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  1. kayachicken

    Help with duck colours?

    Absolutely! Thanks everyone for replying, I’ll keep you all updated! On a side note, this is our first time raising ducklings from such a young age although we’ve done many chicks in the past, they’re very lively to watch! So funny to watch them all playing and running little “races”, quite...
  2. kayachicken

    Help with duck colours?

    Wow, the genetic science behind it is fascinating! She had several pied colours and quite a few white ducks, along with a couple that looked to be of the Mallard base. Saw some very dark pied but no plain black or brown. Thanks so much for your informative reply! Their wingtip feathers are...
  3. kayachicken

    Help with duck colours?

    Sounds adorable!!! The colour difference might also be because we’re in France, perhaps different varieties are available here?
  4. kayachicken

    Help with duck colours?

    I’ll get some photos later! We did see their (possible?) parents, they had several drakes and many different hens with many different colours. We’re not that fussed to hen honest, just wanted an idea of what they’ll look like I suppose it will be a surprise!
  5. kayachicken

    Help with duck colours?

    Fairly certain they are runners, no mistaking how they stand! Funny that the colour doesn’t seem to exist though
  6. kayachicken

    Help with duck colours?

    Thank you!!!! They really are adorable
  7. kayachicken

    Help with duck colours?

    Hi everyone, yesterday we went and picked up new additions to the flock, day-old Indian Runner ducklings! We aren’t picky about colours, the woman we bought them from had many different colour ducks so we can’t know for sure what they’ll look like. The ducklings are covered in black down, with...
  8. kayachicken

    What can you tell me about Sarcelles?

    We are considering getting a trio (drake and two females) of sarcelle ducks from a breeder nearby. These won't be our first ducks; we've had plenty of muscovies, but currently want something a little smaller. We live in france, so sarcelles are common here and we could get them without having to...
  9. kayachicken

    My rooster's crow sounds croaky but he's very healthy?

    My rooster, who is about a year old and started crowing this winter, has over the past few days developed a try croaky crow. Before it was quite high pitched and cartoonish (he's a frizzle bantam) but now it's gone croaky and it sounds like he has a cold. On other threads people said to check...
  10. kayachicken

    what are pekin bantams like around either chickens?

    What are pekin bantams like around other chickens? Do they get bullied? Are friendly? Thanks
  11. kayachicken

    Prefab coop issues

    Hi! My prefab coop which I brought a little while ago (we moved from Europe to France, so we've had to start all new with our chickens, we're 'keeping it small' for now (yea, how long will that last? We're picking up a pekin trio this weekend to add to our flock LOL) has the two nest boxes...
  12. kayachicken

    Pekin Chicken Genetics

    Hi I'm new to BYC and breeding but I'm going to give it a go... I have a question about Pekin genetics. If I were to breed my chocolate mottle frizzle rooster with a smooth chocolate mottle hen, what would the chicks look like and what would their chicks look like/carry the genes for? And would...
  13. kayachicken

    Adding on an isolation coop

    Haha yep I've done my research. It doesn't get too cold (no snow) here in the winter and he'll have the others to cuddle up to, and in the summer we have plenty of shade and it's never boiling so we're in a lucky climate for frizzles and heavily-feathered birds. The breeder sent me a pic of the...
  14. kayachicken

    Chocolate Mottled Pekin Pictures!

    Hello! (I'm new to BYC, so... excuse my mislabelling and all that lol) Anyway, we already have hens, and this weekend we're buying a trio of Pekins―two pullets and a coq. The breeder doesn't have a camera/can't send photos and I just want to know what they'll look like so bad! I have a good...
  15. kayachicken

    Adding on an isolation coop

    Lol They don't have a run as they're free range so I'm going to put the dog crate (sheltered) in a makeshift hardware cloth run, for a few days (weeks...?) and the other hens can get to know them. Just learnt that the roo is a chocolate mottled frizzle so I'm going to convince them that we can...
  16. kayachicken

    Adding on an isolation coop

    Ah okay thanks :) They are from the same breeder, but she would only sell them as a trio because it's obviously not her peek breeding system. Would they still need to be isolated, or can I just make my introduction coop like I'd planned? (I see that I mislabelled it as an isolation coop lol.) I...
  17. kayachicken

    Adding on an isolation coop

    Hello! Chicken math has struck and now I have a week to add on an isolation pen to our chicken coop. I can't build on inside as even though they are free range the coop is too small to take away space if I have to keep them inside for some reason. I'm going to use wood and some chicken wire we...
  18. kayachicken

    What can you tell me about French 'Rousse' Chickens?

    Thanks we'll see tomorrow all incredibly excited
  19. kayachicken

    What can you tell me about French 'Rousse' Chickens?

    We live in France (having moved from America) and unless we want to drive for hours we have to buy local farm stock: French 'rousses'. Does anyone know anything about these chickens? We know they're layers and basic info like that but some more would be appreciated Thank you (We had chickens in...
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