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I'd recheck that.. most of the state is 2000 Sq ft lot. 3 acres you can have livestock.

My chickens and ducks free range during the day, but the Muscovies and Chickens share the coop at night (Pekins won't climb into the coop). The Muscovies and Pekins share a swim pond (kiddie pool) and tend to end up in the same part of the yard, or sharing a shady spot.. I had 4 Muscovies, 8...

I've had Music vies with Pekin and withy chickens, no issues.. they've never been Agressive e

These are from today.. I think they are showing much more green tint then reality Buy I think Left Pekin Duck Middle Muscovy? Right. RED THE middle egg actually has a very light green tint, nowhere near what I see color wise from my EEs.. that and when wet they have the duck egg swampy smell

The past few years we have been asked to register our flocks in MD for our own health safety and the prevention of disease, now (like gun laws) we find the real reason for registration.. The democrats have introduced a bill to tax every owner for every chicken they own. Not enough details but...

Well, an update: I've got 5 VERY healthy and vibrant baby ducks in my temporary brooder box in the dining room. Was worried about #5 yesterday morning as he didn't seem to be doing well, but came home last night and he was just part of the gang, in fact couldn't tell which one he was. I took...

Quote: The bill seems to be out of proportion to the body too. It may be camera angle, but the bill looks to big to be a Pekin. Watch, all four of them will grow to be perfect little Pekins now.

I'm guessing more Indian Runner.. Though the last picture, looking at it's feet and the way it's grabbing the floor, almost like a Muscovy.

Quote: Looking at Drake 2 I'd say not. A defining Characteristic of a Pekin is it's beek and feet. Ducklings have pale yellow beeks and orange legs and feet.

I don't know how to physically sex them, but the voice sexing can be done fairly soon later on the males will grow a drake feather on their butt.. it's one or two feathers on its tail that will curl back to the front ... like somebody took a curling iron to its tail.. The voice will be very...

When they're a little older you can voice see them.. females quack, like the AFLAC duck the males have a soft low grunt.

And one of the Pekins so they don't feel left out or unloved.

I hatched a duck today whose air cell ran the entire length of the egg.. normal sized on the big end but was about a 1/3rd the diameter the entire length.. nice healthy duck hatched a all by itself. I thin this is him/her

One of the newborn Khakis and one Pekin...