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Hi all you Serama pros, Can you tell me if a Serama's egg song is typically as loud as a standard. I understand that the volume is dependent on each individual girls personality, but as a general rule are they a little quieter?

Also, will going down to 97* for a couple of minutes hurt the eggs. I'd say that in the past 20 hours the temps maybe dropped to 97* for 10 minutes total.

Thanks everyone for giving me some peace of mind.

I put too much water in my Hova Bator when I set my eggs in the incubator last night at 10 pm. Though I unplugged the vent and have been opening the bator every few hours to let out the moisture the humidity has only dropped from 70% to low of 59%-65% ( I have 4 different hygrometers) These...

Hi BYC peeps:) Can you give me ideas and examples of breeds that I can create sexlink crosses with my Light Sussex hens. I want egg layers. jmagill is using a BLRW Rooster, that should be a beautiful cross. Thanks so much.

Thanks! For both of your help. I am excited to see photos.

This may be a dumb question. Can I use a Light Sussex to make a sexlink? If yes, what breeds do recommend I cross it with to get egg layers? Thanks a bunch:)

Quote: Thanks so much for your reply. So, you read my post, I want to know what you consider 'periodically'. Do you have any experience with having to keep your birds 'cooped up' like my situation? If yes, how did it affect them?

Hi All, This is similar to my earlier post, however I changed subject title to be more specific and added more detail to this post. Thanks to those 3 earlier replies- I appreciate them. If anyone who has experience with the following situation, I would appreciate your thoughts. I live in an...

40 square feet is technically enough space, but I would still question the quality of life that you it would provide them to only get a very limited time out each day. Mine can't wait to come out in the morning and will stay out all day (except for when it is snowing--then they go into...

Hi All, If anyone who has experience with the following situation, I would appreciate your thoughts. I live in an urban setting where my neighbors are very close, i.e. houses are about 15-20 apart. Though chickens are not allowed, our county does not inforce this law unless a neighbor complains...

I too live in the city, so I understand your special needs. I did a lot of research before getting ducks for my urban backyard. I chose Muscovy as they are very quiet. As a matter of fact they don't quack. They softly hiss and make cute trill noises. I would recommend having a pen in your yard...

Amiga gave me the grass idea (thanks), I didn't come up with that smart idea on my own. You might beat me to the finish of ducky pen construction! I won't have a finished pen until late May:( Who ever gets done first, lets submit photos. Cheers Quote: OOooooo! I think I'm stealing this idea...

Thanks all for the great ideas and advice. I am thinking I can put some grass clippings (non-fertilized and pesticide free) down in an area or grass hay that I can later compost. I still want to use rock or pea gravel by the water though. thanks again

Does anybody have experience with taking pet ducks into public like this? I would love to hear their stories too.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this! I make monthly trips to a nursing home with my daughter to visit with residents who don't get visitors often and I would love to take my ducks with me. I would love if the girls are able to handle the stress of traveling and going to new places...

I want to use the smaller ( m&m size or think large aquarium gravel), smooth and rounded type. But it occurred to me they might sallow it? I know that some ingestion is fine, but to you think they might go overboard on it? Hmmm

They are adorable. I wish I could have 10 more!

Hi all, I want to put a thick layer of pea gravel in my ducks (future-soon to be constructed) enclosed pen so that I can spray the poop to the ground. I prefer pea gravel over sand as it won't wash away as easily. The girls will have a little house bedded with grass hay if they want to be...

Does anybody else have a thought? The group would be from the same hatch if that matters.