Recent content by Eirwen

Hi, I bought some Welsh Harlequin hatching eggs, and of the 8 in my brinsea eco incubator, 7 made it out, the other died before it could internally pip. 6 of the ducklings got out no problems, and are all doing really well. However one had pipped the wrong end of the shell. He was still in there...

Hi, I bought some Welsh Harlequin hatching eggs, and of the 8 in my brinsea eco incubator, 7 made it out, the other died before it could internally pip. 6 of the ducklings got out no problems, and are all doing really well. However one had pipped the wrong end of the shell. He was still in there...

Hi there, I have a Magpie duck pair that successfully laid a clutch of eggs earlier in the season. The duck sat on her eggs and after a few weeks I noticed a broken one with a dead in shell chick, almost ready except for the yolk sack still outside. After a couple of weeks I was getting worried...

Hi all, long story short, I thought I had Muscovy mules but wasn't sure as I only took the pair of ducks in from a friend who was moving and she thought they were Muscovy's. They didn't have red faces so knew they weren't pure breed Muscovy's, and someone on here suggested they were Magpie's, as...

Hi all, long story short, I thought I had Muscovy mules but wasn't sure as I only took the pair of ducks in from a friend who was moving and she thought they were Muscovy's. They didn't have red faces so knew they weren't pure breed Muscovy's, and someone on here suggested they were Magpie's, as...

Hi all, long story short, I thought I had Muscovy mules but wasn't sure as I only took the pair of ducks in from a friend who was moving and she thought they were Muscovy's. They didn't have red faces so knew they weren't pure breed Muscovy's, and someone on here suggested they were Magpie's, as...

Hi all, well what I dreaded would happen has.. We have a missing hen! One of the cream legbars :( She dissappeared during the day on Sunday, without a trace. All other hens completely fine, and no sign of feathers on the ground anywhere near, we searched the surrounding 6 acres, and nothing...

Hi, I have recently been given a pair of muscovy crosses, had them a couple of weeks now. They have settled in well with my chickens, using the same large pen. They currently have an ark type wooden coop with a 1 metre run atached to it, this came with them when they were given to us The run was...

I just tried to use the pic as my avatar Marigold but my pic resizer won't go that small! Only that one of the two whitestars will go on my shoulder Dinosaw, the less mature one is much more weary.. Just goes to show that they all have their own personalities :) I could never raise them for...

There you go Marigold! :)

Thank you Marigold! Well that's me with the red jacket lol! The birds are much prettier than me :) I will try and get a good shot of both of us the next time one of them hops on my shoulder. My husband doesn't spend as much time with them as I do, he thinks I'm a little crackers I think :) They...

Some pics of my hybrids

I have 8 hens, 6 of which are hybrids, other two are legbars. My hybrids are- 2 x Whitestars Bluebell Blackrock/ Rhoderock White sussex Speckledy. The Whitestars are the most petite, and agile! I have seen them 20ft up the tree in their pen, they're good climbers and jumpers! They will quite...

I have two legbars, one is 3 weeks older than the other and has a smooth head instead of a fluffy one! She is also more shy and reserved. They are now 20 and 23 weeks old, the pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago. They live with 6 other hybrid hens, I got all 8 of them from the same...

Hi everyone! We have recently added a pair of ducks to our flock of 8 hens! Our friends were moving house and asked us if we could take their ducks. They said they were Muscovies, but they don't have any ref on their face, so I was wondering if they were crosses? The ducks are settling in...