Recent content by tkgrey

Our rouens are about three weeks old and it looks like only one has girly colouring but they all sound the same - cross between a duck whistle and a squeaky toy. Do you think the colours tell me that they are mostly boys??

But I wanted to find out the cause. I peeled it out of the shell and noticed it had what looked like a boiled egg yolk attached to it's belly. Why would this happen?

This is her second batch of duck eggs actually. She sat til the last week on the first batch and then I slipped some more under her. Trouble is our babies from last year started laying and we knew she was fertile and we thought they would make lovely baby birds with sure beautiful parents. She...

My chicken is sitting under 10 duck eggs and previously was sitting on 9. First time around I took the eggs from her a week before they hatched and placed them in the incubator. Mostly because I wanted to see them hatch out but also since her nest is up high. Should I risk letting her hatch...

Is it possible to create an apricot colour from khaki or chocolate runners? If not what combination do I need. It is so difficult to get Indian runners here in Bulgaria I have to get my eggs sent from the uk and hope they all hatch ok