New Poultry Parent ready to pull her hair out already...chicks and ducks galore

[littlesliceofjoy]

Good afternoon everyone!! just introducing myself from my "new" country home in western PA.

I recently fell into the TSC blackhole of Chick Days and am no longer allowed to go unsupervised lol. In the span of 10 days I have brought home 35 chicks (10 Dominique, 5 Bantams, 5 Delaware, 10 New Hampshire Red, 5 Rhode Island Red) and 20 messy ducklings (4 breeds I haven't completely determined yet) P.S. I'm not allowed to go the animal shelter alone either, lol...last time I went, I came home with our Mastiff
I would love if someone could help me to figure out what my ducks are if possible....

I think I have 4 Khaki Campbells and 2 Pekins here??

Really not sure here....Mallards??

The black on their heads is what confuses me???

*****Please don't look at the bath water....I said they are messy...pooping as soon as their butts hit the water arg!!

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

Is this your first experience with chickens and ducks? Do you have their coops all set up? You definitely jumped in head first

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading. Good luck on your adventures!​

 

[N F C]

I don't know what breed of ducks you have (other than cute ones ) but here's a link to the Duck forum...someone there may be able to help you out.
Ducks

Have fun with all your new poultry!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
You are sooooo banned from TSC during chick days, missy!!! Control yourself!

 

[littlesliceofjoy]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

Is this your first experience with chickens and ducks? Do you have their coops all set up? You definitely jumped in head first

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading. Good luck on your adventures!​

Thank you Meg in MT

This is our first time to raise birds. I have been banned by the hubby from looking t Pinterest ever again lol. We are converting two aluminum sheds into coops...my parents thankfully left them behind when we bought their place last summer. And I have been a long time BYC stalker, trying to devour everything about raising feather babies.
Some of the birds will be culled at some point according to the man in the house...but we shall see

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Miss Piggy Sue says, “Welcome to our eggcelent flock here at BYC!”

 

[equine chick]

Hey neighbor! You don’t live far, I think the duck with the striped head is a Rouen. The yellow one with the black mark It almost looks like a appleyard or welsh harlequin but I doubt it because those are rare ducks. . They are like potato chips aren’t they, very addicting. Welcome !

 

[littlesliceofjoy]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
You are sooooo banned from TSC during chick days, missy!!! Control yourself!

lol...I had to make a feed run this past weekend and I wasn't allowed to go alone....the mr knew I would have wiped out the clearance chicks

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Thank you Meg in MT

This is our first time to raise birds. I have been banned by the hubby from looking t Pinterest ever again lol. We are converting two aluminum sheds into coops...my parents thankfully left them behind when we bought their place last summer. And I have been a long time BYC stalker, trying to devour everything about raising feather babies.
Some of the birds will be culled at some point according to the man in the house...but we shall see

Ha, Pinterest. One of my favorite time wasters! So many great ideas in one place.

If you're interested in documenting your coop build/conversions there is a contest going on (I THINK conversions count...). Here is a link for you:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/official-byc-coop-page-contest-10.1293484/

 

[DobieLover]

lol...I had to make a feed run this past weekend and I wasn't allowed to go alone....the mr knew I would have wiped out the clearance chicks

I don't blame him! You clearly cannot be trusted around that much cuteness!