HOW do you pluck a duck quickly?? It took us forever....Those waterers sound like an awesome idea. I am in LOVE with your brahma pullets! Gorgeous girls!!!!
We had massive issues with Lucie as a pup. The biggest problem is that I bought a pup that was 3/4 pyr and 1/4 rough collie. Can you see where the issue might be in that mix? Sigh. She very much had a the "stalk" look down as a puppy and she was great with bigger animals, like goose sized and up but the chickens, especially my bantams, were another story. She also learned that when I was around she should ignore the birds but as soon as I was out of sight she would start stalking them again. We also had major issues with her and birds that flew over the fence and got left out at night by accident. Our pens at the old house were terribly insecure.
But, it is important to remember that a Great Pyr is not fully mature until at least a year and half to two years of age. And puppies are bound to get in trouble, especially if they are high energy and have a lot of drive. We picked the most forward pup out of the litter and she would have probably been better suited to a group of goats on a lot of acreage. But alas she is stuck with us and our chickens and it took months of hiding with a remote collar and zapping her to teach her that the birds were not for chasing, chewing on, carrying around etc! Now she just steals and occasional egg, which I can live with!
Oh good heavens. I don't even know where to begin! Have you posted pics on the mille thread too? How old are the two in the second picture? The problem I have had is that they change so much over time but that little frizzle pullet looks like she is going to be more of a calico if I had to guess. The problem I have had with the birds that are split to mottled is that they are now molting in whiter and whiter. So my pullets who had great pattern in year one are now getting really, really white. I have a harder time telling on the frizzled if the color pattern is correct too, I think I get distracted by all those crazy feathers and think "cute!" and forget to look at the rest of the bird!
I am a bit disappointed with my current gang out there other than the one hen that I have that is buff columbian based and she doesn't have a lot of pattern but her type is pretty nice. This is probably little help to you but it is 10 and the baby was up a bunch last night!
Lucky duck! Wish I could get rid of roos!
AHHHHHH!!!! WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE!!!!
The over mottled and the white in the first pic are a little bunny tailed but adorable!!! Can you get pics of the roo? You really need a nice typey roo and preferably in black or blue and you could breed for black, blue, mottled in those colors. A white roo I believe is just going to get you more white. What do you have for roos in the younger group? I really like the blue mottled hen, she looks really nice from what I can see.