My long lost mallard hen showed back up with a string of ducklings.
We have mallards, buffs and anconas. She has several mallard looking ducklings, two buff with slight mallard pattern and two mostly black with yellow bibs and random yellow spots.
Seems easy enough to figure out who fathered who...
How common is this?
So i was looking for some new laying hens nothing too special but something a little less common then all the feed stores around here get. I had a few breeds in mind and found two hatcheries that carried all of the ones i was looking for.
Both hatcheries had about the same...
Curious for those of you that hatch shipped eggs as well as your own eggs whats the difference in your hatch rates?
Ive been figuring it from every egg that goes in the incubator even the ones that end up not being fertile.
With my eggs im at 86%
With shipped im at 11%
I come from a long line of poultry owners. As a child I dont remember any relatives that didnt own at least a few chickens. My grandmother was my biggest influence when it came to owning chickens. I have a lot of great memories spending time helping her with her chickens. And when I was young I...