I saw on a the poultry conservation site that Ancona ducks were on the endangered list. And I never really see them for sale anywhere. I have 2 hens and 2 drakes that I was told were Ancona. Should I keep them separate from the rest of my flock to keep them pure or are they not endangered anymore?
I got better pics of my male yesterday. Is it any easier to see if he is African (Only 9-10 months old) or is he chinese. The gander is on eggs so I don't want to bother her.
We live in the woods so I am nervous about getting white chickens to raise for meat. They will be in a fenced in area surrounded by electric fence bot no over head netting so I'm looking for good meat birds with good camo...our locate tractor supply has barred rock. I have a couple as lay hens...
My female goose laid about 4-5 eggs last week. We collected them but this poor girl has gone broody anyway...we have tried every day for the last week to keep her out of the nest to no avail. So today I took 4 duck (freshly laid)eggs and put them under her in hopes maybe she will hatch them. I...
These guys are 8 months old. They were sold to me as African geese but I cant tell if they are African or Chinese. At 8 months old its hard to tell for me. Anyone else have a guess?
In a separate run from my normal sized chickens we keep our 4 bantoms. 1 roo who is an old English I believe..and 3 hens..1 blue old eng..1 partridge..and 1 silver laced wyanondot. We are not sure who of the 3 hens is the momma but dad is the only roo...so how could I have gotten a solid yellow...
Just got these guys last night and I think Easter eggers..but can u tell me for sure? And I know the first 2 are rooster but I am in dought about the 3rd as to hen or rooster.
I got 2 silver ducklings from the fair and I can not find the breed anywhere. Both are solid silver. no beige undertones like a lavender just silver. No white feathers or anything to indicate any other color. I am pretty confident they are a mallard of some sort but they were not identified when...
Hello, we are from upstate ny. We have 25 chickens and 8 ducks we raise for eggs. But we are absolutely in love with our girls. And 1 Rooster...lol. We are new to actually having the chickens but I have been doing research for 2 yrs before we made the dive. We have a mixed breed flock and love...