u/stilowlocks

I learned how to do this pattern today and decided to make a couple normal ones and a thick boi

I dont know if theres a name for it, I kinda just free handed them.

My Dark Brahma hen, and Light Brahma Rooster (we got both from different breeders)

We are planning to try and do a couple methods to prevent the sun stain when the rooster molts

And planning on making sure the hen has all her feathers, before we possibly enter them

The show would just be a small rural county fair/poultry show, we see abt 100 birds on average at the show when they do them.

She is roughly 3 years old, has very similar feathers to the blue andalusian, but rarely lays eggs, and lays light blue eggs, and she also has a large floppy comb. Does anyone know the breed, and if its mixed, what the mix is?

UPDATE: i named him " The General Lee" named after the Johnny Cash song

Im looking for a name that either sounds bada$$ (like a name that someone would name a bird of prey or would hear and automatically think was a dangerousanimal) to match his size, and to kinda troll ppl, since hes our GENTLE giant (same size as my goose), or a name based off like a old school country singer, old school rapper, or after a old school rock band.

I have a Ancona and a Black Cayuga, who are still growing, im hoping i get a male and a female, because we just bought a Ancona thats fully feathered, and i found a blue egg in the coop same day that had been ate, and apparently they lay blue eggs, based off the research i did, and ive only found one blue egg in my coop ever (which was intact) before I put the duck in there, becuase i have a grey hen (unknown breed) that lays basically once in a blue moon.

As for the Black Cayuga, ive raised it from a baby, so its very ppl friendly, and he is abt 5 months now, and im confused if it's a male or female, cuz no drake feather yet, but doing the old fashioned method, looked like a tiny smth was there.

So im thinking abt waiting until there both abt a year old, keeping a eye out for anymore blue eggs in the coop, cuz i wanna get the next blue egg, if it's not destroyed, and compare the size to the chicken eggs, and i also wanna see if my cayuga grows a drake feather and/or see if it trys to yk the other duck.

If we get a male and a female im thinking abt breeding them, cuz i was doing some research, and apparently Anconas hatch abt 8 ducklings per litter, if i were to sell the mixed ducklings for $10 each, then I could make roughly $80 per litter, and if everything went well, we were debating investing in a incubator.

If we dont get a male and a female, then we were planning on trying to buy the needed gender, and if we end up needing to buy the opposite gender of Black Cayuga, then was also thinking abt selectively breeding them to get a even darker Black cayuga, (blacker beak, and feet)

So given all this information, was wondering if anybody had any tips when it comes to breeding ducks, so far we were planning on separating the female duck (if we get a female and a male) from the rest of the birds while it lays abt a nestful (in the spring), hope itd go broody since other birds wouldn't be disturbing the nest, and then keep the bird well supplied with nearby food and water.

he was very friendly, abt twice the size of my hens, and very cold hardy, and had notably large spurs in my opinion, compared to other roosters ive owned, and for some reason he had a tail feather that was black and white, that he only grew in winter time.

The main thing im Lf is a black and red top hat,

Letting my gosling enjoy the temporary pool lol

Just wanted to show them off, although if yall know the breeds lmk, the brownish duck is growing brown and black adult feathers with a puff thats growing in on its head, the black duck is growing feathers that shine green under direct light, and the white duck is growing kinda splotches of white, grey and black. (I know the breed of the goose)

It has a black beak with a white tip, yellowish belly, grayish back but has like random black spots, its abt 4-5 weeks old and Google image isn't helping cuz it tried saying it was a gosling 🤣

I went to go take care of her today and i saw this