Definitely a Black Rat Snake. The strange patterning on the belly, as well as the "milky blue" eyes mean that he's "in shed", so to speak. He's getting ready to shed his skin :) As the snake gets closer and closer to shedding its skin, it becomes more and more drab in coloration and the eyes...
She's a rescue, and my first rabbit. I'm by no means new to raising livestock, but I'm a complete newb when it comes to rabbits :P (posting this on BYC rather than BYH because I don't have enough posts to post images on BYH)
I was thinking Chocolate Agouti? I can't really tell if she's a Rex...
Whoa whoa whoa...haven't been on BYC in a LONG time...'Scovies are prohibited by federal law now?!
So much to catch up on. Very pretty duck, btw. Whatever it is, it is unique and has character.
I remember when I first logged onto BYC, there were about 350 pages in this forum. Now that Spring is here, I see new names and new faces left and right and the familiar ones are becoming few and far between. I have been quite busy as of late and the last time I have truly been active on here...
Not sure what cattails are like, but our two ducks turned a brand new Iris plant I put into our pond into a bunch of little shreds and just left "stumps" about an inch tall in the pot within about 20 minutes. It was about 4 1/2 - 5 feet tall and the stalks (very tough and fiberous) were about an...
We have a Black Swedish, which is the same breed, just a different color. Shes a great duck and a surprisingly good layer. She consistently lays about 6 eggs a week, although the eggs are much smaller then the Golden 300's eggs, they are still bigger than the chickens' eggs. She also makes a...
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They definetly need heat in the first few weeks. Depending on where you are located, they could be moved outside as early as 3 weeks old (SoCal in the Summer) or as late as 12 weeks when they are fully feathered.
My advice would be to either move them to a bigger brooder, where they can have a large thermal gradient and self-regulate their teperature or get a weaker heat bulb. 250w seems excessive for 6 day olds not to mention definetly not cost effective. Ours were raised under a 75w bulb from day 1...
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Lots of well educated people on here with tons of experience. If you think of any specific questions you could try doing a search on the topic in the upper right hand corner or just post a new topic about it.
Agreed. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of pages of...