Ok I have 6 eggs in my incubator that are due Saturday however when I put them on lockdown 2 of them had their beaks into the aircells already. The other 4 I couldnt see much, too dark which I am assuming is a good sign? One of them, a pekin, pipped last night and fully hatched about noon today...
Is there any type of fish I can get to help clean my pond? The ducks have it looking really nasty and I have no electricity down there so I can't run an aerater (Sp?) My husband said use suckers, no idea what kind of fish those are and where would I find them?
OK, I am stumped. My girls have been laying for a few weeks now and I can't get clean eggs! I completely stripped and cleaned their house and refilled it with shavings, a nice thick layer of them, I still got dirty eggs! Is there anyway to get decently clean eggs? I don't want to have to wash...
My ducks have just started laying and a thought occurred to me (Kind of dumb that this didn't hit me earlier) do all breeds lay all year? Can anyone tell me if any of these breeds lay all year:
golden 300 hybrids
white hybrids
rouens
pekins
fawn and white runners
black runners
chocolate runners...
Does anyone know any hatcheries that sell ducks besides Ideal that accept paypal? I sell a lot on ebay and it's a pain to transfer money to my account and then have to sit and wait for it to arrive then order, especially when you see a good deal and want to jump onit. Sigh. So anyone know any?
I learned something last night that I thought would make an interesting subject so I'm going to post it here. The theory of the origin of the Loch Ness monster "Nessie" is that it is a plesiosaurus that survived the ice age. Now I know chickens are closely related to dinosaurs and I know that...
I bought 7 turkeys tonight from a breeder and had a few questions. It looks like they are 2 different breeds but he assured me that they were all chocolate turkeys, just in different color phases. Some are spotted chocolates and some are dark chocolates, can anyone explain how this is possible...
Does anyone out there have fertile turkey eggs? I bought 14 bourbon red turkey eggs from an ebay seller a few weeks ago and only one was fertile! Yikes! Anyway, I can't seem to get turkeys around here and now I have one little lone turkey about to hatch and he'll be alone all winter unless I can...
Ok, I have 8 cortunix quail that hatched out on Friday. It wasn't until after they hatched that I realised I am a duck person, I know nothing about quail. Should have thought of that earlier, sigh. Anyway, I think I have the baby stage down ok, their in a big rubbermaid bin with a quart waterer...
I had chicken, quail and ducks all in the incubator set to hatch Thursday. The lone chicken egg hatched Tuesday morning. We had 8 cortunix quail hatch Friday night. The duck egg rocked like crazy for awhile Wednesday but nothing since. I took the duck egg today (after seeing no movement) and a...
Ok, last night my duck egg was rocking every now and then, this morning, nothing, though the chick that has already hatched keeps pecking at the egg. Should I be worried? Temp is 99.5 and humidity is 55%.
I had 1 chicken egg, 1 duck egg and 10 quail eggs all set to hatch in my incubator, well, yesterday the chicken hatched early. The rest aren't due till thursday or friday. I have to take the chick out soon, I don't want to take the chick out after others have pipped due to shrink wrapping and I...
I think one of my ducks has angel wing, and I can't fix it. I have tried vet wrap, panty hose, tape, etc. and she manages to take it off every time. You only really see it when she swims, it looks like one wing tip is sticking straight up into the air (sorry no pics out of room on my camera)...
FINALLY! After 2 completely failed hatches, I decided to try one last time. I had 12 turkey eggs, 6 buff orpington chicken eggs, 14 cortunix quail eggs, 6 saxony duck eggs and 7 Welsh Harlequin duck eggs (all set to hatch on the same day) to start. On lockdown, (today) I had 10 cortunix quail...
Ok, I have very bad luck hatching eggs, my first batch in a little giant got the temp turned up too high by accident and cooked all the eggs, my next in a homemade incubator was going great till I was in the hospital having my daughter, I come home to find them all dead. So I bought a hova bator...
I have too many drakes! This is a PICK UP ONLY auction (or I may be able to meet you if your close by) for a mixed breed drake (pekin x runner). Sorry, I have no pics, my camera is on the fritz. He's about 4 months old, basically looks alot like a cayuga, only with a white speckled chest.
I have too many drakes! This is a PICK UP ONLY auction (or I may be able to meet you if your close by) for a male fawn and white runner. Very nice conformation, thin and upright. Sorry, I have no pics, my camera is on the fritz. He's originally from Metzer farms and is 12 weeks old.
I have 2 cayugas that are 12 weeks old, both female. They both developed beautiful black feathers with green sheens. Now, all of a sudden in the last week, one of them has developed a ton of white spots on her chest! The other is still as black as she was. Will this go away or should I pull her...
I'm looking for eggs from any of these birds:
buff geese
pilgrim geese
wood duck
mandarin duck
valley quail
large breed pheasants
red bourbon turkey
chukar
silver appleyard
Saxony
Call ducks
Black East Indie
welsh Harlequin
If you have any please let me know! Thanks!
2 weeks ago I finally had my baby girl, yay! But, while I was in the hospital, my assortments of Holderreads ducklings and my replacements from Ideal showed up, all on the same day. Oh boy. My mother put them all in a chicken brooder inside for me but unfortunately had no idea what came from...