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    Peacock or Peahen?

    I got this India Blue Pied last October at a month old - she/he is now 8 months - i’m leaning towards hen but the coloration on her head feathers is throwing me.
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    Pea cock or hen?

    It honks and meows - do peahens meow?
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    Muscovy hen - ducklings she’s like fight club

    i’ve had this Muscovy hen for years - this year finally let her sit on a clutch of eggs and she hatched out 13 ducklings she is very protective of her ducklings and will fly and attack me - is this something that will eventually start to improve as the ducklings get older?. She has even tried...
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    Muscovy duckies

    Well after nesting on non fertile eggs for many seasons got a white Muscovy drake this Spring and of course got some babies - she managed to hatch 13/14 plus 3 guineas - trying to figure out colors as from a blk/white mom and all white dad got a lot of variety there - the guineas are currently...
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    Hoover Hatchery

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    Hoover Hatchery

    Earliest feathers? My order shipped Monday - didn’t arrive till late this afternoon even though i’m only eight hours away - got to love USPS routing (sigh) chicks arrives stressed - a few lost - noted on lost and weak chicks they started getting wing feathers - is that possible on a 2-3 day chick?
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    Sure I have all roos

    Incubated 20 eggs only 4 viable ended up losing one chick escaped from broody hens cage now last three look like all Roos they are 4 1/2 weeks old lavender orphs
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    Varied hatching times

    22 Silkies two barnyard mixes and one lav Orpington went into lockdown Wed. Had first pips on Thurs they ended up hatching early this AM the others started pipping yesterday with most being out today two,left that are actively hatching however I have six with no movement at all. Trying to...
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    Hatching underway

    They were started 19 days ago but those early birdies must want to get the worm... Set up a chick cam for the first time to catch hatching in real time action. It's so cool I could even see these little guys hatching away from work..
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    A+ Eggs under broody hen

    Have to say I usually incubate in bator - but I had a broody hen that just wouldn't quit - got some hatching eggs from Ebay Lavender Orphs - Well post office must have scrambled them or I got bad eggs or there was some bad fertility as even though the air cells were jiggly I set 20 eggs - 8...
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    How does shipping eggs affect fertility?

    I won 2 separate auctions on Ebay for Lavender Orphingtons they arrived ok - air cells were a bit jiggly but not too horrible - there were quite a few porous eggs :(. I just candled them - of the eight I put under broody hen only 3 are viable the rest are clears Of the ten I put in the...
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    I'm leaning roo on this one a mottled Houdan

    His v comb is starting to pink up and he had a bit of a growth spurt def different in personality from the other two. Of the three I got one for sure I think is a pullet the third time will tell :)
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    Mottled Houdan combs

    I have three seven week old houdans two are just starting to get tiny horns in when should I be able to tell sex? No red yet on tiny horns or waddles
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    Muscovy Trio

    Are these chocolate or chocolate pied? Adding these three to the black pied and blue hens I found at a swap.... I think I have enough muscovies now ;)
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    Yea.. Muscovies

    Went to a livestock swap today and found these cuties.. couldn't find muscovies anywhere and now i have this pair and am getting a trio of chocolates tomorrow :)
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    iso muscovy ducks Indiana NW

    near or within an hour of 46310...looking for pure bred variety of colors.
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