These are my first ducks and are 6 1/2 weeks old. They seem really big to me but since I'm new to ducks I really don't know. There was no label on the bin that I bought them from other than " ducks".
I hatched 5 chicks from my easter egger rooster and my saphire jem hen. 4 are black and 1 is blue. My question is since saphire jems are sex links and males show barring and have a white spot on the head,is my offspring also sex linked or does the Easter egger genes make it not possible? They...
I recently incubated eggs from my saphire jem hen and my easter egger roo. All but 1 are black! I did not foresee this being what they'd look like. One is grey like mama and I'm wondering where they got this coloration
I have 2 black prairie bluebell hens that are 3 months old and I've noticed their earlobes are yellow. Everything I've seen about them said they should have white or blue earlobes. Anyone seen this before?
I have 4,1 month old chicks. 2 easter eggers and 2 prairie bluebell eggers. I am fairly sure 1 is a rooster because he's much bigger than the others. But I've never had to do this with peacombs before. Any chance you can give your input on pullets vs cockerels?