Posts by jdywntr

Quote: Originally Posted by weeshanti  Thanks again for the information and tips. All our chicks came from local sources, so this will be my first experience with shipped babies; I can imagine they will probably be in...

Congrats on your decision.  Metzer is a great place to get from.  Swedish should dress out nicely.    Make sure that you are prepared when they arrive.  I always found ducklings harder to get started than...

Like Miss Lydia said, they will need to be kept seperate until the ducklings are bigger, possibly adult size.    You are correct in thinking that the ducks won't know that they are their offspring.  They may look at...

Quote: Originally Posted by weeshanti  Hi, all -   I have chickens and guineas already, so of course the next step is ducks.   I have done some research and want a balanced duck that...

Ducks lay unfertilized eggs.  If you have a drake they will lay fertilized eggs if the two mate.  You do not need a drake to have a duck lay and having a drake will not increase the number of eggs that the duck lays.

Looks like a runner.

I hope all goes well.  I've never gotten shipped eggs, sounds like that may have been the problem with some.  The cold can be hard too.  One of my muscovy hatched out 13 in the beginning of Dec  but another only had...

Quote: Originally Posted by linen53  Thank you Miss Lydia.  I assisted and glad I did.  None are very strong but none would have made it out.  Of the 4 that I assisted.  3  belong to one mom....

You should get it to a vet.  It doesn't look like a degloving injury because it doesn't appear that the extra skin is there.  It looks like the dog literally tore part of the skin off.  That is muscle showing without...

The recommended ratio is 1:4-6.  Sometimes a bad ratio will work but if you choose to keep more than 1 you need to have a backup plan in mind if there is a problem.  Too many drakes can injure or kill the girls so I'm glad...