That would be great if they lay through the winter. I live in west central Illinois by the Iowa border, we can get some pretty cold winters and they are predicting this is going to be one of them so we will see. Was totally suprised when I seen it. I was told they were Easter babies so not...
YAY!!!!! My very very very first egg! (My chickens aren't even laying yet) This was in my duck pen, so it could either be Pekin duck or sebastopol goose egg but I have a feeling it's duck! The first pic is a pic of it next to a grade A large store bought egg. I'm so eggsited lol!
Yes I agree totally he is not a Maran a mixture probably, I was just showing more pics as I finally got the pic of the blue! I still like showing off my chickens even if they are mixes lol.
Well the autumn chick bug has bitten! Yesterday I got 2 EE chicks a Maran chick and 2 bantam cochin chicks!!!! Figure feeding them more through the winter is fine, I'm looking forward to eggs come early spring. This way I will get a full season of eggs from them hopefully.
The lady I got...
The feet and legs of mine are a dark yellow. He is barred like that except starting to get blonde feathers by his hocks and by part of his wings. He does have some of that blue/green that is one of your pics only his is more blue.
Here is another picture but still doesn't show the blue part.
Thanks everyone, I will have to take pictures as he continues to get old and keep everyone updated on how he turns out. I first noticed it with just a couple feathers on the back of his neck from a glance it looked like maybe he got in a fight with something and was missing some feathers. As I...
Oh they are soooo adorable!!! I so hoped I could of raised my 3 from ducklings but that just isn't the way the cookie crumbled for me. Little boogers when I let them out this morning I found a couple worms (we had early storms) and when I walked to them to try to give them to them they just...
So I could end up with something pretty interesting LOL. I swear it's as if he is changing colors right before my eyes. When I first got him you would of swore up and down he was a pure barred rock, no color variation whatsoever. As he is getting older though as you can see in the pictures...
I know a LOT of people who live in the city who would LOVE for the city to allow them to have backyard chickens, with that said I imagine not all people appreciate the benefits of chicken poop, especially if they are roosting in a tree over their yard. I think your best bet is to get a fence...
These are the best pictures I could get this morning as I was letting them out of the coop. Notice in the first picture the "blonde" by his wing area and also on the back of his neck/head area.
These next two pictures is to show you the blue on his wing, my daughter said she seen some...
I have a rooster who is just starting to crow, I got him when he was 2 months old and he is 3-4 months old now. The lady I got him from told me he was a barred rock however I just discovered the cuckoo maran breed and after looking at pictures of barred rock roosters and cuckoo maran roosters I...
I don't want a house duck, what I am wanting is a duck that I can raise to be like a pet but happily integrate with my other ducks but maybe still seek me out for attention from time to time. Is that possible?
Thanks, it has become my evening pass time before all the ducks and chickens go in their coops for the night to sit on my tree bench swing and watch them. I scatter scratch grain around me as a treat also to get them to warm up to me.
I LOVE the sebbie goose, he/she acts like a rooster with the...