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just one thing - you like the look of Frizzles, but mentioned 'hardy' - Frizzles are not waterproof (because their feathers don't sit flat) - so on the hardiness scale, they're not so good, they have to perch inside a warm dry house at night & need some sheltered/covered run area through the win...

I visited some beautiful gardens where all they kept was male pheasants - all different varieties - they didn't seem to bother each other, the guy that ran it, said as long as there were no girls, there wouldn't be any fighting but maybe that works better when its only males of different varieties? ...

personally I would probably avoid the terrier type group I've got Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and they're not 100% trustworthy, but pretty good - mine walk in amongst chickens, ducks & turkeys, but its best if they don't shriek and flap and run away (quiet large birds, like Orpingtons are goo...

I would endorse Orpingtons - my kids loved them, big fluffy docile birds - we ended up with some in a run with the previous years Ag Day brown shavers and I found the Orpington eggs tasted HEAPS nicer than the shavers eggs, even though they were eating all the same food - it was like they were ready...

eae - for Campine contacts, maybe contact the Whangarei Poultry club? I have an email for Graham Bellamy who might be able to point you in the right direction - [email protected] at Auckland, we haven't had Campines exhibited for a few years (back in 2015 we had some exhibited by a couple from...

Sounds a bit like you're developing white call ducks (like bantam ducks) - I think they have a shorter beak than a mallard, but really cute

Cayuga ducks should have a green sheen, male or female
my black Pekins are meant to have a green sheen, male or female

I really enjoyed the movie - thought Brian Glassey was a real star, really interesting character yeah, talking about breeding to succeed - I'm trying to breed Crested ducks - I saw a magazine that had a headline 'Bred best in show winners in 2 years' - for the Cresteds, in Australia, so I thought, I...

Yep, to a 30 acre block on the outskirts of Foxton
the ducks have plenty of places to investigate, its covered in gorse and broom!

Hi OorooBecky, we're in Foxton - we've got ducks (Campbells, Swedish, Crested, Magpie, Cayuga, Orpington, Welsh Harlequin, Silver Appleyard, & probably missed a few), chickens (Orpingtons, Sussex, Minorca, Leghorn, Hamburg + more), bantams (mostly Pekin, but a few Wyandotte too) and turkeys so a...

re breed, with Pekin bantams: on the plus side - lots of fluffiness low down to cover lots of chicks, gentle mothers (if they're not killers!), slow moving so they don't leave babies behind normally on the minus side - fluffy legs/butt which can tangle around the chicks neck (keep a pair of scissors...

I've got loads of Pekin bantams - some are good at it, some aren't quite so, I think its a bit try it and see. Generally a hen in its second season/summer onwards is better than a first time pullet. Generally a quieter bird is better (so you can pick them up & check the eggs without her panickin...

Wolga - did the tiny white duck squeak when you squeezed it?

I've some lines of birds go down to problems more than others - all running within the same group - for a few years it was my Hamburgs to what I suspect was Mareks (for this, it seems eventually you get left with the birds that are more resistant) then more recently has been my Silkies to what I thi...

I didn't see any call ducks at Waikato.....
there are Miniature Appleyards around, not sure who has any these days

I've also seen a black Mallard I'd like to catch one day..... (not at a show)