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  1. kingpincray

    5 white campbells..

    They have all hatched today and doing really well. Now I have to vent sex them to figure out which are the girls as I plan to keep maybe 2 and the rest will go back to my colleague. I am currently over run with ducklings at the moment with both excellent hatches and she is actually going to help...
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    can pekin ducklings be colour sexed?

    Well it turns out that some of my ducklings are pure blood of pekin. I noticed that a couple of them have pure orange bills and the other 2 have pinkish bills. Could one be male and the other female? I really hope it is as easy as that...
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    my white campbell eggs have pipped...early again...

    I am quite excited...I got these 5 eggs from my colleague for free to hatch and they are all doing well at the moment. 2 of them have pipped and early again like my batch last week. I hope I will get at least 2 hens from that and the rest will go back to my colleague. she is quite upset at the...
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    when you say 28 days for the ducks...

    do they hatch out on day 28? or is that when they pipped externally? assuming temperature and everything else is spot on...
  5. kingpincray

    They made it...2 days early...lots of pics to come

    Yesterday... this morning before I went to work and this is what I came home to... everyone made it and another 5 eggs to go that are a day or two behind...then another 5 eggs of the white campbell due next week... too much excitement I am pleased that the hobavator is doing very...
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    egg fertility in jap quail...

    after 1 1/2 years...should I not expect it? I am trying to incubate eggs from the second season after the quail are 1 year and 1/2 old and so far...duds... should I just go ahead and buy fertile eggs instead?
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    hatch-along on 9th october...or 15th october

    I have 13 eggs of Rouen X pekin cross in the incubator that I am hand turning 3 times a days and it is looking pretty good. A lot better than the automatic turner so far... and also I have 5 white campbell eggs due on the 15th as well... Have got to clean up the brooder box soon... anyone...
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    how long can bobwhite quails lay for?

    I have two pairs of bobwhite and they are in their second season and they have laid at least 200 eggs in the first. Can I expect another good season out of them?
  9. kingpincray

    my first duck egg.....

    My khaki campbell has finally starting laying sunday last week after 8 months. this is a picture of Hayley's first egg which she laid in the muddy ground of which explains the funny colouring around the egg. She started with a large egg and has been laying everyday since!!! since then she...
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    what breed of duck does these eggs belong to?

    I was given some duck eggs for eating from a friend and she got them from her boss and who knows where she got them from...but i haven't seen duck eggs like these before. Can anyone tell me what breed were they (bottom row) from?
  11. kingpincray

    everything is not right with her...but still beautiful

    Just thought I would just share a pic of my gold laced wyandotte that doesn't quite make the grade. She has deformed feet from low humidity at hatching, no lacing and a straight comb...but I still think she is beautiful. SHe was hatched out mid october so that would make her 6 months old. When...
  12. kingpincray

    crossing khakis and indian runner?

    Has anyone done this cross? What are the offsprings like? Colour? Laying ability? I have a white indian runner drake and khaki campbell ducks.
  13. kingpincray

    another broody one...

    I have got another young quail that want to be mummy. Hopefully this time it will be successful. The female is the brown and white quail is the male. He stays with her beside the nest that she made herself from leave litter. I have seen him sitting on the eggs as well when she goes off feeding...
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    if khaki campbells...

    lay for most of the year, do the drake mate for most of the years too?
  15. kingpincray

    can you tell...

    how old ducks are? I am looking at purchasing a preloved pair of indian runners but the owner doesn't know how old they are. Is there a way to tell? Chickens have spurs...ducks have......?
  16. kingpincray

    my khaki campbells photo diary...

    can you educate me? I am new to keeping ducks and have got 5 KC ducklings that hatch on midnight new year this year. When do they start to show adult colours? when do the ducks start to lay? how loud could they be? I am trying to handle them as much as I can at the moment and getting...
  17. kingpincray

    giving my broody silkie halfway incubated eggs

    My white silkie has just gone broody for the first time after 3 weeks of laying and I have put a couple of eggs under her that has been in the incubator for 10/11 days just to see if she will hatch them out. I left the other 3 in the incubator just incase she changes her mind. If all goes well...
  18. kingpincray

    brown leghorns....

    Are brown leghorns noisy when they start laying or do they even stop cackling all morning? I have white leghorn/orpington crosses and they are noisy when they are laying and I have just sold them as I am in town. I still have two brown leghorns that are 3months old and at the moment quite still.
  19. kingpincray

    how many females to a male bobwhite quail?

    I have a pair of bobwhite quail and have been watching them The male is very gentle and sometimes even caresses her with affection. Very interesting to watch. The question is can I have more than one female to a male in a breeding pen?
  20. kingpincray

    ducks hatching this friday!!

    I have 4 duck eggs due to hatch this friday, one cayuga and 3 whhite indian runner ducks. I can't wait. My first duck eggs to hatch...
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