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5winchestermule I live in New York so I would not be able to drive and pick them up. They arrived the next day after they shipped and so far the friend I put the order in with hasnt lost any of hers either so I consider that a very good thing. I think it helped we had really good weather that...

I was so scared when ordering them because poults are not cheap. Mine were almost 10 dollars apiece and my one thought was they were all going to die on me. But we are now two weeks in and all are still doing good. I do think temperature plays a part with turkeys. I know the crazy weather...

Can you call the store and see where they get their birds from? At least then you could check that hatcheries website an it would give you a idea of what they sell and what it could be. There are a couple hatcheries that do sell them so it could be possible depending on where the birds came from.

I really dont know either! Sadly I have never had a pekin and all my brown ducks now started out as brown ducklings. Maybe a fawn colored duck of some sorts? Does it stand up particularly straight? If so it could be a fawn runner. They start out as yellow ducklings (I just had to check...

Your gray one I want to say is a blue swedish. Looks like mine did if I remember correctly. I would say the yellow one is a Pekin and the black one I am going to agree with you and say Cayuga. I could be wrong I havent had any of those. As for the feed I feed my ducks an all flock feed which...

So it's been awhile since I have been on and posted anything. But I took the plunge at the end of January and a friend and I ordered some turkeys from Cackle. I ordered 7 Bourbon Reds and they sent an extra for a total of 8! Now I expected one or two to pass away after hearing how unlike...

I just bought a male Ancona duck to go with my girls. In the ad it said he was blue and when I got there he does have the blue on his back, what looks to be black on his head, and then a brown color on his chest. What would I classify him as? What would I get if I breed him to my girls? I...

Thank you! I am not a silkie lover by any means but yours may be having me change my mind! Maybe next year when I have a bit more space in my chicken coop I will invest in a silkie and roo and hatch out some barnyard chicks. Of course I dont have a lot of room either so I may have to figure...

That is a cute little chick! I will have to keep her silkies in mind if I ever decide I want one. I have considered it because I have heard of their broodiness but unfortunately the silkie has never appealed to me. So I am hoping my orpington or sussex will go broody for me. So I got the...

I might take you up on that offer one of these days! Lol. The only broody I have ever had so far was my Australorp, who unfortunately got snagged by a predator this year during one of her broody moments and on the day I was going to cave and get her eggs. I have a orpington now that I hope...

Yeah, my mom is odd too. She's not into super cleaning until someone gets sick. And then its lysol everywhere. I of course feel if someone is sick cleaning the house extra is not needed. I clean like normal but I am not going to go around every day spraying lysol everywhere. She likes to...

Oh no! I'm glad you are okay. I probably would be the same if I did that. Thank god in the years I've had my license I have never had an accident. Spring or fall weather I could deal with. I dont know about you up there but we have had some super hot summer days and I dont dig that at all...

I'm not going to change their minds about it. It's not worth the extra stress and wanting to smack people upside the head for being... Whats the right word? Oblivious? I too charge $3 per dozen which is way cheaper than some of the same eggs at my local grocery store. I have some brands...

Lol. Its okay. I dont know many places that arent within a hour driving radius. Everything else when I'm looking into getting new birds or such goes through google maps. I bet you get snow! I actually kind of like the snow, not so much the freezing cold temps that usually come with it but...

Thank you for that advice! I'll have to keep those in mind and when it comes to the humidity to just check the air cells. I'm going to read more into that link you gave me hopefully tomorrow. It's been a busy past couple of days here with my daughter starting school and I work nights so sleep...