Posts by Kricket638

I certainly will. Do I need to supplement her food any? I would like to keep my fingers. I guess I won't be doing any candling. This will be harder than when I hatched some now that I have a very protective hen.

My two females have gone broody. They won't leave their nest and if I get near they hiss at me. Is this normal broody behavior. This is the first they have set on them all day?

Thanks so much. I tend to be a worry wart. Do you raise pekins?

I am new to ducks so I am trying not to muck it up.

I have been soaking his foot in Epsom salt twice a day. can I use neosporin? Vet just said to soak and give antibiotics /pain meds. He seems to bear some weight on his foot now. There isn't a fever in his foot like before but still...

I am struggling with one of my Pekin drakes. Vet said it looked like a turtle my have got to his foot. She gave him an Antiflamatory and antibiotic. It's been several days of meds and soaking feet. I am not seeing much improvement? Can I...

4 pekin and 15 ducklings, 2 dogs, a rabbit (thinking of breeding him) and 2 daughters (ages 2 & 4). Hoping to get some chickents and still trying to convince hubby to let me get some geese.

I just recently hatched 15 . My neighbors house burnt down so he gave me his two drakes and bought two females. I think daisy is possibly a jumbo. She is quite larger than the others. I didn't expect such a good first hatch since they...

Anybody interested in some Pekin ducklings?

Happy to report huey will be ok. Vet said looked like a turtle possibly got his foot. So I got to give him an antibiotic for ten days.