The Migratory/Ornamental Waterfowl INFO Thread

[destinduck]

Yall probably know I Cant have chickens where I live. But Karen one of my friends gave me some dark brown eggs that had sparkles in them and he called them "Cuckoo Marans." They were beautiful eggs! tasty too .LOL!

 

[exoticduckluvr]

glad you corrected me. All I know is I have read they lay brown eggs and are endangered

 

[destinduck]

I dont know too much about the chicken breeds. I dont remember if Cuckoos are rare , I just remember the beautiful eggs. They were the prettiest chicken egg I had ever seen!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

How wonderful Aubrey that you were able to come down and meet Shawn & Irene.

yep it was nice to go do.


Yall dont get mislead by the term endangered on chickens. I have some of the rarest chicken breeds in the world, yet they arent classed as such, no hatchery in the world has these either... Yet most of the "endangered" breeds are sold by the millions threw US hatcheries alone every year... Makes you wonder just what is endangered about them dont it??? LOL

The cuckoo maran a few years ago was a high dollar chicken, but like all others, when some one makes money off a breed or color, everybody gets it and floods the market... they are pretty much dime a dozen deals now.

 

[kangababy]

It is the
Empadorsana and I can;t find them anywhere so I ordered some Welsummers and easter eggers and well some other chickens because You know I have a bird problems..My dad just want the dark colored eggs and well I like the colored ones I am determined to make the farm my real job in the next 5 years... well right after I get my sea duck pen

I am abuot to order some mallar hen babies in hopes of getting them in and out of my brood house/catch pen before my babies start producing good.. Though I am expecting sharp wing teal next week.

I still have Fulvous Tree Ducks and ring teal pairs left if anyone needs some.. they might be text dummies and get put on the pond.. well the fulvous that is..

I think I might get some chinese geese at that...

 

[kangababy]

One more thing..

I am lloking for a good incubator...

Mainly for Turkey and quail eggs because I know how well the ducks do even though I had pretty good luck after letting the momma set on them last year

would you go with a 1502 Sportsman Cabinet Incubator or a OVA Easy 190 Advance Cabinet

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

sportsman is what I use, I love them

 

[kangababy]

Thanks got it ordered...

Adding new birds to the collection next weekend....

but now I will have to find them mates because some are not pairs but I can't resist!

 

[kangababy]

My New Babies

 

[exoticduckluvr]

love the Ne Ne. I want some so bad

Well my small bunch are getting started laying and brooding. My Ringed Teal started brooding on March1, the reg Bahama Pintail started a couple of weeks ago. The silver laid one eggs today on top on the nest box geeshhhhhhhhhh and I found 6 white eggs laid insidie a ground box. probably the Chiloe but not sure yet