Recent content by Smiles-N-Sunshine

P.S. BabyGotQuack, sorry if I hijacked, but it helps me to write out complete sentences from the mush in my brain cell. Thanks, and cheers and best wishes to everyone!

What do y'all think of mine? To my eyes 👀 my drakes look very similar (and quite handsome, if I do say so myself) and my hens have noticeable variation. They definitely look different in their juvenile vs adult plumage, but this is the first I've read about silver and gold phases. My...

I agree with everyone who said individual birds will display more or less friendliness than their breed's norm. For birds intended as pets, I recommend hand feeding and petting pullets - and leaving cockerels the heck alone - as soon as sexual differences start presenting. Just from...

Smiles-N-Sunshine-AZ please.

I'm giggling a little because y'all are tripping on the spelling of "Welsh", but "Harlequin" is no big deal. :D

That's no odder than me giving demon and dragon names to my roosters, because it's a love/hate relationship. (I have Mephistopheles, Krampus, and Quetzalcoatl currently.)

Hey.

Hello everyone! I'm sorry for not "officially* closing this out before. I received *AWESOME* feedback from BYCers and I think I have the hatching egg shipping process down. So, no more freebies. :hmm

Hello everyone! I'm sorry for not "officially* closing this out before. I received *AWESOME* feedback from BYCers and I think I have the hatching egg shipping process down. So, no more freebies. :hmm

I agree, it's better than my "acres of desert and definitely gloves" method. :D

Although potentially gross, a necropsy on unhatched eggs can give you some useful information for future hatches.

Yeah.... but.... Right now I'm struggling to meet demand for table eggs, as I'm the only egg vendor at my farmers market.

Hi GypsyV! That particular hatch was disappointing, with many late quitters. I then had two very good hatches, so I think the young age of the parents was the main problem. The ducklings that did hatch have been wonderful. Right now I'm focused on meeting the demand for table eggs at my...

That *is* early! My New Years brood are just starting to change voices now.

Yes, I guess they all did but this one had an imperfection that couldn't handle the pressure. After it warmed up, the cracks weren't even noticeable unless you were looking for them. Very different from when they crack from an external blow. My gals lay at like 3-4am, and I'm not setting my...