I've done 3 attempted muscovy duck hatches this year with no live ducklings resulting from any of them.
The first this spring was an incubator hatch that had one Duckling internally pipped and a few others where fully developed but had never pipped. I figured I messed up humidity and wrote it...
These guys came from a bin labeled "Colored Layers" at Rural King and are about 5 weeks old. I knew they would be an assortment and I know feed stores aren't always the best a keeping things sorted. But I just need needed company for a singleton I hatched.
So #1 I'm sticking to actually being...
I'm trying to figure out the proper color names for my 5 muscovys and if I where to hatch what colors I would most likely get. I know recessive genes make this more complicated but just a general idea what genes I'm looking at would help.
So hen #1 I've been referring to this color as fawn but...
One of the 3 little roos in question. They where labeled as Ameraucanas at TSC which we all knew was wrong, but I gambled and bought 3 straight run babies. And got 3 roos.
But I was labeling them as Delewares and when I showed a picture to my grandfather (who used to raise show birds) he...
Well when I went to Butler Rural king it ended up being a bust they only had guniea keets and I need to figure out my guniea situation before I add more.
So one order from Ideal later and a broody Pekin not knowing what to do with babies, I'm now the proud mom to 4 blue swedish ducks, (and...
Newly arrived SLW she is twisting her neck at this weird angle and twitching randomly. Drinking seems to trigger it sometimes but it can come on randomly. Looks like her head is on backwards and she chirps loudly while it's happening.
No other abnormalities that I can see. When not twisted she...
I'm considering doing an order of guineas to help deal with my tick problem (and to satisfy a broody hen) Would anyone be interested in adding to my order or buying some once they grow out a little.
I'm currently looking at ordering a mix of 30 lavender and pearl and would probably end up...
Managed to go 10 years without having one but I have an eggbound hen. She is currently soaking in warm water. She had a large amount of poop around her vent and her crop is empty. I can not feel an egg in her vent but her abdomen feels enlarged and she is doing the classic penguin walk.
I know...