Call Ducks or Bantams...Crazy Animals Around the Farm

[CayugaJana]

@ViolinPlayer123 can you tell me the difference between anconas and magpies?

 

[chickens really]

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Old mama Orpington in front, she has arthritis in her back and legs, so in winter she stands more upright. She's 10 years old.

My Orpington lady had one that was 13 until she lost all her Birds to mereks..

 

[chickens really]

Casanova is Ancona...Pandora the Blue in my Avatar is a Magpie...
@CayugaJana

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My Orpington lady had one that was 13 until she lost all her Birds to mereks..

I occasionally see a Mareks bird but it's never been a big problem. I've always wondered what the difference is with my flock as to why it's just a thing and not something devastating. I do keep turkeys and have read they can give chickens a resistance to Mareks by carrying a less viral strain that allows chickens to build an immunity to Mareks without killing them.

13 is a very long lived hen. I always expect this year to be my hens last but she keeps surprising me.

 

[CayugaJana]

Casanova is Ancona...Pandora the Blue in my Avatar is a Magpie...
@CayugaJana

I can’t tell a difference . Speckles..... lots of speckles

 

[chickens really]

I occasionally see a Mareks bird but it's never been a big problem. I've always wondered what the difference is with my flock as to why it's just a thing and not something devastating. I do keep turkeys and have read they can give chickens a resistance to Mareks by carrying a less viral strain that allows chickens to build an immunity to Mareks without killing them.

13 is a very long lived hen. I always expect this year to be my hens last but she keeps surprising me.

Every year I wonder what's going to happen?...You just never know eh?...I expect losses but always hope for the best...

 

[Bills vs Beaks]

I can’t tell a difference . Speckles..... lots of speckles

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/magpie-or-ancona-ducks.304778/

 

[chickens really]

I can’t tell a difference . Speckles..... lots of speckles

No, the more white with markings are Ancona...See that Blue with a combination of Blue and White?..Magpie..

 

[chickens really]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/magpie-or-ancona-ducks.304778/

Your talking breeds now and not just colour variations...

 

[Bills vs Beaks]

Your talking breeds now and not just colour variations...

its very exasperating its like trying to tell which car is a 2005 model and 2006