California - Northern

[liz9910]

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I would like some Muscovies in the future too

 

[8machines]

So sorry that your girl is missing.  I lost the very first chicken we had right before Thanksgiving.  She was a barred rock, too.  They have such personality!  Last year at the Stockton show, there was a breeder who was selling barred rock chicks.  If they are there again this year, I am thinking about picking up a few replacements.

Yes, sometimes I called her Lucy Leader because she was always leading the chickens around. My husband found her and it is so very hard. I am sorry for your loss too. I wasnt going to get any more but I am not sure. It is just hard.

 

[chiqita]

Ok. I will keep a list theoretically They are great mothers and will lay 2-4 clutches a year. So that's not a TON of eggs.
But so far my girls ignore eggs. Nipper has tried to move into the Silkie coop however so there is hope!

It would be better if she wasn't sitting on silkies..

 

[juststruttin]

Hi guys!! Hope everyone is well! I think its been like 6 months since I've been here. So busy! We have a fox and a bobcat that have wiped out half my chicken flock the past several months. Took my Black Betty and all but 2 of my Buff Orps. Took out our banty roo, Foghorn who died protecting his ladies. ALL my silkies gone. 1 sizzle left. A few others killed along the way. My only Cream Legbar pullet who had hit the POL- fox took her last week. Very heartbreaking. We bought a huge $200 live trap and baiting it with live bantam roosters currently. So far we keep catching our own chickens haha!

I hatched 2 sizzle x cream legbars NYD. I only have CL roos and they cover my remaining girls. Last night I hatched a small batch of EEs I made. A Naked Neck, Leghorn and a dark dark brown egg laying EE- with cute results. Puffy Leghorn looking chicks (hoping for super blue egg layers), NN egger (so cute with her naked neck) and some more Dumpling chicks. I have a hen we call Dumpling. She is an EE but lays these gorgeous warm dark brown eggs with espresso color speckles. I hoard her eggs and hatch them when I have about 6 built up. I have one pullet from her already and she look a lot like a CL pullet with less colors. I'm hoping for olive eggs from her.

I sincerely hope no one else is having the predator issues we are having!

Amy, so sorry to hear about your predator problems. I was thinking about you the other day and wondered where you had gone off too. I miss all your wonderful photos. Glad you back and hope you can get your predator problems sorted out.

 

[juststruttin]

oh Im sorry! I will wish her coming back. Did you double check anywher they could be hiding eggs?

SUnday is over before 12. If you go sunday go EARLY.
I hope you feel better! It sucks being sick.

@zooweemama I have muscovy ducks now! They are quite friendly. One of the drakes thinks he is a lap chicken. At over 20 lbs and with claws I dont think so!

OMG that is Dicky. We always had at least 1 white Muscovy at a time whicle growing up, and for some reason we always called them Dicky. Every time I see a white Mascovey now, I think of Dicky (1,2,3,4,5 and then some)

 

[chiqita]

OMG  that is Dicky.    We always had at least 1 white Muscovy at a time whicle growing up, and for some reason we always called them Dicky.  Every time I see a white Mascovey now,  I think of Dicky (1,2,3,4,5  and then some)

We named them after Chinese dishes in an effort to be able to eat them and not be aattached.this failed! No no2 and no 3 ( now Josephine the little strumpet (

Can I steal your name of no 2 head drake?

 

[WendyJeepchick]

Judy, I'm so sorry for your loss. She was blessed to have you as her keeper while she was here.

 

[chiqita]

Found my sweet girl. Probably a hawk. So, so sad. If I didnt care so much it wouldn't hurt so bad. I am going to try and distance myself. This is too stressful.

I missed that I'm so sorry! / love to you for opening your heart to a friend even if it then hurts to loose her.

 

[PetRock]

I posted for you! You must have missed it. I have some eggs now I think we should make Ron incubate them! I have 10 golf balls out where 3 is laying trying to convince her to sit. Im not sure if Nipperdarling is laying yet or not.

I am not going to try and incubate scovy eggs until the big incubator starts again, and it needs the door re sealed. It was supposed to be this week but our dryer broke and mario is DETERMINED to fix it. He has been at it with tools every night this week digilently fixing the wrong thing while I send him adds for new dryers by day...

Sorry that I missed your post! I've been scanning posts since before Christmas and must have missed it! Are ducks hard to incubate? I'm interested in either eggs or ducklings if someone else wants to hatch them.

 

[ronott1]

Sorry that I missed your post! I've been scanning posts since before Christmas and must have missed it! Are ducks hard to incubate? I'm interested in either eggs or ducklings if someone else wants to hatch them.

I have hatched ducks!

They were not shipped and did very well.