Nevadans?

[NevadaRon]

Oh man!!! I just found out my favorite smileys don't work with the new format!

I think they will. When you click to add an image, there is a tab at the top to the right of "Browse Computer" that reads "Image URL". You should be able to use that! Lemme try it:

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Aubreynoramarie:

What's interesting is that the Polish hatching eggs are the hardest to find on ebay.... Harder to find than hen's teeth! I'd love to hatch some out if somebody would want 'em...but, then again, have to find them eggies.


Sigh... I'm such a hatchaholic.....

Aubrey, this is why I decided to breed Polish. I looked for a year to find a breeder. I didn't want to buy from a hatchery since I wanted breeding stock.

My girls just started laying in the last couple of weeks, I'm still waiting on the fourth but the others are laying almost everyday but I'm cracking them (eating them) all to check fertility. I can't believe how big their yokes are! Right now their eggs are still smallish but you can't tell the difference between the big girls eggs when they're in the pan.

I'll be offering some eggs for hatching when they mature in their egg size and fertility. Just depends on when someone goes broody. I sold my incubator so I have to rely on someone going broody which I don't think will be a problem. I have an EE who's been trying for the last two months but I broke up the nest because it's not good weather for it.

I offered to mail some eggs to Sunny but she says no success in shipping eggs to Reno. I'd like to get a test ship before I offer them on auction so I have some experience with it.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Yea!!!!! Put me down for 3 pullets.

Whatever do you mean? This all seems perfectly normal to me.

I think it's because you tried to use the html (you have to change it in your preference if you want to use html). You have to just upload it as an image...

 

[sherylreno]

Yeah Sunny, I think we are all able to do it so we know you can too. Use the website link to do it.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

I love the new avatar too Sunny but this one isn't making me hungry for some unknown reason?

I put the ducks in the coop last night and locked them in there. I've heard with ducks you don't need to do this but I just wanted to be on the safe side. It was sooooo cold this morning. It was 8 degrees at my house and the coop was 19 degrees. I knew the lady ducks would be just fine coming down the ramp since they go into the coop everyday to check it out but Justin I was more worried about since he never has used the ramp before. He did great until near the end when we went off of the side of it but he didn't get hurt. I thought for sure the ducks would b-line out of there when we opened up the coop but instead it was Wynnie one of my Wyandottes who jumped down from the roost first and then the ducks came down.

They were so cute.

Sheryl, what's your experience with ducks been like? My daughter really wants a couple, and we do have a pond. I keep giving her reasons not to, but they would totally make her day if I can't find a big enough reason. How are they with the chickens? Noise level? Neighbor-friendliness?

 

[SunnyDawn]

OK you all! Quit rubbing it in that I am the only one that can't seem to get them to work.


Yep it works!

 

[sherylreno]

Sheryl, what's your experience with ducks been like? My daughter really wants a couple, and we do have a pond. I keep giving her reasons not to, but they would totally make her day if I can't find a big enough reason. How are they with the chickens? Noise level? Neighbor-friendliness?

I'm loving the ducks so much. They are so different than chickens can ever be. The drakes are very quiet, the females are the noisy ones. I have Welsh Harlequin's and they are on the critical list and I would hate to have this breed disappear. That's why I'm going to Stockton so I can increase our flock to 5 without having to worry about inner breeding too much. I'll be breeding them next year so if you want to tell your daughter to wait until then then you can decide for sure what you would like.

The ducks and chickens get along fantastically. The ducks didn't have any issues at all and neither did the chickens. I've heard you can introduce new ducks into the flock and they automatically accept them. Ducks do not get parasites or diseases at all so the ducks won't give the chickens anything and the chickens won't get the ducks anything. The ducks even preen the chickens.

There are different breeds out there. The noisiest ones are the call duck and they can fly too. I've read the Welsh Harlequin's are the calmest of all ducks and these guys are very calm. The female's are louder but not as loud as chickens except every so often they will chatter really loud but usually it's when I come with treats and they are running for them.

My next door neighbor loves them too, he's always looking over the fence at the whole flock. The mean Neighbor behind me hasn't been out since the weather turned cold so I have no idea how she's feeling about them.

OK you all! Quit rubbing it in that I am the only one that can't seem to get them to work.


Yep it works!

Oh was I rubbing it in? Sorry Sunny!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Oh yeah! The BCMs are my babies!!! They are my main project as I am just nuts about the eggs! (so hard to get used to saying BCMs instead of FBCMs)

Yay! We already have a name picked out for whenever we can add a Marans to our flock.

 

[SunnyDawn]

I'm loving the ducks so much. They are so different than chickens can ever be. The drakes are very quiet, the females are the noisy ones. I have Welsh Harlequin's and they are on the critical list and I would hate to have this breed disappear. That's why I'm going to Stockton so I can increase our flock to 5 without having to worry about inner breeding too much. I'll be breeding them next year so if you want to tell your daughter to wait until then then you can decide for sure what you would like.

The ducks and chickens get along fantastically. The ducks didn't have any issues at all and neither did the chickens. I've heard you can introduce new ducks into the flock and they automatically accept them. Ducks do not get parasites or diseases at all so the ducks won't give the chickens anything and the chickens won't get the ducks anything. The ducks even preen the chickens.

There are different breeds out there. The noisiest ones are the call duck and they can fly too. I've read the Welsh Harlequin's are the calmest of all ducks and these guys are very calm. The female's are louder but not as loud as chickens except every so often they will chatter really loud but usually it's when I come with treats and they are running for them.

My next door neighbor loves them too, he's always looking over the fence at the whole flock. The mean Neighbor behind me hasn't been out since the weather turned cold so I have no idea how she's feeling about them.



Oh was I rubbing it in? Sorry Sunny!

Boy you are feeling ornery today!
Must be a flaw in my character but I like
it when you're ornery!

 

[SunnyDawn]

Yay! We already have a name picked out for whenever we can add a Marans to our flock.

OK you pick out great names so I gotta know....?