I'm new to the Lahore breed so I'd love some help.
I have a pair of black, which will...be black.
But then I have a trio. I know for sure the silver is female because she laid eggs and is currently sitting. However, there is a dun and a black also in there and I'm not sure which one is the...
One of my ducks had 10 eggs under her and she was sitting really well. Then my other hen brought her babies over and the hen adopted them. After two days, she has abandoned her nest. The eggs were quite cold and she wasn't sitting on them. After bringing them inside, I stuck them in the...
I have eggs I am using for a 4-H project. I purchased 18 silkie eggs from a breeder (got23) and over half were infertile we paid $70.
My project was to see how well eggs would hatch in an up, down, position. One batch was set 21 says down, one 21 days up. One batch was set 18 days down, then...
I was at a poultry clinic yesterday and they showed us how to grade eggs by candling. But after, we were talking about hatching eggs and it led to an interesting conversation.
Did you know that you sould really only turn your eggs once a day? Momma chicken only turns her eggs once a day, if...
We tried hatching 4 eggs we bought. Only 2 were fertile and 1 hatched. It is currently living with a disabled chicken we were hoping would get big enough to butcher....
Anyhows, I would really like to find out what color it is and the sex.
It's a light reddish brown... has some white in the...
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On the BYC Facebook Group, this bird was attacked and most of its wing is gone besides a few feathers and the bone. I know there is...
I don't know where to go to geese, but I'll try here. I can't seem to get a straight answer. Are smooth breasted Sebastopols DQed at big shows? And county fairs?
Deciding whether the smooth breasted pair near us is worth it or wait for curly breasted.
Does anybody know anybody around central Ohio or within 2 hours of Columbus that would have any leftover pairs of curly breasted white Sebastopols? Can't ship.
And does anyone know for sure what Smooth breasted can do in show? Like if they are DQed or not.
Or does anyone know where to look? I...
So we thought it would be fun to buy some peacock hatching eggs and add them to our already day old duck eggs in the incubator. 28 days later and one peachick is all we got in the entire incubator! There were four to start with, two not fertile. So now we have this lonely little peachick and we...
Im on the BYC group on facebook, and there arent many people trying to help this poor lady. Her chick hatched and part of the yolk was not absorbed. It doing fine and she has seperated it. She doesnt know what to do about it.
if she tied off the yolk as close to the body as possible with dental...
if you are having troubles determining whether the seller of your bird correctly stated the breed, please ask. Dont be afraid, because you arent the only one to confuse Easter Egger and Ameraucana, and believe me, when we first got our Luna, I didnt know the difference either. And anybody who...
All chicks came from Ideal in a St. Run Bantam Assortment. All are single comb and clean legged. I have narrowed down the breeds to Modern, Old English, Japanese, Dutch, and maybe a White Leghorn. I have also eliminated a whole bunch of colors from each. Its just for fun, doesnt matter what they...
First up is Jingles. Jingles was born on Dec.1 and I need help confirming if she is a she. I will update as she grows.
Jingles - Lavendar Ameraucana (dad)/ Blue Maran (mom) cross
Always had a small, pale, Single Comb
Hatched from a dark egg, hopefully is a hen we can raise as an olive egger
4...
Two chicks hatched in our incubator and we have not a clue as to what the breed is. Tomorrow I will update with pictures, but for now I will describe each.
Both were hatched as of today, and are still in the bator.
I will update as the weeks go by to guess their gender.
What we do know
-they...
Here is my little Ameraucana. Normally we have other Ameraucanas to compare each other to, but this time, only one hatched. We suspected roo from the beginning, but he has such a small comb for his age compared to what we are used to. We just want to make sure he is a roo. Whether we trade him...
For Christmas, I received the Octagon 20 adv Brinsea. Or at least I think so... it holds about 20 medium eggs. Well, anyhow, this spring we hatched between 7 and 12 chicks, but as the summer progressed, we got down to 1 and 4 chicks. We decided on this last batch to finally have a complete wash...
Okay, lets settle this over a drink.
if you are having troubles determining whether the seller of your bird correctly stated the breed, please ask. Dont be afraid, becasue you arent the only one to confuse Easter Egger and Ameraucana, and believe me, when we first got our Luna, I didnt know the...
Somehow our chickens ended up with lice... we have never had lice in our flocks, only mites. Are chicken lice the same lice that get on people??? I just had some crawling me and I squished them, but we dont have time for a people lice problem. Only our 4 adult polish were affected and we made...
Last night, two of our ducks went missing, one magpie and one muscovy.
There are no feathers, or blood, or evidence of their missing, so they may have wandered off into the paths in the field just by the pond. Everyone is doubtful but me. I have tried my best not to grow attached, but I want...
We are going to buy a young female goat for a 4 h project next year. We dont have room for a duck pen and a goat pen, so would they get along in the same pen? They are both super friendly, but we just goat a duck hen.
the goat is a naturally born dehorned nigerian dwarf, Nd the duck pair are...