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When looking into good lines of calls for showing- they don't come cheap!!! Expect to pay $100 to $300 each and I've seen some fetch over $1000 each. Good quality calls are high demand and low supply prices are high. Most lines that are bred and good records are kept to strengthen the...

Call ducks are usually very tame and have unique personalities... unlike mallards which is usually harder to tame down. Calls are usually very easy to find, many breeders have lesser quality( more for pet and breeding purposes) that are usually given away or sold at low prices... if interested...

white calls for show should be kept in the sun... also corn will turn them creamy and brighten the bill color to a bright orange. other things that the white ducks pick up and inject can cause creaminess when being free ranged or flocked on the ground. most common feeds that are fed are corn...

it is prolapsed and if unattended for it will cause infection in the bloodstream... this is not uncommon with calls and possibly can still breed depending on agressiveness... dont know how comfortable you are about it but it needs to be cut off... you can take medical scissors and dip in alcohol...

Group of breeder pekins here at the farm. 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2011 hatched. Old show male... father to all in the above group

Dry dog food is what I feed and I feed 18% protein 6% fat all breed dog food. With my mixture I am feeding 14% protein 11% fat but will up the protein to 18% in the next few weeks for breeding season

Oh on your birds that haven't laid many eggs try mixing in dog food or cat food to bring the protein levels way up.

1. Breeding season varies where you live up usually between feb. 1st to the end of march. Here in ky last of February/1st of march is usually the start of ours. 2. You can do ground coop just make sure they have something to swim in and don't mind cleaning pens very often because they are messy...

*I use 22g can go a size bigger if you want... only has to go in a very little bit. I would do the one treatment in the sinuses then follow up 3 days later in the breast. .10th cc dont know about the vinegar never used it. and the oxine is about 1 tsp. to a gallon of water... it is very strong...

I will have two nice white males to sale possibly a female.

I take a needle end for a syringe and actually stick it in the sinus cavities and push the infection out then attach the syringe with baytril and inject the medication, this takes practice but is the most efficient way to get rid of it also use oxine in their drinking water helps too

White, gray, blue fawn, pastel, and working on getting back into butterscotch

Will be there with call ducks!

Casey the Shelby county fair show on the poultryshowcentral.com is aba/apa sanctioned kinda small but always fun I think there was around 400 there year before last.

White is a recessive gene(mostly masks gray)and so is pied so more than likely if it is a gray pied you will get gray split to pied. Most will have faint pied markings... Couple white wing feathers Females with neck rings White on belly