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After being on a wait list for 2 years I was able to purchase juvenile pair this year :wee During this time, I did a bunch of research and learned a few things about legal sales of protected migratory waterfowl and thought I would share. Anything listed on the US Fish + Wildlife Service page...

I'm in TN and will need them shipped. Thanks.

So tomorrow is lock down and of COURSE I have hatching eggs due to arrive on day #22 of my current hatch. It was chicken math and an auction that I wanted eggs from--worst timing ever. My bad. So. Do I just carefully and quickly pop open the lid and put them in there? Do I leave one egg turner...

Meet Hobble. Hobble has always been my special needs chicken. She was somewhat listless and doing poorly when she was in the brooder, but with some extra attention she snapped out of it and all was well. Once she and all of her sisters feathered out they went outside into the main flock. One day...

Meet Hobble. Hobble has always been my special needs chicken. She was somewhat listless and doing poorly when she was in the brooder, but with some extra attention she snapped out of it and all was well. Once she and all of her sisters feathered out they went outside into the main flock. One day...

Once upon a time, as part of chicken math, I purchased some ducklings. Yuh huh ducklings are lethally cute. So I just got some random birds. I realize it's a flaw having this crest but otherwise he's such a pretty bird. So I was wondering what kind of duck is he?

Looking for some pink hatching eggs if anyone has some for sale. Thanks!

I brought home a new hen yesterday that I was "told" was a sex link. (I just bought her because I thought she was pretty LOL) She's not quite old enough to lay eggs yet so I am eagerly awaiting that first one :) Meanwhile, I wonder if she is actually an Araucana mix of some sort? She is...

So I have not added any new birds to my flock. I did hatch some mixed chicks this last spring that had an Australorp rooster and barred rock hens. For the last week or two, I have been getting this odd light green egg from one of them. It's smaller than the others, and I have no idea who's...

I decided to give up one of my dog waterers that I wasn't really using and put it in the yard for the ducks. Its deep enough they can duck their beaks into the waterer and keep their noses clean. The only issue is that the ducks and geese seem to think it's their personal waterer and won't...

I'm just curious. I see a lot of folks here using bators to hatch out eggs. I am wondering how many of you use a bator instead of Mom bird and why? Or Mom bird and not a bator. I am not judging just hoping to learn. My Welsh Harlequin couple is nearing the age where she will begin to lay...

I glanced towards the pond this morning and saw this gaggle of wild Canada Geese resting on the bank. Grabbed the camera and tiptoed down with a friend to take a couple of pics. They really are quiet/docile birds. My friend was able to nearly touch one who was watching the approach when one...

Greetings. I received 2 geese with a package of birds I got about 8 weeks ago. I was fairly sure they were African geese until I looked harder at the brown Chinese goose. One of them is MUCH bigger than the other (the one with the wrapped wings) so now I am unsure. They are both very alert...

I have been using the Nelson 1200 dog waterers now for about 5 years and love them for my dogs. I even have one installed in my kitchen hooked up to the waterlines. We are installing auto waterers for the chickens and ducks outside now and so I thought why not use this waterer for the ducks...

Last night, I was holding one of my goslings on my lap, he settled down and started making this random humming/purring type noise periodically. He seemed very content when he did it, not flailing or struggling at all. I hope it was a contented noise LOL Ideas anyone?

Howdy all you clever and creative BYC ppl. I have a very large fenced in area for my chickens to free range in (they go into their coop at night). The down side to this large yard is that there are no trees or natural shelters (bushes). So they end up clustering underneath their coop and...

Working on a home for the ducks, now that the chicken coop is complete. This will be a nighttime enclosure with some individual duck houses inside for shelter if they need/want it. I am planning the enclosure right now at 10' x 18'. I will line the bottom 3 feet of the outside edge with...

I ordered a Homesteader's Delight from McMurray and got all black chicks! (I have since purchased 2 barred rock hens) The chick-lets are about 5 weeks now and I am wondering what breed. Some have light brownish combs and some have orange combs. I have identified the geese and ducks (still not...

Got out the garden hose today and had some duckie fun. The goslings were quite indignant when the random spray got them wet but the Pekins and Welsh Harlequins loved it!