The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

Do you see them around your home a lot @Muscovy Wunda have a lot of them been lost in the fires too? Update on fires if you don’t mind

 

[Pyxis]

Hey @Pyxis they don't need a male to lay eggs. We've had a hen that would lay and sit on her own clutch every year despite there never being a male around her. And it was way harder to rob her nest then its ever been to take from a male . @Miss Lydia they get a similar temperament of a gander at breeding time, some are fine, some are scarey. Hormones. But I'd say over there you guys have done alot more focus on breeding the more friendly ones, that's not something we have the luxury of here.

Good to know! That's just what I had heard from other breeders over here, no personal experience in that realm yet

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

My parents actually had an emu farm while I was growing up and the occasional wild one would try join our clan. We've had a heap migrate this way from the west chasing feed. Theres some in the mountains and such where fires are but they mainly live inland. I haven't heard anything about emus in the fires. I haven't heard much more on the fires other than they are all way downgraded. The news has just stopped talking about them altogether.

 

[Tooshay89]

Ugh. I just walked back out to the chicken area and my son’s favorite chicken, a 2 year old black Orpington, passed away. Her name was BlackHood. (My son names 95% of our chickens, so they have interesting names.)

She was a ginormous bird that never laid a single egg in her short life, and looked like a rooster (saddle feathers, huge comb, and spurs - no crowing though.) Last year I had her DNA tested to make sure I wasn’t losing my mind, and it came back as a female.

She started breathing through her mouth about a week or so ago. But no other symptoms. I cleaned out the whole coop and switched from sand to shavings to see if maybe it was too dusty for her. And then I treated for a respiratory infection, but she didn’t really have any other symptoms of that. Then I read about gape worm and treated her with safeguard this weekend. She looked a little better today, and was even walking in the garden with me up until 2 hours ago.

What did I miss??

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Good to know! That's just what I had heard from other breeders over here, no personal experience in that realm yet

You'll learn alot from them just watching them everyday. Th

Good to know! That's just what I had heard from other breeders over here, no personal experience in that realm yet

You'll learn alot from them just by watching them everyday they really are fascinating. The blondes fascinate me, I'm curious how they bred that.

 

[Trimurtisan]

Ugh. I just walked back out to the chicken area and my son’s favorite chicken, a 2 year old black Orpington, passed away. Her name was BlackHood. (My son names 95% of our chickens, so they have interesting names.)

She was a ginormous bird that never laid a single egg in her short life, and looked like a rooster (saddle feathers, huge comb, and spurs - no crowing though.) Last year I had her DNA tested to make sure I wasn’t losing my mind, and it came back as a female.

She started breathing through her mouth about a week or so ago. But no other symptoms. I cleaned out the whole coop and switched from sand to shavings to see if maybe it was too dusty for her. And then I treated for a respiratory infection, but she didn’t really have any other sympto ms of that. Then I read about gape worm and treated her with safeguard this weekend. She looked a little better today, and was even walking in the garden with me up until 2 hours ago.

What did I miss??

That really sucks. I'm sorry for the loss.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sorry for your loss @Tooshay89 it will be a mystery unless you have or do a necropsy.

 

[Trimurtisan]

If you want to do a necropsy @Tooshay89, @casportpony has a great guide. Very educational and pretty easy to follow

 

[Trimurtisan]

Group nap time. Brought to you by the Keppers of Naps .

 

[Miss Lydia]

Aren’t they precious how come no pic of human boy napper. Did you lose this round