my EE Roo!
This is Her She is the one I am trying to figure out the genetics for
And heres Dad
And here is a pic of one of the 2 chicks at 3 days old
Here are pictures...
So I got the most adorable blue cochin chicks from a lady as a trade for my Mille Fluer cockerels! Any way this was her first experience with hatching out chicks in the incubator, she bought eggs from someone and hatched them out. She said one was a little week and couldn't really walk it was...
I hatched these from eggs I got from RedRooster Farm here on BYC. They were Double Barred lemon Cuckoo Orpington eggs
of 6 hatched one passed.
These 5 will be 8 wks in a couple of days
Here they are
1. Light Lemon Cuckoo Orpington
2. Dark lemon cuckoo Orpington, not seeing any cuckoo or...
So I have bred my EE Roo to my Barred Rock hens and produced sex-link babies, I only got 1 boy and 8 pullets. If I were to breed the boy back to his sisters or different girls of this same cross what would the offspring be would they still be sex-link or would all chicks be barred. I am still a...
I have this beautiful 6 wk Old chick that I bought at the feed store as a Red Blue Wyandotte Pullet. I need to know if its a boy or girl before giving it up, I have 3 more but there combs don't compare and are a very light pink except this one. Also is Red blue Wyandotte the correct name for...
Are these title cuties Ameracauna or Easter Eggers, 4 of them feathering in Buff/White color and the other pure white. they were bought as Ameracauna but came from Welp, so are they really EE with possible recognized Ameracauna color, or are they the RARE actual Ameracauna coming from a...
These gals were sold to me as 3 wk Old Mille Fluer D'Uccle as a group of 6 + three Buff Brahma Mille Cross (Free Extras).
Turns out the extras were boys, Go Figure! The remaining 6 after boys were sold all turned out to be hens, but also turned out none of them are pure Bred Mille Fluer D'Uccle...
I have 2 cochin Gals that have been chasing other girls around until they lay an egg in the nesting box for them to brood. I haven't been getting any fertile eggs from the cochin's themselves because the Roo is not interested, gave up on trying to breed them because he gets nothing but feather...
I have a very handsome EE Roo which I have in with my Barred rocks among other breeds, but I am curious as to the breeding between him and the barred rocks! Will they produce sexlink? If so then how do I tell girls from boys in this breeding! I have some eggs I am going to set in the next couple...
My order of ducklings arrived @ 5:00 am yesterday morning! I ordered 16 unsexed chicks got 17, 8 Welsh Harlequin & 8 Buff + an extra buff! I lost 2 a couple hours after their arrival and another one this afternoon! But this little duckling had a wet booty so I flipped it over for a few seconds...
This little bugger has me stumped, it is Purebred D'Uccle S/he has what look like pointed hackle feathers,some times they look pointy other times they look like just the feather patterning like my ameracauna pullets. Just now getting the pink to its comb, and is 3 1/2 months old! sorry the...
I went out last night just after dark to lock up my chickens at night only to discover My Mille Fleur Booted bantam huddled under the coop next to the waterer, not moving a muscle! At first i thought she was dead. but i picked her up to check her out and she was gasping for air, I immediately...
These 3 were free with a Purchase I made of purebred D'Uccle Siblings! The boys are brothers and need a new home with alot of Hens to keep them company, They are beating up on The Pure Bred D'Uccle Roo I am keeping over the Winter for a Friend. One is a Sweety and prefers not to fight but will...
These three are Buff Brahma Mille Fluer D'Uccle cross! Mom(Brahma) is Standard, Dad( Mille fluer D'Uccle) is Bantam. I bought them and their siblings who are pure bred mille Fluer D'Uccle. D'Uccles are easy to tell at 4 weeks which is pullet and which is roo by the combs. But because these are...
The only girls in My coop that aren't laying their eggs are my Nankin hens and my black rosecomb hens!
I only have 1 Bantam EE and she lays a bigger and different shade of green then this egg! It looks like a light olive egg!
All the green eggs in the pic are my EE hens, and the small tinted...
My chicks have been dyeing off 1 by 1! They don't want to eat Their chick crumb. They are just over 8 wks and i was thinking of switching the to grower! Their food. hasn't changed or bedding. They are lathargic, crops constantly empty and diarea! Any suggestions! Please help! Already lost 4...
I have 5 chicks that are 4 months! Their mom is a pure bred Nankin. Two of them have black skin blue earlobes and five toes and feathered feet. I'm guessing there dad was there previous owners silkie! But these 3 are a mystery, two have pufts of feathers on there heads and one doesn't. they have...
HELP! My silkie over the past few days has grown a lump on in its beak area, kinda off to one side and a little over the nostril!
is it a tumor, lump from being pecked or is it natural the chick is 8 weeks! sorry about the blur, it wouldn't stay still!