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I have decided to develop a concentration. I want to show and raise Indian runner ducks. I have some right now, but they are poor quality. I have some decent quality eggs coming in the mail from ebay (labled show quality, but they aren't show stoppers). I want some really nice quality runners...

hmm... not even the more wild types like blue scale, gambel, valley, mountain....?

we have a bad tick problem. We also have bad fly/mosquito problem. I want guineas but the noise makes it impssible. Is there any other critter I can get that will be comparable, but less noisy, to the guinea's bug-eating ability?

which type of quail is most likely to go broody and successfully raise a crop of young when housed with multiple other quail in an outdoor (on-the ground) pen?

I've had this happen more than once. Surprisingly, even completely scalped, they always seem to pull through it. I had one with the bones of the skull exposed that healed up and is just fine. I put neosporin on it twice a day, and brought them inside under a heat lamp (so they could use their...

update... I added the vitamins. I replaced the cedar that was currently in the pen with aspen. I went out to feed and water this morning and the duckling was looking even worse... I moved him next to the waterer and he drank considerably. I suppose he might have lost the ability to scoot and...

I went on a 3 day vacation and hired a petsitter. The petsitter did a wonderful job, so I have no doubt that the injury is not due to her or her care. Anyway, I came back to find one of my indian runner ducklings can not stand. Everybody else is fine. I can't find any visible injury at all, not...

I currently have coturnix and jumbo bobwhites. I would like to have: valley bluescale gambel snowflake bobwhites orange bobwhites chukar various types of partridge Does anybody have all of these, or almost all of these, and can offer me a variety pack consisting of, say, 10 or more eggs of...

ADDED TO CLARIFY: the duckling's patch is only on one shoulder, and it's on the side. It's not a patch that covers both shoulders or goes over the back.

I bought a hatching egg lot off of ebay a while back. The eggs were supposed to hatch into blue crested runner ducks. I did not hatch a single blue crested runner duck, or even a single crested duckling (but that's another issue...). I did hatch a duckling that looks like it is going to be solid...

Ducks most certaintly can be cuddly pets. But this is if they are raised one at a time, not seeing other ducks, and handled and played with daily. Like dogs, if you raise two or more puppies together, they usually get more upset to be away from each other than you, and they play with each other...

Rat. When I had pet rats I would give them the whole carcasses of quail that had passed away naturally. This is how they looked when they were done with them. If left with what you see there long enough, they will begin to eat the rest, but they always go for organs and brains first. Your...

4... 2 hovabator genesis with universal turners 1 rcom mini 1 rcom king suro

I have muscovy eggs. I got them in the mail the day before yesterday. I have ducklings hatching in my incubators right now. I was hoping to use my better incubators for the muscovy eggs, since those eggs are expensive. In order to do this, the eggs might have to sit for 4 or so days after being...

oops, sorry for all the multiple posts!