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    2015 Peafowl Hatching Support Group - Eggs and Chicks!

    I had one fertile egg last year that blew up in the incubator and six from a different hen that were all fertile this year. I incubated them all and 1 died early last week and three more just died this week. Is this normal in an incubator I was really excited about how well they were developing...
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    Pictures of Our Birds

    Thank you all!
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    Pictures of Our Birds

    I got a new camera and thought I would share a few of the pictures I took of our birds.
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    saurus cranes

    I do not keep these birds myself but I am friends with Mike Lubbock of Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park and I have spent a lot of time with him during my internships and times that I have stayed with him during the summer and he along with the most of the employees did not make these cranes seem...
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    2014 breeding season begins, post your results

    This is my first year with peafowl. Last fall I bought a pair of India Blues, the female is 4 years old and the male is 3 years old. The male calls every now and then but not as much as I have heard they do during breeding season. The female laid three eggs earlier this month but only one is...
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    Incubators

    Does anyone have any success with a certain type of incubator for ornamental waterfowl eggs? Our small incubator will not heat up and we do not want to start our big one this early. We need a smaller incubator to set the first couple of eggs of the season. Most likely all eggs will be set...
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    Need advise !?!?!?

    No problem!
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    Need advise !?!?!?

    They are not very easy at all to raise for most. First, they cannot tolerate dirty water so your pools will either have to be constantly flowing or cleaned every day. They will also need a deeper pool as they are divers so a kiddie pool will not do. They will need a special diet with higher...
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    Ring Necked Ducks?

    No I am not sure but I have their price list.
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    Ring Necked Ducks?

    Keep in mind that they are a native species so you will need permits depending on where you are located. They are also diving ducks so they will need more than a kiddie pool. We have a male that lost his mate a few years ago but he's been with us for 6 or 7 years. We had two pairs at one point...
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    Sylvan Heights Waterfowl in NC

    I went there this summer for a week for an internship. I worked over at the breeding center which is closed to the public. My dad and I are friends with the Lubbocks and I have bought many birds from them. It is a great place to go and visit. I've been several times and it gets better every...
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    My Exotic and Migratory Ducks [Destinduck] (Photos)

    Destin, have you had any luck with your whiteyes? I recently got a pair from Sylvan Heights and I'm hoping I can get them to breed this year. What do they seem to like to nest in?
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    Can you keep swans with exotic waterfowl?

    I sent you a PM.
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    Can you keep swans with exotic waterfowl?

    Mike usually does sell birds but I am not sure if he had any swans available when we were there last which was about two weeks ago when I went to pick up some birds from him. They did have black swans beginning to lay and sit on nests. They also had coscorobas and blacknecks on nests and with...
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    Can you keep swans with exotic waterfowl?

    Last summer, I spent a week with Ali and Mike Lubbock of Sylvan Heights Waterfowl for an internship and my dad and I are also good friends with them. They successfully keep black and blackneck swans with other waterfowl, but trumpeters, whoopers, and mutes are too aggressive during breeding...
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    Wood duck sex ?

    I also agree!
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    Ruddy or Common Shelducks Which is better for a beginner with shelducks?

    Thanks this helps a lot! Hopefully I can find a pair this fall now.
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    Ruddy or Common Shelducks Which is better for a beginner with shelducks?

    Thanks for the information, I heard how aggressive paradise shells are! One of our friends has Australians, they are not exactly friendly either! I will probably go with the commons, I don't really have space for the ruddies to have their own pen anyway, I need that pen for my barnacles. Do...
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    Ruddy or Common Shelducks Which is better for a beginner with shelducks?

    I was wondering which of these two species would be better to keep if you have never kept shelducks before. We have many different species of ornamental waterfowl and I would like to try shelducks. Any information on their habits and requirements would be greatly appreciated, I've done a lot...
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    Broody ringneck pheasants??

    We had one go broody and hatch 5 babies but the male was not in the pen. She would go broody every year but that year was the only year she hatched anything.
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