http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/NDG/BRKEgyptian.html they are about 150 to 200 a pr.
NC animal hording case...
That Egyptian was in with mostly big geese and was the only one there. The ducks that were there with it have now been moved out to the large yard with all the other ducks. The large yard has every kind of bird around....even some herons they rescued. They have out there swans and they were so docile that you could just walk right by and they wouldn't even move. I had always thought swans were really mean. I also had no idea they got so large. The ones I saw growing up were a little bigger than a Canadian Goose. The ones out there could easily be 100lbs.
I went back out today and got the Cayuga with the crest and I also got another Swedish but she is grey/blue. I'll post a picture of them later. It is raining and yucky outside so I'm going to relax for a bit and then go out and drive them nuts by taking more pictures.
Oh and more pictures have been uploaded to facebook to show some of the cases of bad treatment:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/media/set/?set=a.10150648457445063.684443.130491590062
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/media/set/?set=a.10150649169495063.684730.130491590062
This message was edited Jun 11, 2011 4:17 PM
I have taken a couple of pictures of the new duckies...
This one is of the Cayuga with the crest. He is in the back there near the chickens. He is one of the rescues. If you compare him to the other one you can see he is smaller than the other one.
The next one is of the Swedish blue - she is in the back behind the black Swedish. I couldn't get a good picture of her she was a bit scared of course. Her feathers look rough because I think she was in with too many boys. Her neck wasn't bare but it was missing feathers and only had a little fuzz. It also looks like she has never had a good bath, but she will soon. Just need to get them use to the new diggs first and then I'll let them have the pond to play in.
I'm hoping I can get the little kiddie pool set-up tomorrow so they can all get in and splash around. Just need to set-up some wire around the front of the coop to keep them corralled. I would hate to have to chase ducks around the yard trying to get them back in to coop - that would give the neighbors a good laugh. It was a tough job just getting the last two today - all of them pretty much required a net to catch them. They are fast little buggers.
