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[TherryChicken]

I'm going to pm u

 

[casportpony]

I'm going to pm u

Replied!

-Kathy

 

[DaisyMeadow]

Do you have an incubator? If so, I could send you some eggs and maybe you could hatch your own chocolate drake?

-Kathy

Can you guarantee that they would be drakes?

We've been trying for chocolate here, too, but only have a few chocolate and white hens and no chocolate drakes, so we get very few of the chocolate coloring from our flock of mostly black and white pieds.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: For years all I ever produced were black and whites and chocolate and white *hens*, but last year I started to get chocolate drakes and I'm up to 8 or nine now, I think. I know you're joking, but if I stuck my chocolate drakes with my chocolate hens then one could expect 50% chocolate drakes, right?

-Kathy

 

[Buck Oakes]

I my god what is this thing!! The trap didn't go off again and all the food is gone

When I finally catch it I'm gonna be praising the Lord

 

[casportpony]

Here is an egg I found pipped yesterday. It hadn't made any progress in 24 hours, so I helped.

Note foot over head. Many cannot zip like this.




From here it just popped out.




A little redder than I like, so I applied some chlorhexidine.


Inside of shell


-Kathy

 

[DaisyMeadow]

For years all I ever produced were black and whites and chocolate and white *hens*, but last year I started to get chocolate drakes and I'm up to 8 or nine now, I think. I know you're joking, but if I stuck my chocolate drakes with my chocolate hens then one could expect 50% chocolate drakes, right?

-Kathy

Yep was joking about the guarantee, but super stoked that you are hatching chocolates. I'm tempted to order some eggs from you as I have a couple of incubators and about 10 broody birds right now. I think I'd have a good chance at getting at least one boy!

 

[TherryChicken]

Ya poor thing needed help. You know practically all the ducklings here are like that in the egg. Position wise.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Kathy do you take trade in?? all my drakes are black pied and would love a chococlate drake but can't keep any more drakes here at the moment so would have to be a trade...Of course I am just kidding,

I did lose my only chocolate duck to an egg breaking inside about a month an a half ago,, so very sad.

and so happy to see your lil one made it out with your help. what do you think causes this to happen since you seem to have alot with their foot over their heads.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: If I can figure out how to ship eggs I'd be more than happy to send you some.

-Kathy