Posts by Maggies Pop

Out of the 5 Ancona's only 3 are named:   The Drake is SWAGGER.  And yes, we sing:  You want the moves like Swagger I've got the moves like Swagger I've got the mooooooves... like Swagger  (if you know the...

We have an opportunity to bring on 5 new Pekin ducks into our existing flock of 5 ducks/2 drakes.  Our current ducks are Ancona and Khaki Campbell.  They are about 16 wks old.  Super sweet.  My question is, are...

Thank you Miss Lydia for the medicine recommendations.  We are going to the feed store now, so will look for it.  We cleaned her off, put on some triple antibiotic cream and bandaged her.  She is resting comfortably now....

We have a 6 wk Ancona duck.  Something got to her through their cage last night.  One of her wings was chewed off and the muscle in the opposite leg has been ripped.  She seems in good spirits.  We brought her in...

We just got ours yesterday, they are 2 weeks old and so incredibly sweet!  I obviously have no real advice to give other than they sure are cute!  

Thank you Mum!  I am already in love    ChristineR--I agree...ours are very, very sweet too.  They are so gentle and act like little mommies to the Khaki's.  The Khaki's are 2 wks old and the Anconas are 6...

Thanks for your replies!  Very helpful.  My concern was mainly about making sure if cross breeding happened that the sizes wouldn't be an issue.  I would hate for a smaller bird to be harmed by laying an egg that is too...

Hi folks!  We are new to ducks and are going to pick up our firsts tomorrow.  We have an opportunity to buy both Anconas and Khaki's.  My question is....can they be housed together?  I'm concerned about...

Welcome from Northern California!

Quote:Originally Posted by MomKat Thanks so much for all the info!  I WILL be looking into it!  My primary focus is Science, and I can see this fitting several objectives across the grade levels pretty easily!  Thanks...