Goodmorning, I recently bought a pair of young peafowl at an auction. While we have always had chickens, I am new to peafowl and trying to learn. Can anyone give me an educated guess of the ages of ages of these two?
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I recently bought these Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons. I am not very familiar with this breed of Orpington, but have been trying to read up on the genetics of breeding the cuckoo trait. One article I read suggested breeding back to a black Orpington every 4th generation to keep the Cuckoo pattern more...
Thank you everyone for your replies! Google says Atwoods uses Hoovers Hatchery, but I am not sure how accurate that is. I was hoping for Cayuga so we shall see! I have a friend that also got ducks from Atwoods the same day as me and hers also look like there were a couple different types. I...
Can anyone tell me what type of ducks these are? They were the last ones left at Atwood’s, but the worker there wasn’t sure what breed they are. They all have dark feet and beaks.
Thank you! :)
Okay I will double check temp. If the temp is off could they just need a couple extra days to develop, or is the damage already done?
First chick started to pip on day 20, hatched out completely last night (day 21). When I checked them this morning I did not notice any wobbling or peeping. I...
Hello from Oklahoma, I bought 36 BCM eggs to hatch out. I am now nearing the end of day 22 and only 1 of the 36 have hatched. I do not see external pipping on any of the other eggs, and am not hearing and chirping either. I candled on day 18 just prior to lockdown and all but 5 seemed to be...