Hello from Maine! I have three brahma chickens, three delaware ( I think) chickens and two pekin ducks.. I am having such a good time with them. I lived in the city growing up and moved into the country 11 years ago.. The ticks are awful here and my daughter ended up having lyme disease at age three. I decided to get some chickens to help with the tick population.. and it's wonderful! The wild turkeys are gone!! They are all 4 months old and my rooster just started to crow! My ducks are quite funny! I sit and watch them for hours. Never did I imagine that I would have this much fun raising and owning chickens and ducks!
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With several comments about finding it hard to obtain good quality Brabanters, has anyone purchased from Sandhill? Where have you found good quality stock? If our town changes it's regs, this is... -
I like everything about it except how it looks right now. I know it lays decently. It is a great part of my great waterfowl flock. -
First, watching a runner duck run is awesome. They can find their own food. They aren't like pekins in water. Mine haven't started laying but I heard their decent. -
Its not as fat and slow as a pekin, but its not frail either. I want a mallard but I don't want a flying bird. The rouen is great for that. -
They are my calmest birds and are easiest to catch. They eat less than Pekins. I heard they also lay well, but mine are younger.
Hello from Maine!
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