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    17 Week Lavender Orpingtons - pullets or roos?

    Wow! Yay! Y'all have made my day. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply!
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    17 Week Lavender Orpingtons - pullets or roos?

    Anyone want to weigh in? The first one has some curvy neck feathers, but they aren't really pointy. But everything else still says "pullet" to me. I'm curious to what folks who are more experienced with this breed will say. Thanks for your help!
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    what to look for when mama duck is caring for hatchlings

    update: over a 4 day period, 8 eggs hatched successfully! mama then deserted the last fertile egg, and everyone started spending their days outside. one duckling didn't make it. i found it yesterday. i have no idea what happened. it was thriving along with its siblings, no signs of...
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    what to look for when mama duck is caring for hatchlings

    here is a video of the third one hatching. i can't believe how lucy i was to catch this!
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    what to look for when mama duck is caring for hatchlings

    here is mama with the first two. they are such different colors for both being KCs! when i checked this morning, there were 4 and a half. one little guy just had his head and one foot out. she is still sitting on the nest, surprisingly. she has been incredibly trusting with me, and when i...
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    what to look for when mama duck is caring for hatchlings

    thanks for the reassurance! she really does seem to be a great mom so far. that is interesting, about the incubation. all of the eggs are fertile. (i have been candling them every few days because our other two ducks have continued to lay in the nest and i have been removing the new eggs)...
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    what to look for when mama duck is caring for hatchlings

    hey folks, my first khaki campbell egg hatched last night! duckling seems healthy and happy so far..... since khaki campbells are notorious for not going broody, i keep waiting for mama duck to show signs of not being a good parent. if so, i have a brooder ready and i am well versed in...
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    broody KC - questions about duckling care after hatching

    hi all, we have 3 KC ducks and a drake. the drake had a prolapsed penis back in April. i was under the impession that his surgical amputation would render him a bit less functional. ha. i should pay better attention at the vet's. so, cut to saturday, i candled the eggs one of my KC's had...
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    update! new pics. easter egger color (and sex) prediction?

    Just wanted to update that Sunny Jim has been providing a lovely supply of blue eggs so she is, in fact, a she :)
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    male to female ratio/metzer farms experience

    hey all, in october, i ordered 6 khaki campbell day old ducklings from Metzer Farms (5 girls and one boy). only 5 arrived alive, and only 3 still had their leg bands on so i was unable to tell if it was the boy or a girl that died. they offered to replace my dead duckling (i opted for a girl...
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    mix starter feed with layer feed?

    hi all, i have two chicks who are 8 weeks old and 3 hens who are a year old. back when the chicks were brand spankin', i sent my husband to the feed store and he came back with a 50 pound friggin bag of starter feed. the guy at the feed store told my husband we could make our own grower...
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    update! new pics. easter egger color (and sex) prediction?

    updated with new pics in the original post
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    update! new pics. easter egger color (and sex) prediction?

    i do want to add something, which may or may not change everyone's theories. there isn't really any red on the shoulders. it looks like it in the pics but i think that is just lighting. that particular spot is where the last of the chick's big bird feathers are coming in and they just look to...
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    update! new pics. easter egger color (and sex) prediction?

    thanks folks. i guess i should just be happy i found out now instead of later, when i am more attached.
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    update! new pics. easter egger color (and sex) prediction?

    GaChick, i also thought she ( i am sticking with calling her a "she" cos i refuse to believe otherwise....hee hee) was sick the fist day we got her. she is just more mellow than my other two new chicks (ameraucana and a polish). she sits in my lap and has even flown up to hang out on my...
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