Oregon

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Hi all! Anyone near Sandy or know someone with some fertile hatching eggs?? I can't find anything on CL lately.. I just got my incubater and am getting it all figured out. Thanks =)

Are you looking for purebred or mutts? I currently have a broody setting on 3 of our eggs to hatch out. If you look at my Sig line you can see what birds I have. The EE's and Sex-link are pullets and not laying yet. How many eggs are you looking for? Are you looking just to "play" with your incubator? My Orp pairs would be purebred, just not a recognized color. You can PM me if you want. I am on here from afternoon to evening(work graveyard).

 

[chicknlove]

Are you looking for purebred or mutts? I currently have a broody setting on 3 of our eggs to hatch out. If you look at my Sig line you can see what birds I have. The EE's and Sex-link are pullets and not laying yet. How many eggs are you looking for? Are you looking just to "play" with your incubator? My Orp pairs would be purebred, just not a recognized color. You can PM me if you want. I am on here from afternoon to evening(work graveyard).

oh yeah i'm just playing around with my first hatch, nothing serious. Thought I'd try a dozen. I also don't want to keep them so I was going to give them away... I've never done this before and I don't know who would want them. I was going to do the NYD hatch but since I got my bator I'm finding it hard to wait till Dec 10th! haha.

 

[chicknlove]

We are South and West of Portland, but are still getting eggs, and judging by our recent success hatching some out, we know they are fertile. But they'd be mutts ... 5 different roosters for 50 hens, various breeds. You can probably find better choices a bit closer to you.

We also have fertile duck eggs ... only one pair of ducks, so they'd be true to breed if they hatched. We just hatched some duck eggs yesterday.

Ooo what kind of ducks do you have?? I would be very interested in the spring... if I'm any good at hatching that is

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Ooo what kind of ducks do you have?? I would be very interested in the spring... if I'm any good at hatching that is

We have a lovely mating pair of production Ruane ducks. It is a French breed that looks like a larger Mallard. Since she started laying, she gives us one egg per day. They are very regular ... a pale mint green. They aren't super huge ... I think they always weigh the same: 2.77 oz if I remember correctly. She may go broody in the spring. But we will likely have another female reaching laying age next spring, too ... It would be offspring of the first pair, and I'm not sure of the etiquette of hatching eggs fertilized by her father.

 

[M-I Chicken]

Greetings from Monmouth, Oregon.
I would like to invite all in the Mid Valley to the Old Mill Feed & Garden (Dallas, Oregon) Holiday Pet Fair on Sat. Nov. 17 from 10am to 3pm. MI Chicken Revolution will have a booth at the fair. Dear hens Spot and Ophelia will join us at the booth! We hope to answer questions for
anyone considering expanding their gardens to include these special pets or swap stories with those that already have hens. In addition to the fun offered at the Fair, this event is a fundraiser for local pet charities (dogs/cats, horses, & chickens). Funds donated to Chickens will help to pay for the 1st Annual MI Coop Tour in 2013 (Monmouth/Independence, Oregon). There is nothing like a Coop Tour to celebrate backyard hens and allow those considering backyard hens the opportunity to talk with neighbors about raising hens! If you would like to submit your coop for the tour, please stop by and sign up or leave word on the MI Chicken Revolution Facebook page! We have 6-8 openings left.
And remember... Chickens are welcome at the Old Mill Feed & Garden Holiday Pet Fair on Saturday. Imagine a Santa picture w/your sweet hen

 

[bellanonna]

Hello,

My family is in dayton Oregon!
Not much weather to worry about, yet.

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We are trying to find some well bread Muscovy to keep down the slugs, my garden was demolished last year. All previous solutions failed me, crazy mutant slugs I tell you. Lol.
Thinking two max I'd like to keep them to the garden area, 18x40 ft I think it was. We kept a couple mag pies for a while but one was a drake and would not stay off he chickens! So we let go of ducks until we got the garden fenced.
We'd like to show them locally as we'll, our kids show chickens and rabbits in the 4h shows and we'd like to do more of that.

How do your ducks do in the garden with the plantings? I had ducks before but never inside the fence so I didn't know if they would do harm to the veggies or not. I would love to have some again.
Bells

 

[AyeUpChuck]

Quote: Not sure if you're still looking but I raise Black Copper Marans and Olive Eggers. I also have LF Project Buff Faverolles but those eggs aren't currently available. But if you're still in need of eggs let me know. I'd be happy to help you out.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

I have gotten over 4" of rain in my gauge since 2:30 yesterday afternoon when I emptied it. Sheesh, enough already!

 

[Suzierd]

I have gotten over 4" of rain in my gauge since 2:30 yesterday afternoon when I emptied it. Sheesh, enough already!

I know! I'm sick of it already

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

How do your ducks do in the garden with the plantings? I had ducks before but never inside the fence so I didn't know if they would do harm to the veggies or not. I would love to have some again.
Bells

The pair of ducks I have are a French breed. Supposedly, the city they are from encourages every household to have ducks (I once heard the number that was recommended is 6). The ducks are (mostly) flightless, so easier to contain than chickens. Households are encouraged to keep them to deal with composting and insect issues. I don't have a garden yet, but my ducks do make the rounds looking for treats and I've hardly noticed slugs since I got them. They do a good job fluffing up the soil everywhere they go, especially when it is wet -- it would probably be best to keep them out of fresh planting areas. They scratch a bit, but not nearly as much as chickens do, and they don't tend to peck as much at things above the ground. They are FAR quieter than chickens. The female duck makes a "QUACK, Quack, quack" noise, and the Drake makes almost no noise at all. I'm sure it would be a lot louder with more females around. It is hard for me to judge the poo issue because I have 5 free-range turkeys sharing the same yard -- the general consensus is that ducks are "messy", I would say they are less messy than turkeys! We deal with that by letting them be out and about as much as possible. They do like to sleep in their little pond, and that has to be dumped and refilled with frequency, which isn't a difficult chore but could be an issue in areas where water use is restricted. The ducks give us large delicious eggs.

The only thing is these ducks don't mix very well with chickens because the Drake gets all affectionate with the hens and that can be fatal for the hen. We keep our chickens in a coop and pasture compound and the ducks have a partially covered fenced area at night and free range during the day. Next spring I'd like to make a large fenced duck habitat/garden with a more proper coop. They can keep the slugs off my plants.

The ducks are out and about loving the rain while all the other birds are under cover. They are SO cute. Their babies (under the care of a Barred Plymouth Rock foster mom) are a week old now. It will soon be time to get them into a pan of water for their first swim and to activate their oil glands. I may pass out from the cuteness when we do this. I hope to get a few more females from this hatching. In spring, I hope to let the duck do her own brooding/raising.

I saw a video recently about a woman running an organic garden down at the Oregon coast. She has ducks, and showed her routine of letting them out mid-morning to do their garden chores. That's when they are done laying their eggs and are ready to work.