Posts by chicken pickin

Quote: Originally Posted by desertdarlene  By the way, and this is only my guess and may not be the case, but I have a feeling that your duckling might be a boy.  We'll have to wait and see if I'm right because...

So my duckling is now 7 weeks old and to me still looks nothing like a Silver Appleyard(from what I have seen of other silver appleyard pics). What do you guys think?  

How old are your ducklings? I think vent seximg only works on day olds. And most ducklings peep alot reguardless of sex. I have 4 roughly 7 week old ducks and just recently figured out what sex they were only because 3 quack and 1...

Here is an updated pic of my boy Mookey he is about 12 weeks old now   His comb is not good I know.

They look like EEs to me.

JMO but I dont think either look like legbars atleast not pure. Looks like the light colored on has muffs(puffy cheeks) so maybe easter eggers.

Sounds like maybe flip. I had a few poults recently doing it. Kinda flopping over to its side and laying there kicking its legs until you stand her back upright. The poult would do best if you brought it indoors and set up a brooder...

Quote: Originally Posted by debs_flock  x2   I would absolutely go with a drop of Poly-vi-Sol without iron, twice per day for a few days.  It literally can cure leg problems like that...

Quote: Originally Posted by HappyAcresKY  Anybody ever splint a poult leg with success? Looks like it's broken at the knee (are they even called knees?)not the thigh, it turns out laterally when it puts pressure on it......

I love to see all the ideas. I am gonna start to build my duck house and pen this weekend. Ducklings are getting to big for the house so I will move them to there temp set up outside for a little while until the final set up is...