Pyxis

Pyxis

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  • AmeraucanaHank
    I see you keep emus. Do you have any tips for a beginner maybe wanting to start with 2 or 3 male emus for pets?
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    Hi! Are you thinking you'd raise them from chicks? If so I'm happy to help you out with info to get you started. You'll also want to make sure you have the space, and the ability to do six foot tall fencing for their enclosure - they can get right over anything shorter.
    CrazyCochin
    How good are you with duck genetics?

    We lost our female Pekin to a raccoon, completely maimed her.
    Right after we collected a few eggs that were likely hers.

    Which color would be more dominant, white or chocolate? We’re trying to figure out the mother. We have female chocolate runners that could’ve been bred to our male pekin. Or a chocolate & white runner male to the Female pekin (pre attack).
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    Pyxis
    Pyxis
    Now, unfortunately since the Runners are also breeding with the pekin, you can't say that any non-chocolate males that hatch are for sure the pekin hen's offspring, because the Runners would make non-chocolate males with the pekin drake (again, as long as he's not chocolate or carrying chocolate under the white, which he could be).
    Pyxis
    Pyxis
    So basically, be looking for white ducklings. As long as the Runner females aren't carrying white, any white ducklings are the pekin hen's.
    CrazyCochin
    CrazyCochin
    Thank you for all the info!

    We had two beauties hatch, but the other two died. One was majorly deformed and passed in the loving hands of my sister, and the other just stopped forming in shell.
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    I need your help. I noticed that you do a lot of articles about hatching and I need to know about an egg. I made a thread about it several hours ago but no one is responding and I know a lot can go wrong in a few hours when it comes to chicks and hatching.
    Dragon Slayer Trinket
    Hi,
    I'm writing about my experiences with my first batch of chicken eggs I'm incubating and a simpler version of many incubation articles I've read. Can I reference some of your articles? I can send you my article so far if you need to approve it.
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    Pyxis
    Sure, that's fine, I don't mind you referencing my article as long as it's credited :)
    Dragon Slayer Trinket
    Dragon Slayer Trinket
    Oh, I'll give as much credit as possible. Your articles helped me so much. :D
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