Hi all!
I thought I would know by now if I had a cockerel in my bunch of chicks that I hatched out. They have a hatch date of Aug 20th so they are 9 weeks old today. When they were first hatched I did the wing feather sexing and thought they were all pullets, but I thought that was odd for...
I am looking for a rooster and I may have found a full grown rooster. But I am being a tad picky, I want what would be classified as an EE roo since most of my flock are EE. The rooster I am thinking of getting I am told is an Arcucana and Barred Rock cross, I am not sure which of the two is...
Hi, I have searched and I can't seem to find the answer to my question. I have 2 Buff Orpington Ducks 3/12 and 7/12 hatches. Early last month they both stopped laying, I figured it was because they went broody. But after a week of no eggs I noticed that there was feathers all over the place...
I have a white chinese that started laying back in Nov, I don't have a gander. The thing is her eggs are soft sometimes not all the time but it seems every 4th or so egg is soft. I have oyster shell available to all my girls all the time, I feed them back eggs and shells but she don't eat...
Hello all I am new to BYC. I have lurked on the site many times, since this is the place I have found many of my questions answered. I do have a question about one of my buff ducks I have two buff ducks one I know is a female (older and laying eggs), I can't decide on the gender of the 2nd...
I am new, yet in a way not new to the whole duck/chicken/goose raising experience. My parents had ducks for a short time while I was growing up. Now I have my own little flock, I find I am always on the forum looking for information to many of my questions. I especially love the pictures...