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  1. Littleducky

    What is the best chicken for large eggs?????

    I just have a hen and a rooster at the moment. I am wanting to add to my flock (well make it a flock). What is the best type of hen to get large eggs? My cousin has some Welsummers and those seem to be nice eggs. I am getting the eggs for my grandma or I would go for cute chickens she likes...
  2. Littleducky

    My Woodie chick! Name ideas???

    I just had to share him/her. He was the only one that hatched out of my 4 eggs, and he thinks I am momma. He hatched on Sunday and jumps into my hand and cuddles, nibbles at me and tolerates my 3 year old daughters screeches when she gets to pet him. (mini meal worms are the key) also the...
  3. Littleducky

    should i help my egg????

    My one and only wood duck egg pipped over 24 hours ago and has made no more progress. Should I pull back some of the loose shell to help him out a little. I remember with my last hatch I had to help a couple out. I don't want to wait to long..... What to do????
  4. Littleducky

    humidity.... ahhhh

    I have gone into lockdown with my wood duck eggs, and I can't get the humidity above 60%. I have a wet sponge in there and the vent holes plugged. What else can I do. I lost one egg that should have hatched this weekend and I think it was do to this. What can I do?
  5. Littleducky

    Eggs fertile???? How do I tell

    I had put 4 eggs in the bator and waited well over 2 weeks. I candled them a couple of times and no veins. So after the 2 weeks. I took them out and cracked them open to see what was going on. How do I tell if they were even fertile???? There were no veins just yolk. Any thoughts would help...
  6. Littleducky

    wood duck eggs

    My wood ducks have finally started laying. There are 2 eggs in 1 box and 3 in the other. Should I wait till they are done laying or collect.the eggs everyday? I don't want to stop the laying process. What do I do?
  7. Littleducky

    Canaries

    Does anyone know much about canaries???? I got a pair that came along with the cage. (Just wanted some breeding cages for my buttons and I end up with more birds. ) My hubby must love me. I will get pics up soon. One is a top knot? Looks like he has a big cowlick on the top of his head. They...
  8. Littleducky

    ~~~~~Button Sexing? (pic heavy)~~~~~

    I have been trying to sex my buttons. I remember someone saying that you could tell them apart from their vent feathers. Red vent feathers means one or the other. I just can't remember. Please let it be that red vent feather means I have just a few males and a whole lot of females.... However...
  9. Littleducky

    ~~~NEVER GOING TO GET EGGS~~~~

    I placed my breeder boxes in with my wood ducks about the middle of Feb. I had one girl lay 5 eggs about a month ago. (She didn't even lay in the boxes, she laid in the dog house.) And they were infertile. Anyway, they hang out on top of their boxes and I haven't seen one inside and the...
  10. Littleducky

    **Do I have a pair of Buttons?***

    These are my two older buttons only about 3 weeks old. One grooms the other and occasionally I hear a "HA HA" just can't tell which one it is comming from. They sleep butt to butt is this normal. They hatched from the same group of eggs. Are they that close because of that? Any suggestions. I...
  11. Littleducky

    ~~~~I LOVE MY WOODIES~~~~~~

    Just wanted to share some pics. My woodies have been really active and I have had 5 eggs. One of my apricot hens loves to have her pic taken the other, not so much.....Enjoy:love
  12. Littleducky

    How do I know if I have fertile wood duck eggs?

    I got 5 wood duck eggs last week from on e of my hens. I removed them from the pen because she laid them in the dog house not in one of the nest boxes and it has started snowing here again. I was worried about the weather. I had great success last year hatching in the incubator. I was just...
  13. Littleducky

    ~~~What colors are my new buttons?~~~~

    This one is a little more silver than the other The feathers on this little guys back is pinker than the other. He or she aslo seems silver but with more of a pinkish color. Might be a cinnamon You can see the difference between the two here. Even though you can only see the tail of one...
  14. Littleducky

    My woodies have eggs

    I found 4 eggs in my pen today... The problem, I built great boxes for them and they coose to lay in their dog house. Won't this contribute to egg dumping? How do I know which ones are laying? How do I encourage them to lay in the boxes?
  15. Littleducky

    Day 16.....Not a lot of hope : (

    I am on day 16 of my button quail. I would have thought that they would start to hatch today. I haven't seen the vibration or heard them like everyone talks about. I can't think of anything that went to wrong. My temps got a little high once but not for long enough that I would have thought...
  16. Littleducky

    Wood ducks and oyster shell

    My woodies should be getting ready to start laying sometime soon. We are getting there boxes in the pen. Should I offer them oyster shell to help with there eggs or will they be ok on their own? I know chickens need it but I am not sure about wild ducks.
  17. Littleducky

    Wood duck breeding

    When should I set up the breeder boxes in the pen with my wood ducks? I have 5 females and 2 males I don't think that they will all lay how many boxes should I put? I am sure getting excited!!!
  18. Littleducky

    Valley Quail dying???

    My valley quail are about 7 weeks old now. I haven't had any problems with them up untill now. Last night I had 3 die in one cage and there are 2 that look puffy. By that I mean that all of there feathers are puffed out like someone filled them up with air. Now I have another cage. and all...
  19. Littleducky

    Valley Quail

    I have some 3 week old valley quail. At what age can you start to tell the males from the females. I would like to seperate them soon. Does anyone know?
  20. Littleducky

    HELP! My dogs ate my birds.

    I have two dogs and I had 48 baby quail........... I now have two dogs and 27 quail. When I got back into the garage there were 5 dead and the other 16 were missing... In the dogs bellies. I just want to know this isn't going to hurt them will it. I know it was my mistake I forgot that they...
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