Buff Orpington pullet chick from My Pet Chicken, 4 weeks old today. Comb and wattles are bigger and redder than any of the other chicks, including the other BO in the batch. Legs and body are heavier than the other chicks. I know it's early, but is this a likely cockerel?
I have zero idea how color genetics work for Muscovy ducks. If the parents are both black and white, will all ducklings be black and white? Or are other colors possible? I don't know the color lineage the ducks come from, but I know that there are solid white and brown and white Muscovies on the...
I have a 5 week old Muscovy duckling (5 weeks yesterday) . I'm hoping for a duck so she can just live with my hens, but if it's a drake, I'd like to get him a couple of girlfriends, sooner rather than later, so everyone can integrate easily. Duckling didn't love being the focus of my photo shoot...
9 month old Australorp pullet suddenly seems ill. She was normal yesterday. Shes laying still with her legs either curled under her or with one stretched behind her. I picked her up and she had several loose stools, seemingly without control. No respiratory symptoms in her or any of my other...
This is my first time hatching anything. I had a Muscovy duck egg under my broody pullet. She's nearly a year and was very attentive with the eggs, but this is her first hatch. The chick was starting to zip last night when I left for work. This morning I found a cold duckling half under the...
I picked up two fertile muscovy duck eggs to put under my broody pullet. I candled them when I got home. Am I correct that only one of these is viable? There is visable movement in the reddish egg.
Thanks!
We started in on our first coop! We have 9 chicks that will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. We live in the Arizona desert, so we're building for hot hot summers and mild, dry winters. So far we've cleared and leveled the area, and started laying the cinder block foundation. Here we go!