Search results for query: *

  1. HeatherFeather

    Lav genes in my BBS Ameraucanas?

    ah ah. I was already thinking that....it must be recessive and these pullets have no copies of the lace gene. Line breeding. Brings out the best and the worst eh? But now I know what I have. and Eventually...I WILL have some of the best. I know it. Or at least I hope for it! So I guess I'm...
  2. HeatherFeather

    Lav genes in my BBS Ameraucanas?

    A million thank yous Egghead Jr. Seriously. Coming across this info can be hard enough, but finding someone this quickly who is able to steer me in the right direction a total gem. I'm thrilled to know that there is little chance of having lavs in my BBS. That would be a logistical...
  3. HeatherFeather

    Lav genes in my BBS Ameraucanas?

    Thanks Egghead Jr I've never heard of blue without the lacing, although I am aware that blue can decline without breeding back to black enough. Is that what this is? All of my adult stock are blue except 1/4 roos, which is black. Any idea what this means for my BBS breeding program? Should...
  4. HeatherFeather

    Lav genes in my BBS Ameraucanas?

    3 generations in from my original stock of BBS Ameraucanas.....it appears I have lavender genes in there. I've got a couple chicks like this now. Initially I thought they were faded out blues or poor splashes, now I'm thinking they are lavs and one of my original blues was split to lav...
  5. HeatherFeather

    What day is the 'temp spike' in incubation?

    I'm setting every other week and getting around 95% hatches, so I'm not worried, but thanks Speceider. I have hatched almost 100 ducks this year already! Just not keeping sharp records, as i have a lot on my plate! So....the answer to my original question if anyone is wondering.....is...
  6. HeatherFeather

    What day is the 'temp spike' in incubation?

    Hmmm, I consistently get a shap rise in temp at some point in the last week with both chicken and duck eggs, every time no fail. Maybe 4-5 degrees. I run the bator at 95 on my thermometer ( I think its off a bit) and it rises to about 100 and I turn it down and all is well. Every time. So I...
  7. HeatherFeather

    What day is the 'temp spike' in incubation?

    I lost track of my hatch dates due to a pc problem.... Can anyone tell me what day the temp spike is on? I just had it one day last week. Trying to hammer out when my eggs will hatch....
  8. HeatherFeather

    Determine hatch date without setting date

    Thanks Amiga. Still no pipping...seem the same to me. Quite dark, can see a bit of movement. New 14- just cause they are fertile doesn't mean they will develop. There is a great art to the holding period, and the early turning as well. If you candle, and you see veins, they are developing...
  9. HeatherFeather

    At what age can newborn ducks go into water?

    They can swim easily and well at just a few days old. However, its not that the down gets soaked and weighs them down, its that they can't keep warm, because the evaporating water is cooling their bodies, so they go hypothermic, easily. Very easily. When the real feathers are in (this age varies...
  10. HeatherFeather

    Determine hatch date without setting date

    Ok, I just got the 'temp spike'. Who knows what day that is? Maybe I can cross post this in the duck forum? Amiga?
  11. HeatherFeather

    Two hatches, one incubator... how do I handle lockdown?

    It'll be ok :) I have drawn out hatches all the time, cause I'm doing multiple breeds, and our amibient temp fluctuates...stuff like that. Once a hatch took 4 days. ack. If you need to get some chicks out cause you think they've been in there too long (more than 24hr) do it fast and put damp...
  12. HeatherFeather

    Determine hatch date without setting date

    Thanks Ridgerunner. Ducks eggs typically take 28 days, although mine have often hatched at 25 days. I am hand turning so all my eggs are on their sides. Usually the air cell is at one end, but come to think of it on the malpositioned ducks it was partly on the side. So I will candle these...
  13. HeatherFeather

    Determine hatch date without setting date

    Hi there, I lost a sticky on my pc that I was recording my hatch info on. My husband is employed as high end govt it wizard and he spent an hour on it last night and gave it up. Says I'd need to go to a recovery specific person...and pay $$. So....I have a clutch of khaki campbell eggs and I...
  14. HeatherFeather

    Should I see the ducks mating?

    I am planning to start hatching some duck eggs soon and have split my ducks into breeding groups. I haven't seen any of the drakes mounting the hens though. This is my first time breeding ducks. I have kept muscovies but never bred them- I saw the male mount the female, oh at least once an...
  15. HeatherFeather

    Daily Duck Egg Report

    10 eggs from 12 ducks today! Its a good day!
  16. HeatherFeather

    Ducks not laying??

    Do you have a light on them Ducksndaffodils? Most birds need a 16 hour day for good laying. I use a 100W timed light on all my ducks and chickens, on at 4 off at 9, am and pm. I start it in August, and keep it until late April, when the sun is up at 4am and down at 9pm.
  17. HeatherFeather

    Cold weather lightweight autosexing egg machine

    Dheltzel, that's not a bad idea in itself either, developing a rosecomb CCL. It does seem to me that the CCL folks are really into showing and I'm not either. (in my mind, showing seems like a great way to decimate my farm with disease!) I am actually thinking pretty seriously about having a...
  18. HeatherFeather

    Cold weather lightweight autosexing egg machine

    Oh Haiku and Donrae, I am LOVING this thread. Ok, so I don't think I can get cuckoo leghorns here...but I may be able to get the rosecomb leghorn, and I can def. get dominiques...but I do really like the idea of using my existing barred rock flock....although using dominques would keep the...
  19. HeatherFeather

    Cold weather lightweight autosexing egg machine

    Whoops! That was me :) Apparently my son popped onto my profile on the family pc, logged me out, logged himself in....and voila! I posted as him :) As you can see, I'll have a little help with my breeding project. Lucky to have a boy who likes the critters as much as I do :)
  20. HeatherFeather

    Cold weather lightweight autosexing egg machine

    Donrae, not a bad idea....maybe I should start dying leghorn eggs!!! Re. Cream legbar, I do think that blue eggs are marketable, esp alongside brown ones, and white ones are marketable when there is just a smattering, alongside brown ones-there is just this concept of 'wholesomeness' among...
Back
Top Bottom