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  1. Doug the Chicken Man

    What will I get Ligh Brown Leghorn over a Dark Brown Leghorn

    We have 2 Dark brown Leghorn hens and my daughter was given a Light brown Leghorn Rooster. So the question is what will we get?
  2. Doug the Chicken Man

    Is This Silkie Grey And How Does She Look

    Here is a picture of our 4 month old Silkie Pullet. How is she looking? She has good toe spacing. I am interested in showing so looking for all good or bad points. I will try to get some other better pictures of her this weekend.
  3. Doug the Chicken Man

    Drake to Hen Ratio's

    We currently have 2 hens and 1 drake runner ducks. We are considering getting some more Runners from Holderreads and as they don't sex them I am curious if I would runn into problems if I had 5-6 hens and 2 or 3 drakes
  4. Doug the Chicken Man

    Is this Silkie Red Or Buff

    I was wondering if you can see the difference between the red and buff slikies. Here is a picture of what we were told were red Silkie's but now I am unsure. Hen Roo
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    Another what color are these silkies and how do they look.

    Here are two silkies that I am trying to confim what color they are. They ar 6 weeks old. they have good toe spacing and black legs and the comb is the correct color. The father for both of them was a red roo as pictured below. Mother was a white silkie. When the mother was crossed with a...
  6. Doug the Chicken Man

    Red Silkie Genetics

    A couple questions about non-bearded Red silkie's. I currently have one hen and two roo's . I have noticed that Hen's comb and wattles is the correct color and shape. Skin is black on the feet. I have noticed that the Roosters have red combs, Wattles are not quites as dark as the hen but still...
  7. Doug the Chicken Man

    Question about Dusting Ducks

    Do you need to dust ducks for pests like you do for chickens for feather mites?
  8. Doug the Chicken Man

    Runner Duck Nests

    Now that our runner ducks are getting to that point to start laying is there a way to get them to lay in one nest. As training with chickens when I build the nest box and put a few golf balls in it will they learn to lay thie eggs there? How do others do the nest thing? Can you show me.
  9. Doug the Chicken Man

    At what age do runner ducks start laying?

    So that is the question. We we bought 3 runners at an auction 1 was a drake and the other two are female. We have seen the drake mounting the girls but at what age will the girls start to lay eggs? After three weeks of feeding peas as treats they now they will get to with in bout 5 feet of us...
  10. Doug the Chicken Man

    How High of fence to Contain Runner Ducks

    We purchased a trio of Runner Ducks on the weekend at an auction. We have housing for them but just wanted to know how High a Fence is required to contain the Ducks. We will be fencing the yard that they are going to be contained in and just wondering what hieght it needed to be.
  11. Doug the Chicken Man

    D'Uccle Color Questions

    We have hatched eggs from the following color combinations and are wondering what we can expect of them. In the first batch the roo was a blue Mille Fluer. although his tail is black but his hock and foot feathering is blue There are three hens that provided Eggs. One Mille Fluer that was...
  12. Doug the Chicken Man

    Am I an Ameraucana or an EE.

    I am trying to figure out if the following birds are Ameraucana or an EE. All opinions are welcome I suspect that since they came from Performance poultry that they may both be EE. White Pullet named Storm. And this cockerel is Gambit. He does look after the girls really well when they...
  13. Doug the Chicken Man

    Two Polish very lathargic bairly breathing.

    We currently have 2 buff polish that are very lethargic and just breathing. We bought them at a poultry auction 5 weeks ago. they were under quarantine until last weekend when we put all of the birds that we bought into a separate part of our coop so that when we integrate them it will be less...
  14. Doug the Chicken Man

    Flock seperation by sex is it a good idea

    We are considering the pros and cons of flock segregation by sex for the winter. Our problem is that when we take ½ of the flock out to the portable run for the day there is no problem. But when they come in it is a mating free for all, with 2 of the pullets bearing the brunt of the mating. We...
  15. Doug the Chicken Man

    Hello from Ontario

    Good day. I have been a window shopper for about a year now and finally took the plunge to join. We have a mix of chickens from a few commercial layers to Polish and Bantams
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