Show off your Peas!

[BYC-user-174785]

This past year was the first successful year I had with my ornamental waterfowl since I used a new method (natural incubation for second clutch). So I was able to get quite a bit of money from mandarins and wood ducks so I have boosted their numbers up to keep producing. If I do well with my smew that will be great. With the other ducks some of them are just there to look nice since I have not had luck with them. I definitely am not making a profit. It is still likely paying off for the investments of getting these birds initially. However, I am not raising birds for profit, but yes it's always good to at least come out even. And yes sometimes I do have trouble with getting species I want since for example my parents are not into peafowl. And some species of pheasants my dad does not like like peacock pheasants but I try making things work! Don't be discouraged with losing birds. It will work out. With ducks like I said it took a bit to figure things out. Last year the number of ducklings amounted to less than a clutch of eggs hatching so this upcoming season I will let my ducks do everything naturally unless best dumping becomes too much of a concern.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Alex, you said you have white out of charcoal, if this white bird was hen will it produce eggs normally?

 

[cajunfowl0]

This past year was the first successful year I had with my ornamental waterfowl since I used a new method (natural incubation for second clutch). So I was able to get quite a bit of money from mandarins and wood ducks so I have boosted their numbers up to keep producing. If I do well with my smew that will be great. With the other ducks some of them are just there to look nice since I have not had luck with them. I definitely am not making a profit. It is still likely paying off for the investments of getting these birds initially. However, I am not raising birds for profit, but yes it's always good to at least come out even. And yes sometimes I do have trouble with getting species I want since for example my parents are not into peafowl. And some species of pheasants my dad does not like like peacock pheasants but I try making things work! Don't be discouraged with losing birds. It will work out. With ducks like I said it took a bit to figure things out. Last year the number of ducklings amounted to less than a clutch of eggs hatching so this upcoming season I will let my ducks do everything naturally unless best dumping becomes too much of a concern.

Wow I thought I was alone lol that's why I can't get any peahens right now too he's says he's not ready:/ oh well just have to wait till I get my own place before I get crazy lol! I'm persistent tho it usually takes about 4 months before I can get anything new

 

[BYC-user-174785]

Alex, you said you have white out of charcoal, if this white bird was hen will it produce eggs normally? 

It's a white chick out of Taylor Hill Game Farm's charcoal white eye pen. So it may be an IB WE White split charcoal hen which will lay or a charcoal white hen which likely won't lay.

 

[MinxFox]

If only everything would go as planned birds never die all chicks live and sell all the offspring ugh

things would be a lot easier LOL!

Agreed.

This past year was the first successful year I had with my ornamental waterfowl since I used a new method (natural incubation for second clutch). So I was able to get quite a bit of money from mandarins and wood ducks so I have boosted their numbers up to keep producing. If I do well with my smew that will be great. With the other ducks some of them are just there to look nice since I have not had luck with them. I definitely am not making a profit. It is still likely paying off for the investments of getting these birds initially. However, I am not raising birds for profit, but yes it's always good to at least come out even. And yes sometimes I do have trouble with getting species I want since for example my parents are not into peafowl. And some species of pheasants my dad does not like like peacock pheasants but I try making things work! Don't be discouraged with losing birds. It will work out. With ducks like I said it took a bit to figure things out. Last year the number of ducklings amounted to less than a clutch of eggs hatching so this upcoming season I will let my ducks do everything naturally unless best dumping becomes too much of a concern.

I didn't know your parents are not into peafowl. I thought they liked at least some of them. Yeah it is always hard when you have to talk to your parents about getting new birds. My Dad usually doesn't have a problem with it but my Mom is always harder to convince...Unless if I told her I wanted Spaldings. She likes Spaldings.

 

[DylansMom]

This past year was the first successful year I had with my ornamental waterfowl since I used a new method (natural incubation for second clutch). So I was able to get quite a bit of money from mandarins and wood ducks so I have boosted their numbers up to keep producing. If I do well with my smew that will be great. With the other ducks some of them are just there to look nice since I have not had luck with them. I definitely am not making a profit. It is still likely paying off for the investments of getting these birds initially. However, I am not raising birds for profit, but yes it's always good to at least come out even. And yes sometimes I do have trouble with getting species I want since for example my parents are not into peafowl. And some species of pheasants my dad does not like like peacock pheasants but I try making things work! Don't be discouraged with losing birds. It will work out. With ducks like I said it took a bit to figure things out. Last year the number of ducklings amounted to less than a clutch of eggs hatching so this upcoming season I will let my ducks do everything naturally unless best dumping becomes too much of a concern.

Wow I thought I was alone lol that's why I can't get any peahens right now too he's says he's not ready:/ oh well just have to wait till I get my own place before I get crazy lol! I'm persistent tho it usually takes about 4 months before I can get anything new

Agreed.

I didn't know your parents are not into peafowl. I thought they liked at least some of them. Yeah it is always hard when you have to talk to your parents about getting new birds. My Dad usually doesn't have a problem with it but my Mom is always harder to convince...Unless if I told her I wanted Spaldings. She likes Spaldings.

Just curious who pays the bills for the birds you have and want to get? Speaking as a parent, who's son will soon be old enough to start asking for pets of his own, if we had the space and he could pay the bills and do the work, I would have no problems with it. However, if I was expected to pay for the animal as well as their feed and everything else it would be a different story. I grew up in a family with lots of animals, but until we could support them we were not allowed to bring new animals of our own home. I was working at 15, so I could feed my cat.

 

[cajunfowl0]

Just curious who pays the bills for the birds you have and want to get?  Speaking as a parent, who's son will soon be old enough to start asking for pets of his own, if we had the space and he could pay the bills and do the work, I would have no problems with it. However, if I was expected to pay for the animal as well as their feed and everything else it would be a different story. I grew up in a family with lots of animals, but until we could support them we were not allowed to bring new animals of our own home. I was working at 15, so I could feed my cat.

with me I have to work to buy the birds and the building material my dad has chickens so he let's me use that feed

 

[DylansMom]

with me I have to work to buy the birds and the building material my dad has chickens so he let's me use that feed

Good for you, I have always felt that we value and take better care of things we must work for, just how I was raised.

 

[AugeredIn]

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Ducks:
-Mandarin Ducks (regular, white)
-Wood Ducks (regular, white, silver, apricot)
-Smew
-Hooded Merganser
-Red Crested Pochard
-Chiloe Wigeon
-Cape Teal
-Cinnamon Teal
-Ring Teal (regular, blonde)
-Green-winged Teal
-Falcated Duck
-Gadwall

My ducks are always changing. I definitely want Baikal Teal in the future among many other species. I will be getting Common Eider (which will likely end up being loaned to another breeder).

Put me on your duck list this spring.

 

[AugeredIn]

Just curious who pays the bills for the birds you have and want to get? Speaking as a parent, who's son will soon be old enough to start asking for pets of his own, if we had the space and he could pay the bills and do the work, I would have no problems with it. However, if I was expected to pay for the animal as well as their feed and everything else it would be a different story. I grew up in a family with lots of animals, but until we could support them we were not allowed to bring new animals of our own home. I was working at 15, so I could feed my cat.

They don't pay for themselves most times. Make him develop a business plan and sell it to you. I remember those days of working for animals. Delivered lots of pizzas to pay for my reptile collection in college. Of course I did sell that for a bunch when I left college.