Ok,,,,,, got it Silver Appleyard and I would LOVE a few females. He is a good male duck as he keeps the girl in line finding the ones who have strayed off and bringing them back to the flock. His sexual Appetite earned him the name of Hawkeye (after the M.A.S.H. womanizer and sometimes my hubby calls him Tiger :~) tanya

Hi again...that's what make chickens so challenging at times. You just can't always tell what's going to bother them. Moving anything they consider theirs or forgeting to give treats when it becomes part of their routine will result in disgruntled behavior (my jersey giant does a squawking dance). All my chickens molted between five and six months old. They are now five years old and still show mild stress when they molt. the new ducklings are the latest stressor. They were horrified at first, now some weeks later they come and visit them during the day (the ducklings are still penned). They rule the cats, and only get upset when the neighbor's dogs charge the fence at them. If you can control the possible hazards in their envioronment, they seem to to adjust to all else themselves. Have fun with it!

This is what healthy C. x a. 'Avalanche' looks like: The initial growth, which is visible at the base in this photo, is fountain-like in habit. The flower stalks rise from the initial growth, and are almost rigidly upright, and remain that way throughout and after the season.

Merci Nadine. C'est vrai, ses aiguillons sont redoutables et il m'a souvent bien abîmé vêtements et mains. Quand ils se prennent dans le chignon, c'est pas mal aussi.... Il est contre un haut mur exposé à l'ouest dans une cour abritée et cela semble lui plaire. Malgré la chaleur du climat un peu continental du Gard, il résiste pratiquement sans arrosage et ne semble pas souffrir. Il est amusant car il se laisse littéralement envahir chaque année par les pucerons verts mais sans aucune conséquence néfaste. Pascale