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    Broody 'scovy hatching Welsh Harlequins now! :)

    SWEET! We had our broody muscovy hatching out our Ruen/Runner babies for us. She did such a fabulous job.
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    Rasing Muscovy ducks in my backyard. Legal or illegal?

    Maybe you could start tatooing them with "DKNY" and charge big, big bucks for "designer" ducks? On second thought, forget that, you'd probably just get sued for copyright infringement by that other "DK". HAHAHAHA Yeah, just what I need... some big name company suing me for millions cuz I put...
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    How Do You Tattoo Muscovies?

    I just tattooed my first batch of ducklings. I used an EZ tatt pen that I have for tattooing rabbits. Worked great! Much easier than doing rabbit kits. Their little webbed feet were too small to put both letters on each side, so I just put a D on one web and a K on the other. Plan on doing...
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    At wits end!

    Oh that is terrible! I hate days like that... Unfortunately, it is something that happens. I live in southern MI and we have the same problems with similar predators. We have trapped many oppossum, racoons, skunks and feral cats. I am not sure if relocating them works or not. I have a...
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    i really have no words

    So sorry to hear about your duckies Time to start setting the traps? We had been loosing chickens like crazy last year. We set up the live traps and ended up trapping 4 opossums and several feral cats. We think the opossum were the cause of the deaths. They were pulling chickens through...
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    Rasing Muscovy ducks in my backyard. Legal or illegal?

    Tattooed my first muscovy ducklings yesterday Went really well. A lot easier than doing rabbits. We tattooed the webbing on the left foot. I used an EZ Tatt tattoo pen. They are only a week old so the webbing was really small. We were just going to put DK on them to mark them, I am not...
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    4H Showmanship Questions...

    I am a first year 4-H leader and have a kid wanting to do showmanship, so I started the research on what was required and the like... anyways, there are some very helpful videos on Youtube that I had my kid watch... this is just one example and companionanimals has several videos posted on the...
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    Blue Andalusian thread!

    Here are pics of the birds I currently have The black hen is 2 years old and the pullets (3 blue, 1 splash, plus 1 accidental splash cockerel) are going on a month old
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    What Breeds could be in a Rainbow Layers mix?

    We got the Rainbow Layers last year from McMurray and got mostly brown leghorns & barred rocks (8 of each if I remember right) with a cochin, an EE, a couple Anconas, and a few Australorps and an Egyptian Favreolle as the free exotic chick. Buuuut, from my understanding they are pretty much...
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    Blue Andalusian thread!

    Oh I am just starting out with this idea. Haven't got my purebred pens set up yet. We have a very mixed flock that is free range. An EE roo over everyone, so we have been hatching EE chicks this year for fun and to get the hang of the whole hatching thing. I was just helping my friend fill...
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    Blue Andalusian thread!

    Thanks... know any good breeders or knowledgable folks in the southern MI area with this type of bird? I am REALLY bummed that I started looking into this just a tad too late and missed Fowl Fest
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    Blue Andalusian thread!

    Indeed! Oh they are wonderfuly marked. They also look a little lighter boned than hatchery stock? Maybe? I only have one hen who is mature, she is a black and she looks much more hefty than your girls do. Maybe I need to be buggin my friend to keep her incubator running for me so I can...
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    Blue Andalusian thread!

    I am looking to get into breeding purebred chickens and I do believe that this is going to be my breed of choice Still have a little research I want to do first though. Does anyone know if there is an Andalusian Breed Club here in the states? Also, the few birds I have now are hatchery...
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    Post Pics of your Leghorns

    YAY! Leghorn People! Okay, so here's the story. My husband has always loved Blue Andalusians and I was always the "Dual Purpose" Girl (Brahmas *were* my fave). So we went to place an order with McMurray last month and I got to decide what to fill the order with. So I was thinking I wanted...
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    Anyone else pay for pullets and get mostly cockerels?

    Okay! Well out of 5 Andalusians, we have 1 cock looks like. Out of 5 Buff Orps, all look to be pullets. I am just fine with those stats It is the RC Brown Leghorns that are making me nervousish. I have never had rosecombs before so I am kinda new at looking at them... but LOOKS to me like...
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