Posts by 70%cocoa

Your remaining drake is a lucky boy then, with 5 lovely ladies to keep him company :)

Don't take any notice of one mounting the other - that is not a reliable indicator of sex. Females will do it to females. Definitely does not mean that the one doing the mounting is a drake.   A dark coloured blackish blue...

Yes, you can just leave the wings alone. It's just an appearance thing. There is no need to clip them :)

Oh that's great! Wonderful news!!!!

A wonderful result!!! I agree that leaving them alone and not opening the incubator constantly is the way to go. Congratulations!!!!!!

Your two ducks look like they are 'splash' or 'silver' Swedish, meaning they have two doses of the blue gene (black Swedish have none and Blue Swedish have 1).   There are no major differences in the appearance of male and...

ps. and your website is fantastic. What a great set-up you have at your farm. Wonderful! :)

Thanks for sharing your experiences and what you did to adjust to things you learned along the way :) It sounds like you have a very good system going now, and one that has been developed in response to your close and careful...

That's a great addition - and the hardware cloth door too. You've done such a great job!

I'd put the humidity up and stop turning. Leave the lid on and don't worry about candling. The 28 day hatch period is just an average - some take longer. Sit tight! I would not worry at all that you have seen no action yet. Fingers...