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I recently fell in love with pied muscovies and had some questions about them. Is the pied markings dominant? and it seems that some have white heads with coloring and white in the bodies while other have colored heads like black, blue, chocolate, are the while heads still considered pied...

My friend has some blue laced wyandottes that are stunning. We want to get more of these but not sure what breeding goes into them. If we bred a silver laced male to a blue female then back to....not sure maybe siblings? could we get blue laced? I read a while back that breeding blue laced red...

I want to breed to get a lemon Orpington. I have blue, splash, lavender, and buff. If I bred buff to splash could I eventually get lemon? Does the splash dilution gene affect the buff color? I understand the splash is recessive and won’t show in the first generation. I also know buff is a...

Hi, I need help in understanding color genetics. I am trying to breed some blue laced Wyandotte’s. I have blue laced red hens and want to put them with a silver laced rooster. I think I understand I can get 50% blue laced hen and 50% silver hens but the roos will be buff laced and not breed...

I am so disappointed. I was trying to hatch lavender orpingtons, salmon faverolle, and jap bantams. out of 42 eggs 7 hatched. three were stuck in the egg and one that was healthy died. I think I kept him in the bator too long since he was one of the first to hatch. I didn't want to open the...

I have a neighbor that has polish roosters. she wants to sell them as meat birds. I don't think they would be good for meat since they are a couple years old. But we are curious, would polish be worth the trouble in processing? I wouldn't think there would be much meat on them. Thanks for your...

Ok, I am currently at the end of a hatch. I was just wondering what happens if you open the incubator before all pipped eggs are fully hatched. I keep reading that you shouldn’t open the incubator too soon, i.e. don’t open the incubator in “lock down” or before all pipped eggs hatch. I was...

I set some eggs on Jan 02, so this is day 21. No signs of chicks yet. I know sometimes it can take a few days longer, but gees this is nerve racking. This is my 3rd time trying to hatch eggs. My first time I borrowed my mom’s little giant incubator and bought eggs on eBay. Nothing hatched. So...

Hi, I'm getting some turkey poults in the spring and I've been thinking of how I was going to brood them. I've used heat lamps in the past for chickens and ducks but have never had turkey poults before. My question is would a brinsea brooder work for turkeys? I didn't know if it would be big...

Hi, I just got some silky ducks from Holderread farms in OR. I thought I would share my experiences since there doesn't seem to be too much info on Silkies. First off, I ordered 6 silky, 2 Australian Spotted, and 2 standard silver Appleyards. I put my order in in Sept. of last year and got my...

Just wanted to post that there will be a poultry swap on Sept. 10 5a.m.- in Freeport IL. Stephenson County fairgrounds. I had a heck of a time finding out info. Finally, found the date so thought I'd post it so others could know. http://www.stephensoncofair.com/

I think I need to join Duckoholics anonymous! I ordered 5 ducks from Metzer, my first. (due to arrive the week of Aug. 22) they aren't even here and I'm already thinking of other ducks I want. There's like 7....or is it 8 other breeds I would like. and then you can't have just one of each...

I was just wondering if anyone has come across a duck hatchery that sells Aylesbury ducklings? I would really like to get some but it seems they are really rare in the United States. Thanks,

I've decided I want to get into ducks. The trouble is I can't decide which breed! I think I've narrowed it down to 4 breeds. Blue Swedish, Rouen, Cayuga, Welsh Harlequin. I was thinking of just 4 but then maybe 6. Just 1 drake though. Which breed has the most strikeing drake? Would they be...

I'm fairly new to chickens. I really like the blue or lavender colors. I have a chance to buy hatching eggs of a lavender roo over blue and lavender hens. What are the color possibilities? Could any be black? thanks!

Just got my first order of chicks through the mail! All look good and had a drink. The LF white cochin is darling, and what i asume to be the RIR is very pretty. The other's are BO, BA, partridge rock, Welsummer, speckled sussex. Cna't really tell them apart yet. will have to look at pics...

I put 24 eggs into the bator 6 am june 10. This is day 18. Should I take them out of the turner now? When do the first pips usually appear? I lost power for 2 hours last MOnday. This should delay hatching a bit right? I candled the eggs day 15 and only saw shadows in some. I didn't see any...

I lost power for about 1 1/2 hours! I have 24 eggs in the bator. they have been in for 10 days. I took them to a friend's about about 1/2 hour after losing power. the temp dropped to 87 degrees. Is there a chance the babies might still be ok? This is my first hatch. I really hope I didn't...

Hello, I would really like to buy some Blue Orpington, or Silver Laced Cochin, or Light Brahma, hens/chicks. If, anyone has some for sale about an hours drive from Rockford IL or even in Southern WI. Thanks,

Hello, My name is Stephanie and I'm new to the forum. I just got two silkie chicks a couple of weeks ago and now I have been bitten by the bug! I figure as long as i have to turn part of my garden shed into a chicken house, I might as well get more chickens, right? So, i've placed an order...