I wish she would break broodiness. She has been broody since January so that's why I caved and tried to incubate some eggs for her and let her raise some chicks.
I did post this under the turkey thread but I am also curious to see if anyone has done this successfully with chickens.
I have a broody turkey hen that I got eggs for but only one out of 6 eggs that I bought has made it to the last week of incubation. I have been incubating the eggs inside my...
I have a broody turkey hen that I got eggs for but only one out of 6 eggs that I bought has made it to the last week of incubation. I have been incubating the eggs inside my house due to extreme heat temps outside and the broody hen has a tendency to smash chicken eggs she steals from my...
I'm a biologist so I am very familiar with how genetics works. The problem is figuring out what genes your ducks have to start with. I'm sure after multiple breedings it can be relatively accurately assumed. The problem is silver is already a hard color to breed because it is most most likely a...
Ya Metzers doesn't sell silvers. Purelypoultry might sell emery penciled (always marked as out of stock though) but that's all I have seen. That's why I was hoping someone here might have one and remembered where they got theirs from or could send me hatching eggs.
I have been looking around and noticed that there are only 4 color variations of Indian Runner ducks commonly available in the U.S. (fawn, chocolate, blue, and black). However there are supposed to be other common color variations like White, Penciled, Buff, and Gray (Mallard). There are also...
Hello I am new but I have been occasionally browsing around as a guest for a while. I am officially getting into raising chickens and turkeys. I currently have 12 chickens and 3 turkeys. I have a wide variety of breeds so I can tell them apart and so that I get a very colorful assortment of...