INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[ellymayRans]

Hi, everyone! Hope everyone made the transition well! Here's a nosy Rowena to check in and make sure y'all found your way home!

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Still learning the new BYC.
Meant to reply here with how much she's grown!!
So cute!

 

[ellymayRans]

I should also mention that I am still looking for a Mille Fleur bantam Cochin cockerel or two, and rose comb red dorking cockerels, if I can find ones young enough to integrate in with my other chicks I am raising. I have chicks of all ages at the moment.

It's possible I could take an adult rooster IF I sell my Black Langshan rooster. He is big, and I think he would hurt a mature rooster, but he seems to accept the teenager chicks when I integrate new groups.

I know that @wheezy50 and I have Mille Fleur Bantam Cochin available. His are older and he's posted them here. I'm setting him up with a boy from a different bloodline since his he got from me would be related.

He'll need to speak for himself though as I'm only assuming he still has them.

 

[Finnie]

I know that @wheezy50 and I have Mille Fleur Bantam Cochin available. His are older and he's posted them here. I'm setting him up with a boy from a different bloodline since his he got from me would be related.

He'll need to speak for himself though as I'm only assuming he still has them.

Thank you! He has sent me a PM.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Wow hanging in here! Lots of changes Life is pretty busy but I see things settling down soon.. I actually fired up one of the incubators Tuesday! My Porters poults should arrive today also.

 

[Finnie]

Wow hanging in here! Lots of changes Life is pretty busy but I see things settling down soon.. I actually fired up one of the incubators Tuesday! My Porters poults should arrive today also.

Ooh, turkey babies! Post pictures when you can! What variety did you order?

 

[Nyla]

I plan on taking one of my female Muscovy girls over to a friends house so their Blue Male Muscovy can breed with her. I have a male of my own, but he is Chocolate and I really want Blue Muscovies!

My questions are:
1.) How long should I separate her from my male before taking her to mate with another male for the Blue males genes?

2.) If my chocolate male mates my female and I take her to mate with different male. Would the new male's genes be the one to fertilize the eggs? Or will my chocolate be the daddy?

My female I have chosen to breed with Mr.Blue is on a clutch of eggs right now. But in July I plan on taking her to breed with Mr.Blue.

This is the female I'm going to breed with Mr. Blue

 

[Nyla]

What Gene's would these be considered?
Zoe-->


Leon-->


Sophie-->





Liz -->


Maggie --> (The one to the left)



Cleo --> (She has some barring)



Jennie --> (French White)

 

[Faraday40]

I plan on taking one of my female Muscovy girls over to a friends house so their Blue Male Muscovy can breed with her. I have a male of my own, but he is Chocolate and I really want Blue Muscovies!

My questions are:
1.) How long should I separate her from my male before taking her to mate with another male for the Blue males genes?

2.) If my chocolate male mates my female and I take her to mate with different male. Would the new male's genes be the one to fertilize the eggs? Or will my chocolate be the daddy?

My female I have chosen to breed with Mr.Blue is on a clutch of eggs right now. But in July I plan on taking her to breed with Mr.Blue.

This is the female I'm going to breed with Mr. Blue

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I don't have ducks, but for chickens it takes about 2 weeks for the old sperm to "die out." I once had fertile eggs a full 3 weeks AFTER we got rid of the only rooster. Right now we have 3 roos. I'm finding that when I collect & hatch eggs from a single hen, I'm getting different daddy's for her eggs collected in the same week. (It's like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates. We never know what color orpington is going to hatch out.)

If you want to make sure you get mostly Mr Blue's offspring, I recommend separating her for about 2 weeks prior to mating. Then collect & set every egg you can from her.

 

[jonesfamily6]

The wheatan maran still hasn't shown up. Kinda sad! I was so excited to see their eggs once they started laying. I was able to get two. The one had toes missing and seemed fine but only lived two weeks. Then this one was absolutely beautiful! And friendly. It would be awesome if it reappeared but I doubt it will. Still no trace of feathers. I don't even have any current pictures. Big bummer!

 

[Finnie]

I plan on taking one of my female Muscovy girls over to a friends house so their Blue Male Muscovy can breed with her. I have a male of my own, but he is Chocolate and I really want Blue Muscovies!

My questions are:
1.) How long should I separate her from my male before taking her to mate with another male for the Blue males genes?

2.) If my chocolate male mates my female and I take her to mate with different male. Would the new male's genes be the one to fertilize the eggs? Or will my chocolate be the daddy?

My female I have chosen to breed with Mr.Blue is on a clutch of eggs right now. But in July I plan on taking her to breed with Mr.Blue.

This is the female I'm going to breed with Mr. Blue

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I'm like Faraday, I only know chickens and turkeys, not ducks. But if she is sitting on eggs, I would venture that she is not mating with the male anymore. With turkeys, I have read that once they lay their fertile clutch and go broody and sit, any leftover sperm gets destroyed. (Not sure how true that is.) So if she's been on eggs a while, and you have a way to isolate her, then I'd say that you could probably go ahead and mate her to the blue male right away, when she is done being broody. Is she going to be hatching these eggs and raising babies? Maybe you can get her over to your friend's before she starts mating again.