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    Erminette Ameraucana a couple questions.

    Hey all, I have always had a thing for black and white animals so I was drawn to the Erminette. Since I already had Ameraucana I figured Erminette Ameraucanas (EA) would be a fun project. First question is about choosing a rooster. I have 2 roosters to select from. They are 6 months and so far...
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    Is this scaly leg mites?

    Leg mights very common even in the soil and grass. I use this got it off Amazon. Works for mites and lice. Looks like you are a very diligent chicken mamma 😊
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    Sick Auction Bird

    Hey All, So I went to auction Saturday and bought 4 chickens. One phoenix roo, 2 silky roos, and one female silky all in the same box for only three dollars each. I never place auction birds in my main flock. I only use them for meat. Feathers for fishing flies and cat toys. The reason I never...
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    Super broody hen, should i remove?

    Hey all, I have a broody ameraucana that i put on a nest about 10 days ago. Im concerned because I have never seen her leave the nest. I have taken her out of the nest once a day so she can eat and drink. The past three days she hasn't eaten or drank anything after taking her off. All she does...
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    Ameraucana Egg pondering.....

    Hey all! So like most of you I'm sure are members of a few poultry FB pages. Someone posted that they got their Ameraucanas from a breeder and they lay green eggs. A person replied saying than its not purebred. Purebred Ameraucana will only lay blue. So is that ture? I have done a lot of...
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    Emergency, sudden duckling paralysis!

    Hey all. So we have a 3 week old call duckling we hatched or selves. Last week we picked up 3 more call ducklings from a breeder. Our hatched duckling was strong and healthy just yesterday. Now is stretching his legs back, can't walk, and now can't hold his head. Has access to niacin in the feed...
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    Welsh Harlequin Gentics Questions...

    Hey all! So I have been breeding Welsh harlequins for 4 years now. Still learning about genetics and breeding birds that meet the SOP. 2 years ago I got pair of ducks that came from Holderreads. I remember thinking how upright and stright backed they where. Then find that's the posture they...
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    Having Fertilized Eggs Shipped

    Hey all! I decided to get rid of my mix flock and just focus on breeding specific breeds. I already have a flock of ameracunas and I find them way more enjoyable than the mix flock. You get the eggs and Joy of having chickens but also have something to work on. To improve your birds in body and...
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    Could It Be Mycoplasmosis!!!

    I usully dont take in birds because im worried about infection. I did get a bourbon red hen for my birthday in May i quarantined her for a month. Still very healthy. The palm mix came from a friend's got him in June . The bronze feed store in May as a poult and the roo I hatched in May, got the...
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    Could It Be Mycoplasmosis!!!

    Why is it on days you think wow I got all my birds in a row something happens..... I'm freaking out that my turkeys have mycoplasmosis. See I have a large turkey pen. Where my bourbons live. In the pen I have a smaller pen where i am rasing a broad bresteted bronze, a royal palm mix, and a...
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    Looking For a Welsh Harlequin Guru

    Hey all! This is my 4th year raising silver Welsh harlequins, 3rd breeding. I feel that I have a well established flock now (6 hens and a drake) that I can start breeding for show. I have never shown birds before and want to start with my Welshies. Now I have a copy of the WH SOP but without...
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    Check out theses ducklings, Gold phase WHQ?

    Oh I know they are 100% Female. I can vent sex and WH from good lines can be sexed by bill color. (Got a drake with a good pedigree) Was just wondering if they are going to be gold or silver phase.
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    Welsh Harlequin beak sexing - any thoughts?

    Hard to say. To me your best chance for female is the last one. Because the tip of the bill looks pretty dark. By bill color though they all look drakeish. Do you know where your lines come from? If they are hatchery stock they may not sex true by bill color. I got a drake from very good lines...
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    Check out theses ducklings, Gold phase WHQ?

    Hey all! I have these lovely 3 welsh harlequin girls I hatched a week ago. Some one wanted them then backed out so I figured I would raise them for me. 2 of the little fluff pants are the lightest color I have ever hatched. Not seeing any dark feathers on the tail. What do you think, gold phase...
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    Can to High Calcium Feed Make hatching Hard?

    Hi all! Just hatched a batch of welsh harlequins. I did loose a few ducklings however. Cracking open the unhatched they died at the same point all internally pipped absorbed most of the yolk. Not too wet not sticky just dead. There was no external pip but before I locked down I could hear them...
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    Dark green Ameraucana egg?

    Hey all sorry I didn't respond sooner. I got eggs from a gal who breeds lavender ameracunas. She had a wonderful set up her birds where separated from each other she had other breeds. 8 out of 12 hatched, 3 where roos, sold them and 2 hens, kept 3 hens. All where lavender ameracuna. My 2 other...
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    Breeding perrie Bluebells

    Hey all has anyone bred perrie Bluebells? They are a ameraucana roo over a leghorn hen correct?
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    Dark green Ameraucana egg?

    Hey all, I'm working on ameracunas this year. Have a flock of six. 4 lavender one splash hen and a black roo. The roo I have only had for a few months and he is wonderful. Gets the job done, sweet to the ladies, and gives me my space. He comes from true blue lines, at least is what I was told...
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    Should I Crack or Hatch?

    Hey all! My Welsh Harlequins are laying! First time since September. Got 5 eggs out of 6 ducks today. I decided to eat the smaller egg for lunch and was disappointed to see it wasn't fertile. (Egg was delicious) I have a drake but I have yet to see him get busy. I'm anxious to start incubating...
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    Mystery Roo

    Hey all, About 4 months ago I bought a bunch of cheap chicks at tractor supply. At at 50 cents each each I got about 60 of them. Various breeds Rhode Island reds, Delaware, Blue sapphire, Production reds, and Easter eggers. Over time I sold most of them. Now that they are bigger I can tell...
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