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    Svarthona over White Leghorn hybrids: did I get two cockerels?

    Yeah it’s a bummer! I am a sucker for interesting colors (both eggs and birds) so I wanted a “zombie” and drove a stupidly far distance to go buy them 🤦🏻‍♀️ But I guess this just means I should do more research on the genetics before I try to buy any more new mixes 😉
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    Svarthona over White Leghorn hybrids: did I get two cockerels?

    Thank you so much. I was suspicious about the light skin too, but I haven’t delved into the genetics of chickens farther than knowing some phenotypes are sex-linked. It is interesting that they HAVE been getting more black areas of skin as they age, but I bet it will end up looking mottled...
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    Svarthona over White Leghorn hybrids: did I get two cockerels?

    I got these two birds from a hobby breeder. They were sold as “zombies,” but upon purchasing them, I was told that their pale yellow skin would blacken over time and that they were likely pullets. They are now about 12 weeks old, and I found they both had bloody scratched faces. I am now...
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    Buff Orpington Rant thread!

    These are Pumpkin and Lavender. Should have named them Harry and Lloyd because they are dumb and dumber. Especially Pumpkin. I’ve had to pull string that she somehow ate out of her crop, she doesn’t go in to sleep in the coop at night, and she is always trying to eat things that are not food...
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    Little Leghorn needs a good home!

    Any luck finding a home for Penny?
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Haha yes… the mud! 🙃 We are, luckily, in unincorporated Pierce County and not the only family in our neighborhood with “livestock…” in fact, someone once walked their small herd of cattle through it! My neighbor and I were like… why does it smell like cow? Oh. Okay. We back up to 10 acres that...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hello, Washington poultry people! I started out with ducks as a “F the HOA the world is crazy and I do what I want,” project in 2020… and, well, things escalated quickly. 😂 We now have six ducks and 10 chickens. We are also actively looking for a small plot of land to buy and then slowly build a...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Thanks for the reply! I’m in unincorporated Pierce Co, east of Tacoma. 🙂 yesterday, someone contacted me and she is going to adopt Frank. She has been wanting a Pekin drake to add to her flock. She sent me photos of her property and flock, so I feel pretty good about it. I know he’s hormonal...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hey, all! I’ve been a member of byc for a while now, but I just found this WA thread! It’s nice to meet other chicken/duck people here! I recently put my 15 month old drake on CL to rehome him because he has now severely injured 3 of my 6 duck gals. I’m just wondering if you all think it’s...
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    New to ducks

    Congratulations! I love Cayugas! I have two hens 🖤🖤
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Here’s an update: I’ve kept bettie and dot separated, but they seemed really sad away from the other girls. So, I put Frank in drake jail. When I’m out there, they are all allowed together and there have been no attacks/fights. When I go inside, Frank goes in his jail. Bettie’s bump seems to be...
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Thank you… yeah, Frank was a sweet boy until he discovered mating 😒 I kniw this is the story with most, if not all, pekin drakes. Plus he’s so gigantic…
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Oh, also… I’d say it took about a week to two weeks to form from the time of the injury
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Thank you so much. I have separated her and her sister (we already have a sectioned out area to keep them from demolishing my lawn any more than they already do, but bettie and dot can be princesses in that area together. I have a large dog kennel for them to sleep in, and food and water set out...
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    So… these are kinda graphic. I’m sorry
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Dot
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Penelope, Wanda, and Luna
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Bettie before and after :(
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Frank and Maggie
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    Bump/growth on duck head, flock rejecting her

    Hello! Sorry for the long post. I will try to use bullet points to make it easier to follow. We have a flock of 7, one drake and six gals. Frank (our drake) is a HUGE Pekin. We have a Pekin hen (Maggie) two Cayugas, a Blue Swedish, and two Golden 300 Hybrids. - Frank and Maggie (Pekins) are...
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