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  1. BeardedLadyFarm

    Chocolate Muscovy with yellow duckling. What is it?

    We have a trio of solid chocolate Muscovy. One just hatched a bunch of babies and one is bright yellow. The others are correctly marked for chocolates. Are pastel ducklings yellow? Is there some other recessive trait that can pop up as a yellow duckling? We had a lavender drake years ago but...
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    Let's talk Cuckoo and WHITE marans... breeding strategies...

    I will try to get some pics this week. Some have gold leakage for sure. Some are showing some birchen influence. A few look pretty good. Were it not for the hawk attack a few weeks ago I would be in a good place with my breeding program!
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    Let's talk Cuckoo and WHITE marans... breeding strategies...

    My Cuckoos aren't without their flaws but the egg color is improving!
  4. BeardedLadyFarm

    Ended Contest #14 Natural Egg Photo Contest 2014 Easter Hatch-a-long!

    They are indeed. They aren't always so vivid but they had a good day.
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    Ended Contest #14 Natural Egg Photo Contest 2014 Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I'll trade you a hundred for that purple egg layer of yours.
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    Let's talk Cuckoo and WHITE marans... breeding strategies...

    HELP!!! I need a cuckoo rooster! We are moving from NY to VT and while we were away moving the pigs goats and sheep we had a hawk attack back in NY. I lost my best cuckoo pair and my back up rooster, but still have lots of young hens from this pair. He needs to be from dark egg lines and...
  7. BeardedLadyFarm

    Ancona Chicken Thread

    That's what he told me a few weeks ago. Maybe he still has some hens, but he's not breeding them this year due to lack of sales and interest. I got a group of his retiring hens and have kept them longer than I should have! I have a few left. Maybe I will get a boy to reproduce them this year.
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    Ancona Chicken Thread

    I don't have a refined eye for Anconas, but she is lovely! I have some OLD hens from Will. I never had a rooster so I never was able to reproduce mine. Do you have a breeding group? Will has stopped breeding them, and I was hoping to get some more from his line.
  9. BeardedLadyFarm

    Please change my name

    Okay. I guess rules have changed since I was more active on here. Maybe I will just create a new account.
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    Please change my name

    As I am no longer in Philadelphia I would like to play my name change card please. To........... BeardedLadyFarm Thank you kindly.
  11. BeardedLadyFarm

    Seeking Mycoplasma free eggs or chicks

    They sure can. But for some reason rarely do. The closer you live to a factory farm poultry house the better the chances of this sort of transmission. I have a friend who ships thousands of chicks a year. Many years ago he did a mass cull to clean up a mycoplasma outbreak and has never seen it...
  12. BeardedLadyFarm

    Seeking Mycoplasma free eggs or chicks

    Me either! I figured it out before we sent samples to Cornell and they confirmed what I knew. For a couple hundred dollars!
  13. BeardedLadyFarm

    Seeking Mycoplasma free eggs or chicks

    If Tylan cleared it up it was a Mycoplasma. The good thing is they are easy to kill. The bad thing is the cured birds are carriers for life.
  14. BeardedLadyFarm

    Seeking Mycoplasma free eggs or chicks

    Infectious Laryngotracheitis, ILT http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/83/infectious-laryngotracheitis-ilt It is generally a commercial factory farm disease that has been showing up more in hobby flocks. There was a big outbreak at the NY state fair evidently. I had 100 or so young...
  15. BeardedLadyFarm

    Seeking Mycoplasma free eggs or chicks

    Great Kathy! Mycoplasma / CRD can generally be managed well enough but it does cause losses and does spread. If you ever see swollen or bubbly eyes, hear wheezing or sneezing or have ever needed to treat for a "cold" you may have it. I hope not though! It's truly this other virus (ILT)...
  16. BeardedLadyFarm

    Seeking Mycoplasma free eggs or chicks

    And thanks for the welcome! I have been quiet for a couple of years but check in from time to time!
  17. BeardedLadyFarm

    Seeking Mycoplasma free eggs or chicks

    Yes it can be transmitted through the egg though it is a low rate of transmission. If the hen is on antibiotics and/or the eggs are injected with antibiotics you can get that transmission rate down to nearly zero. Before moving I will be doing this with my 5 breeds of chickens so I can save my...
  18. BeardedLadyFarm

    Seeking Mycoplasma free eggs or chicks

    Due to a chronic Mycoplasma problem and another viral problem that have entered my very mixed poultry flock I culling 100% of my birds and starting over. I am working with state vets and other industry experts and this is their recommendation which I support as I am moving soon and want a clean...
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