No ducks because DH’s comment was “you’ll have to move out before you get ducks!”
Boy... He hasn't figured it out yet huh? BWAHhahaha!
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Boy... He hasn't figured it out yet huh? BWAHhahaha!
Baymule
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Congrats on the chicks! Haha, you have to get busy now and build that coop!
CntryBoy777
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I've been thinking for ya on this duck issue....and I may have an ang__....uh, mode of operation of aquiring ya a few....here are a couple of selling points.....their favorite food is slugs and snails that are hosts for liverflukes....and other parasites also....the Khaki Campbell is the top duck in controlling these things and will even sift the soil to eat the eggs of them. They will also out lay chickens and will lay to an older age. If they are allowed to forage they require very little in the way of supplemental feed. They are also very entertaining and the KC are certainly not as loud as others if noise is an issue. They are also "Watch Dogs" and will alert to strange things in their environment.....guess that about does it, but they can save ya space, because they don't require a very big footprint for housing......
MiniSilkys
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If you cross a brown type rooster with an americana, you will get an olive egg.
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Wehner Homestead
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That’s the plan! I also have two Cream Legbar hens that we are going to cross too! I think it’ll be really fun for the kids. DS’ favorite color is green.
Bruce
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Like RIGHT NOW!!!
this pictureKinda sounds like he is real NOT interested in getting ducks any time soon.No ducks because DH’s comment was “you’ll have to move out before you get ducks!”
I told him not to say that because he doesn’t know that for sure and we’d just have to wait and see.
More than likely that "Americana", which is an Easter Egger not an Ameraucana, will have ONE blue egg gene, not two. It will not necessarily pass it on the it's offspring. SOME, presumably half, will get a blue egg gene, the others will get white or brown depending on the parentage of the EE hen.
That is a better bet since the CL is a blue layer, should have 2 blue egg genes. You'll also possibly get crested Olive Eggers. But it can't be just any brown egg breed rooster, needs to be a dark layer like a Black Copper Marans.That’s the plan! I also have two Cream Legbar hens that we are going to cross too! I think it’ll be really fun for the kids. DS’ favorite color is green.
Bruce
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You are making quite the argument, er, "angle" there @CntryBoy777. I'd have to build a duck house though.I've been thinking for ya on this duck issue....and I may have an ang__....uh, mode of operation of aquiring ya a few....here are a couple of selling points.....their favorite food is slugs and snails that are hosts for liverflukes....and other parasites also....the Khaki Campbell is the top duck in controlling these things and will even sift the soil to eat the eggs of them. They will also out lay chickens and will lay to an older age. If they are allowed to forage they require very little in the way of supplemental feed. They are also very entertaining and the KC are certainly not as loud as others if noise is an issue. They are also "Watch Dogs" and will alert to strange things in their environment.....guess that about does it, but they can save ya space, because they don't require a very big footprint for housing......
MiniSilkys
Loving the herd life
I had an ameraucana hen that I crossed with a Columbian rooster and the hen now lays a green egg
CntryBoy777
Herd Master
Just think over sized doghouse....and it also depends on how many ducks. The next one that I do will have a hinged roof for extra easy cleaning.....
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Like RIGHT NOW!!!
Kinda sounds like he is real NOT interested in getting ducks any time soon.
More than likely that "Americana", which is an Easter Egger not an Ameraucana, will have ONE blue egg gene, not two. It will not necessarily pass it on the it's offspring. SOME, presumably half, will get a blue egg gene, the others will get white or brown depending on the parentage of the EE hen.
That is a better bet since the CL is a blue layer, should have 2 blue egg genes. You'll also possibly get crested Olive Eggers. But it can't be just any brown egg breed rooster, needs to be a dark layer like a Black Copper Marans.
I have a source for a CL roo that I can cross back on my marans X girls and my cuckoo marans. We are really just playing with it for fun, meat, and eggs. I realize that most hatchery americaunas aren’t true.
