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[lovinchickypoos]

Sumatra503, you are a wealth of information!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks SO MUCH, for your post! I've opened my mind to the possibility of trying other birds...if I can get DH on board...and this helps a lot!

 

[Noncentzter]

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Hey, how are those Orp. crosses you got from me at the Spring Swap? I hope more turned out to be girls than you thought. Would love to see a pic. if you have any!

I put them in with the chicks that hatched from the April Swap that I joined, which were Blue Barred and Barred and I don't know who is who! I do know that I have a lot of red combs in that age group! I've got one girl that I really like, but don't know from whence she came! I'll try to get photos tonight...

 

[PNWGirl]

Ducks: Lay delicious eggs and are good for bugs in the garden. They are friendly and have such funny antics. However, they are way messier than chickens unless you go with a bantam breed. They don't need a pond for swimming, just a cat pan works pretty well and they eat pretty well the same food as chickens do........................

.............Well, there's a bit about what I've raised. Feel free to ask a few questions.

Wow, that was a very informative post!!

I did not have any idea, on some of those birds, and now know what I WILL NOT be getting in the future!!

Sheila

 

[Tammy N]

Wow, that was a very informative post!!

I did not have any idea, on some of those birds, and now know what I WILL NOT be getting in the future!!

Sheila

Bantom breed of Ducks ? UM OK new to me
Duck eggs best to bake with
Turkey eggs Best egg nog
Chicken eggs Best with breakfast
Quail eggs Hard to Crack LOL . learning about quail

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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[Cloverleaf Farm]

Kinda off topic, but not to far off. Any one have any recomendations on ducks? For all the help my daughter gave me during our county fair I would like to get her one. Problem is hubby is a light sleeper and we currently have 4 roos. Looking for something that doesn't start at 4:30. She was looking at Butterscotch calls but of they are noisy I don't think they would work.

Calls are SUPER noisy. I had a trio for a while, and they drove me INSANE. I now have blue Swedish, and LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: Adding my discovery from today, regarding my ducks....sigh...

I bought "sexed" ducklings from the Oregon City Wilco..."2 females, 1 male"....yeah, too bad they didn't write down somewhere which color legbands belonged to which sex, so the employees knew which ones to grab. I've been in serious denial, since they got their "grown up" voices, I have one quacker, and 2 whisperers...hmm....well, I noticed today that my "girls" have developed drake feathers.

I called the OC Wilco, and spoke with a manager about my problem...now trying to find 1-2 sexed FEMALE ducklings, which I will now have to integrate into the group, because we are attached to our BOYS, and the one girl will get WAY overbred with the 2 boys. She has offered to try to track down some ducklings for me. She said that they have a regular customer that raises only waterfowl, and she is sure he has some, just has to get a hold of him. I'm just happy that she's trying to make it right. Yay for Amy at OC Wilco!!

 

[1chicken fan]

Lol my husband is the worse! To get him to help me build a coop or run is like pulling teeth.

If anyone is interested they are free runners black, blue and a couple tan.

My husband is a builder by trade, you would think I have a gorgeous chicken coop instead it is scrap pieces he had lying around and some tin. I have siding and window and doors by the truck load here. I guess after building all day he just hates to come home and do it! One day I am going to hire someone, lol.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: I know exactly what you mean. My DH is a welder by trade...can I get him to weld me anything? No.

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

My husband is a builder by trade, you would think I have a gorgeous chicken coop instead it is scrap pieces he had lying around and some tin. I have siding and window and doors by the truck load here. I guess after building all day he just hates to come home and do it! One day I am going to hire someone, lol.

Just like the saying goes...The plumber's wife's sink always leaks!