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    White crested banty Polish roos - no shipping

    I have three times as many roos as hens and need to thin the flock! This is far less than these birds are worth, but I have simply run out of space. Therefore, I have some lovely breeder quality and possibly show quality roosters who need new homes so I can focus on my goal of breeding blue...
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    Campbell color/pattern question

    Hi all! I have an obnoxious gray-splashed-with-black duck we call Ms. Gray and who we believe is a Campbell. We got her at the same time we got some Kahki campbell girls (and a boy) and she laid eggs just as well as any of the Khaki's did. She is now nearing 6 years old and I would like to...
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    Banty Cochin color/pattern question

    I have a nice little buff cochin roo who has white barring on his feathers. His mother was one of my buff hens and I am trying to figure out who his father might have been. The only barred banty roo I had at the time was a crestless silkie with black barring on white feathers. This seems like...
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    Help me pick cochin chicks to better my flock

    Last year my husband and I acquired 7 large fowl cochins: 5 from a breeder who bought a flock that was supposed to be show quality (and aren't) and two from a reputable breeder who has shown and won many awards with her birds. We are new to large fowl cochins and very new to showing so thought...
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    Help! Adult call never grew in all her adult feathers.

    I have a 8 mo call duck who has never grown in all of her adult feathers. She is covered on her belly, around the back of her neck and down her back with soft down, but not feathers. And her wing feathers, which are more like actual adult feathers, seem to be extra soft and barb-less like a...
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    Why do my call ducks wings cross?

    I am new to call ducks and am growing out last Spring's hatching eggs that I bought in order to learn more about this breed. Almost all of my ducks have wing tips that cross each other over their backs when their wings are closed. Some cross more than an inch. I spoke to the person I got the...
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    "How to" of Lemon Cuckoo?

    I believe I have an accidental lemon cuckoo banty cochin roo and am wondering how to mate him for more of this lovely color. (I will post a pic as soon as I figure out the new system). So, he was hatched from a pen of all my banties - many different colored male and female cohins and 1 cuckoo...
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    Combine bonded Zebra finch pairs in same cage? Need to move ASAP!

    I have several bonded pairs of zebra finches that I need to combine into as few cages as possible for the Winter. I made the mistake of letting ONE pair set a clutch of eggs this Spring and now I have more birds than room. (Since then I remove all the eggs weekly.) I have tried my local pet...
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    Please help us newbies understand shows

    So I took my birds to their (and my) first show. I had 5 call ducks, a Polish and a standard cochin all washed, blown dry and spruced up for the show. We got their early and stayed late in order to learn as much as we could and it was great fun. However as I am new, I am still not quite sure...
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    Advice on good call duck books for novice

    Hello there! I am always amazed by the wonderful amount of knowledge and sharing that goes on here on BYC. With that in mind, I am hoping to get some recommendations for books on raising show quality call ducks - specifically introductory genetics and explanations of colors. I really enjoy...
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    Call Color Confusion

    I am new to call ducks and enjoying them mightily. I bought hatching eggs and had a banty cochin set them with great success - of the dozen eggs she successfully hatched 10 babies. The flock they came from was gray/blue fawn/pastel which I understand to be like Blue/Black/Splash genetically...
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    Need a Golden Lakenvelder Roo in SW WA!!!

    Both my young Lakenvelder roos just died and I have two little hens in need of a mate. I would be willing to make a two hour drive in any direction from SW WA to pick him up. And I might pay for shipping if it isn't too expensive. My girls are a little over 3 months and I would like a male...
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    Call Duck Conformation Question

    I am new to call ducks this year and loving them! I have been online for months trying to acquaint myself with the colors and qualities of a show quality calls. I purchased 3 lovely white ducklings from a breeder whose birds have won top honors - and all have grown up to be males. Obviously I...
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    Which Clubs should I be a member of so I can show my chickens?

    Hello fellow BYCers! I would love some input into sorting out the world of Poultry Clubs and Poultry Showing. Obviously the first step in showing is obtaining good birds from reputable breeders which I have done. We have quality LF Cochins, Banty Polish & White call ducks we would like to...
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    Possible ID adult call color from duckling down?

    My husband and I fell in love with three white call ducklings at a recent show and bought them. Suffice it to say, we liked them sooooo much that I purchased some call duck hatching eggs to put under a broody. This morning we found she had hatched 10 of the 12 eggs. The breeder said I should...
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    Banty Polish Hens - Local Pick up Only

    I have 2 white crested black and 1 white crested blue banty Polish hens that are 12 weeks old. Sweet little ladies who will lay small white eggs and be ornamental yard pets. I am selling them because they have too much black in their crests or their crests aren't as nice as some of the other...
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    HELP! Why are all my banty buff laced Polish dying!!!

    I was so excited to have acquired a pair of lovely banty buff-laced Polish birds from some show quality stock that I could hatch eggs from. The first few times I tried to incubate them, the little buggers were infertile. So I put the pair next to a pen with some frizzled Polish boys and –...
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    Banty Cochin chicks local pick up in Kelso, WA

    I have 4 straight run (unsexed) banty cochin chicks in need of new homes. I used my buff banty cochin hen to brood some Polish eggs for me and it looks like she slipped a few of her own eggs into the clutch. 3 of the chicks are brown and black and 1 is almost totally black. I have no idea what...
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    Young Button Quail for pick up in Kelso, WA

    I really enjoy my buttons, but I simply have too many and it isn't good for their health and well being. I need to find pet homes for 12 young quail. I have the following sexes, ages and colors: 8 weeks 2 Female Red Breasted - One is slightly darker then the other and they have begun to lay...
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    Polish Chicks - Local pick up Kelso, WA

    I have 2, two week old Polish chicks and 3 less-than-a-week old Polish chicks that are of unknown color and are straight run (unsexed). I am trying to breed blue laced gold Polish and these are chicks out of a Blue Laced Gold x Silver Laced hatch. Chicks are currently black, some with spots of...
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