Chicken (Poultry) Addiction Anonymous *Chat Thread*

[Muggsmagee]

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Yes...Blue Swedish! I have one just like her! Cuteness! I'm so glad you took the plunge into ducks, too.

 

[featherz]

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You are so lucky to have a broody goose! The ducklings I have are a MESS! Everyone told me, but I just couldn't understand it until now!

Yup, they are filthy babies. Disgusting. Horrid!

I'm now just thinking great, these ducks are going to think they are geese when they grow up. Oh well, our geese and ducks get along fine, so shouldn't be that bad. Maybe.

But yup, get some guineas. I swear, never seen another bird be so tidy about things. They are just a bit on the noisy side. And a little weird. I'm not sure they are stupid so much as just weird.

Yah, mine were less messy than chickens - the droppings were little things compared to chickens and not as sloppy. They aren't stupid - they understand that a blade of grass moving the wrong way means ALERT ALERT ALERT DANGER.. Hee hee. but they are cute as keets!!

 

[daisychick]

I think I will have to wait to be sure on my black ducklings. I am pretty sure they are Cayuga but they could be black runners. I have heard hatchery runners are not quite as upright as breeder quality. I have been watching them walk all morning and there is one that could be a black runner. Either way I am excited to have black ducks and blue ducks!!!! And we shall see what the yellow ones turn out to be.

Hey Muggs: I read that on the Blue Swedish you can tell by bill color the sex of them. Do you know?

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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OMGoodness. they're so adorable!!

Love the 1st one!

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Pretty soon, they'll know your phone number by heart!

BTW...nothing beats that cheeping box of happiness this time of year!

 

[Muggsmagee]

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You are so lucky to have a broody goose! The ducklings I have are a MESS! Everyone told me, but I just couldn't understand it until now!

We warned you!!! I still think you should get guineas. I'm going to hatch lavender ones for you. They are much cleaner.. umm.. but noisy.

I am excited! They would be sooo much fun to have around.

I don't have a place for them to free range...so they'd need to be penned up for their safety. My neighbor would have a conniption fit if they roosted in her trees!

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Muggs, your inbox is full again

Anyway, I am printing out a copy of that "INCUBATOR" to show DW what I want for our fortieth Wedding Anniversary coming up in June.

Anyway, I tried to email you about how well it went over with DW when I fired up the Hova-Bator in the office. She even told me to put a couple more in to make it an even 3 dozen. Ten of the eggs belong to the DIL and hers are all JBGs while mine are a mix all from a cross with a Araucana rooster and some EEs as well as a few others thrown in to make a even 2 dozen + 2 that DW said to add. So an even 3 dozen all together.

Don't ya just love chicken math?

Sorry about the inbox...it fills up fast. I try to save PM's to reference.

Give the DW and extra hug for allowing the extras! I see some enabling going on!!!

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Yes, the brilliant guineas.

The JUMBO guineas are TERRIFIED of the bantam Cochins. Literally. They run screaming in fear if they see one. I suppose a fuzzy bouncing marshmellow may be threatening in some worlds. Wait till they see the new Silkies, hehehehehehe

These however are the same geniuses who go sit in the middle of the street going b-Deep b-Deep b-Deep. Car comes down the road, b-Deep b-Deep b-Deep. Nope, will not move for the car. You know, big, moving thing that will make a guinea pancake if they don't clear under it. That's a trick of both the standards and the jumbos.

However, if a person gets out of said car - EEEEPPPPPPP, scary evil bad!!!! Scream the terrified scream and run back to the yard where you are SUPPOSED to stay. Now, said guineas, the worst of the street sitters are the two who like to cuddle up to and purr for people.

The neighbor on the other side also has guineas, however his do not get to free range as they are rather prone to seeing what happens if they sit in the street. Only the street they like to go see about sitting in is the highway that has large semis going 65 mph down it, not the hilly scary gravel road that people inch down at 20 mph.

They demolish the bug population, which makes them worth the potential lack of brains and the racket. Plus, as weird as they may be, they are sure smarter than the EEs we started with. Those birds were dumber than rocks and that's an insult to the rock.

Plus, yeah, the adorable factor. They are adorable as keets. I even think they are cute as adults. Cute enough I could just scoop 'em up and kiss them. But then they'd run off screaming the danger alert.

 

[daisychick]

Oh why are we all talking about guineas.....you know you can't talk about other forms of poultry around me.

I think the lavender ones are really pretty! Of course I have a lavender addiction. Can you see the wheels turning in my brain thinking hmmmmmm we could have some of those too.

So do you all keep the guineas in with the chickens????

 

[Muggsmagee]

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At the Syracuse Zoo they have guineas and chickens together. Our friend's farm they have them in side by side breeding pens in their barn. I think that's what we'll do too.