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Hi, I have six pekin ducklings and nine indian runner ducklings that are six weeks old this week. Although I have hatched quite a few times before I've never seen this problem; They haven't grown any feathers. At all. They are still all downy and fluffy and just sort of getting bigger like a...

Hello! I have had a quick scan through here and can't really find what I'm looking for. I have a hen who has just started laying (she got left behind at Christmas ()) and i was wondering if a) One hen to a tom is enough and b) I read somewhere that the plain white meat turkey toms become too...

Hi! I have been breeding bantams for a good few years now but not specific breeds. I have had the blue egg gene for a long time which I picked up from some hens that were given to me when I moved house but now I have only two hens left with the gene, one of which MUST carry it because she...

I could find nothing really on this in my search so I said that I would make a new thread! Across the next few years I plan to be importing and exporting a few hatching eggs of various breeds. There are few breeders of specific breeds in Ireland and there are a few specific breeds that I...

A couple of years ago I bought some purple spiral tags from the internet for my hens - tag the ones who were laying as I was trying to find out who was laying out of my older brown hens. I bought the recommended "duck size" to air upon the side of caution and put them on. They are about 9 mm if...

I want to breed from my Pekin ducks again before they stop their laying cycle but I have a runner drake as well. I have separated the Runner drake off into a pen as of this yesterday evening but how long will it be before I can harvest the eggs and be guaranteed Pekin ducklings? Last time I...

O.K so I was just perusing the site, as you do and I came across this advert for peepers/blinkers and pins and things. I have searched the internet, this forum, the kuhl ( I think that's right) website and nothing but pictures of chickens wearing these funky coloured wind shields on their beaks...

As if everything else wasn't enough my little bantam Bump is limping. She has been for a few weeks, she is separated and is resting in the conservatory. I can't find any breaks or swelling but her foot is so small it is really hard to examine. She is eating and drinking fine, her eyes are bright...

O.K so a few weeks ago one of my Pekins went lame, I checked her for breaks and dislocations, I couldnt see any, as far as I can remember she didn't have the bumblefoot scab ( can ducks get that?) but I shall double check tomorrow. Now her foot looks swollen and she walks on it but it definitely...