Hi guys ,
Just a few pictures of my current galiforme collection as well as some pictures of my silver chicks from last year. I had to reduce it a bit when I went to university ( sold the goldens, lady Amherst and my Californian, Italian and bobwhite quails ) still have silver, reeves and...
Some pictures of my mucovy ducklings from 2014 and my first 2015 ducklings ! Plus a couple of silver pheasant chicks in picture two and three :)
Hope everyone has a good breeding season :D,
Will
I have 12 muscovy duck eggs in the incubator all of which have ducklings in them. Three of them began to pip they were frantic and got out of their eggs within a couple of hours, however within twenty mins of hatching the ducklings died. I am not sure whether it is because the ducklings where...
I have hatched a batch of 15 silkie chickens from my flock and 3 have hatched with pink instead of black skin. Is this a random throw back or are the silkies not pure bred???? They still have the 5 toes, feathery legs and fluffy feathers... Any ideas would be helpful ..
kind regards coffeepheasant
My yearling silver pair have been displaying for weeks now and all seemed fine.... but today i went in and the hen was in the corned with a blooded eye and blood down her neck and no feathers!!!!!!! I washed her wounds and have separated them... but i really want some chicks so don't really want...
I incubated and hatched some muscovies last year.. I raised 8 kept 4 for breeding and processed and ate the rest myself. THEY WERE AMAZING like smaller geese with less fat. I am now obsessed with them and am trying to start a muscovy meat production. If anyone is interested in some meat.. has...
I have 4 muscovies all one year old. one of the hens went missing every night for a week, so i thought is was roosting in the trees.... but i couldn't find her :'( so i followed her and found that she had a nest underneath my stables... with 15 eggs :D i was over the moon ..... but it has been 3...
this is my favourite group of birds and i have wanted this for as long as i can remember. This group is greatly ignored a big mistake. can anyone who has these or just pics post them and any info about them.
kind regards will
i bought a pair of reeves pheasants from a fair they are in a large aviary with a soft meshed roof they have half of it shiplaped to gve them protection and it is full of conifers for cover however they are the flighlest birds i have ever had, they silvers i also bought eat out my hand. I was...
i recently got given some silkie hens that seemed fine so i put them with silkies after a week. BIG MISTAKE then one of silkie i was given got extrtemely ill her nose was blocked she was struggling for breath and her eyes were closed, so i kept her warm and humid and i gave her multi vit drops...
I want some peafowl !!! But last time i got them they ran away !!! i kept them in a pen for 8 weeks and i let them out and then put them away. However after a week they just walked off :'( I am going to an auction in a week and i woud love to buy some of the peafowl. They have some peachicks...
I have just raised three muscovy ducklings, and i am worried about one of them, A BIG DRAKE, lets his wings droop and is continuously pulling them back up agian. Is this normal !!! Will they be ok?? AND WAT SHOULD I DO ???????? Ay hep would be useful.
kind regards
will.
I think that there are two pied and one chocolate pied. there was a white but it hatched in the night and when i got up it had been squashed by a goose egg . This is the first time i have hatched ducks of any sort, i stick to pheasants, and i bought the eggs off ebay. When i look at the...
Last year i went to a bird auction and saw a pair of one yr old peafowl, i had to buy them !!!!! so i did. i put them into a large aviary and i kept them there for 8 weeks. every day i would feed them peanuts until they would eat out my hand. Eventually i let out the female, for a day. then...
HI i am hopefully getting some roul roul partridge soon:D, so i was wondering if anyone could post pics and info about them?? They are amazing birds and anything would be appriciated
i have a large pultry shed, with 11 or so hens and cockerl, some muscovies and geese, i was wondering if some turkeys would be ok with them. I am especially worried about agressivness and BLACKHEAD !!!!!!! any help would be nice. thanx
i have a smallholding and i have always wanted rheas but never been able to think what worth they would have! is there a market for rhea meat in the U.K