I have a few baby Silver Appleyard ducklings and was wondering about sexing them. It seems that about half are a lot more yellow then the others but didn't know if that means anything or not or if there is some other way to tell. I'm used to having Magpies where I can't tell their sex until...
First one is a white Frizzle Cochin. Has a lot less comb than my other Frizzle Cochin that I know is a rooster but still has some:
Second one is a red Frizzle Cochin that also has a lot less than the known rooster but still has some.
This is the one I know for sure is a rooster, he's...
Ok, so here's my dilemma.
I have three incubators. One has duck eggs, one has chicken eggs and I have been moving whatever is getting ready to hatch into the third as a hatcher. I have been setting eggs on Mondays and Thursdays and so far my first two batches have worked out well. This time...
I'm not the most creative person in the world but I have this space that is not being used right now and since I seem to be accumulating more chickens I thought I could make an area that could be somewhat predator proof and easily accessible (by me) for the chickens. Any ideas welcome! I can...
It's a terrible photo I know, best I could do today. It's the only clean legged chick I have and I have no idea what he/she is. The areas that look bald are actually where white feathers are starting to grow in.
Neat coloring on the wing.
I'm having issues with incubating Runner ducks!
Yesterday was one of my incubators hatching day and in that one I had Apple Silveryards, Magpies, Call and Runner ducks. This is only my second hatch, first of ducks, and I had a pretty good hatch rate with everything but the Runners. The Runners...
These were the first few to hatch the other day on my very first incubator experience! Since then I've had about 10 ducks hatch and a few still working on hatching but haven't gotten photos of them yet.
More chicks due to hatch Thursday and I sure hope I get less obsessive about it, I'm...
I have an incubator full of duck eggs that should be ready to hatch this Monday 6/6. Today they are just moving like crazy and I didn't think they move this early if they still should have 5 days to go?
Anyway, I was debating turning them when they are rocking so much (this is a question I'd...