Articles by Blackberry18

Selecting Your Birds The first step of raising ducks and/or geese is to decide what you are raising them for. Certain breeds of ducks and geese are bred for certain reasons. The three main purposes that waterfowl are raised for are egg production, meat production, and exhibition (ornamental)...

INTRODUCTION Pigeons. When the average person hears this word, most likely the first thing they think of are the hybird "city" pigeons developed through cross-breeding of the Rock Dove. To the average birder, perhaps a Rock Pigeon (Rock Dove), or Mourning Dove, or to ornithologists, the clade...

This is for my Black Sex-Link, named Blackberry. As some of you may have noticed, she is the inspiration behind my username. Blackberry was five and a half years old. Obviously, she had stopped laying, but she was still very special to me. A very dominant hen, but still very sweet. As you can...