Does ANYONE Have Any Questions About Ducks? Anything can be Asked and Everything Will be Answered.

[chickens really]

White layer:
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Pekin:
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White Layers are not a pure breed but a cross .

 

[Table4Six]

White Layers are not a pure breed but a cross .

Definitely, Golden 300 layers were bred first, but soon after people wanted a white layer for a cleaner carcass after production stops, but this didn’t matter to me when I ordered my layers since I’m a vegetarian and only got them as pets.

 

[chickens really]

Definitely, Golden 300 layers were bred first, but soon after people wanted a white layer for a cleaner carcass after production stops, but this didn’t matter to me when I ordered my layers since I’m a vegetarian and only got them as pets.

Out here old timers call the white crosses either Canadian meat Ducks or White meat Ducks.

 

[KateySue]

Do their bills change color as they grow, or do they stay the same? I'll have to get some good pictures outside when it's not so darn cold out.

 

[chickens really]

Do their bills change color as they grow, or do they stay the same? I'll have to get some good pictures outside when it's not so darn cold out.

Stay the same except can get more dark spots.

 

[Table4Six]

Do their bills change color as they grow, or do they stay the same? I'll have to get some good pictures outside when it's not so darn cold out.

My white layer has always had a pale yellow bill, but as she aged, more gray markings appeared.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Do their bills change color as they grow, or do they stay the same? I'll have to get some good pictures outside when it's not so darn cold out.

My runners bill started getting dark/almost green spots on her bill, now it's completely dark/green.

 

[chickens really]

My runners bill started getting dark/almost green spots on her bill, now it's completely dark/green.

Sounds like a Drake...

 

[Harley Chick]

How much space would you need for 2 white layers? I currently have 5 chickens in a covered run/coop that's 6x14 plus a chain link dog run for added run space. AND can I see everyone's water feature they have for their ducks. I'd like to build an elevated kiddie pool or even a small pond (like the prefabbed ones from Lowes) but how on earth do you maintain the water? Cleaning and changing it?

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Sounds like a Drake...

That's funny, because my "drake" lays eggs.