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    Ancona questions

    Wow. Thank you. That was a very informative site. I'm just not sure I'm ready to breed crested. I'm just trying to get my feet wet into Ancona and this happens. It is very interesting I let the breeder know that one of the ducklings was crested and they said they've been breeding their flock now...
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    Ancona questions

    Thank you for the info. Can you tell me anymore about the crested gene? Like can I safely breed that drake to the other hens? I guess my big thing is this breed checked all the boxes that I was looking for in a duck. And if I can help by offering hatching eggs for sale and hatching babies and...
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    Ancona questions

    Hello I am new to the Ancona breed. I purchased two different sets of hatching eggs on eBay and my ducks are now 6 weeks old and I have began to sex them. I believe I have some blacks, browns, lilac/lavender, and a blue. I have no idea what I'm doing as far as mixing these colors. I ended up...
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    That’s not a duck!

    Oh! you're right. I always forget its the hens that are chipmunk. You'd think "eyeliner" and you'd think i could remember female. :) sorry about that
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    That’s not a duck!

    Welsummer rooster perhaps? As stated above, chipmunk chicks are tough.
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    Most gorgeous chicken Ive ever seen! Roo or hen?

    How about these two? The other siblings
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    Most gorgeous chicken Ive ever seen! Roo or hen?

    well dang. I've been in denial this whole time. Sadly, where I live I am unable to have roosters. Thanks for the fast replies!
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    Most gorgeous chicken Ive ever seen! Roo or hen?

    Hi all! So I hatched this chick out from fertile barnyard mix chicken eggs. I'm fairly certain it was from our Mystic Onyx rooster and one of our cream legbar x barnevelder cross hens. So, this chick progressed into more of a gorgeous bird. I am wondering if it looks like a hen or a rooster to...
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    Can I get an ID on an all black chick?

    haha! Oh my you are right! I sure don't look very observant.
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    Can I get an ID on an all black chick?

    they were sold to me as "assorted egg layer" Normally Runnings orders pullets. its rare that they get straight runs.
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    Can I get an ID on an all black chick?

    Oh my gosh! You are right. I didn't even notice!! what an Eagle eye you are!!! Two of the blacks have 5 toes and look the same. One of them is bigger and is obviously a different breed. how exciting. Mystic Onyx looks like a super cool breed too. Are they sexed at hatching? I see on the Hoovers...
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    Can I get an ID on an all black chick?

    I got updated pics today. I see now that they are getting little bits of red scalloping on their feathers. Both on the scapulars and the flight feathers. First pic is a zoom in on the scapular feathers. Should be interesting now that they are starting to feather out.
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    Can I get an ID on an all black chick?

    Hello all, So, I went to my local Runnings farm store last week and here in North Dakota we had a really bad blizzard. All of the stores in the state had diverted their chick orders to one location. This store had 1500 chicks to sell during a blizzard. It was crazy seeing all the troughs set up...
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    EMERGENCY - Chicks eating bedding!

    I used large puppy pads for our chicks. Worked wonders.
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    Mandan, North Dakota City Ordinance PASSED

    I am elated to share with this community that the city I live in passed a backyard chicken ordinance. I, and other members of the community have been requesting this from the city for quite sometime. I made myself available to speak before the city commission and got to watch them vote and pass...
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