Posts by Mommysongbird

     

Quote: Originally Posted by Amiga  How old is the mallard, and how often do you see the drooping wings?  Male or female? He/she is about 10 weeks, give or take.  We got them at TS back in March, on...

We only put food and water in the coops (chicken and duck) if it looks like rain since the runs are not covered and it's a pain to get the feed buckets out from under the coops.  If it's not going to rain, the feed buckets stay...

So according to the link that Silverfox0786 posted, Angel Wing looks like a Hitch Hickers Thumb sticking out from the body at 90* angle.  So what is it if the ducks wing is Drooping down???   

Quote: Originally Posted by ppimf  mine are all trained to going in there coops at night, i started by just herding them every night at the same  time of night, by 2 weeks they had it figured out, if i have to do...

I have 1 mallard who may or may not have it.  Just not sure what to look for.

We will have 4 Pekin, but only 2 will live with us and that is ONLY if our mallard and bantam chicks accepts them.  If not, then they will go to my mom and dad's house with the other 2 and the other 5 mallards.  

We have a small chicken coop that we have for our bantams and 1 maybe 3 ducks.  The one duck has been with the bantams since day 1 so we left her with them and they do fine together.  The other 2 will be introduced later when...

Sorry about your chickens. Well this is our first year with A duck.  She is only about 7 or 8 weeks old, but she has her "own" brood of bantam chicks right now that love her.  She has a little shallow pan that I had for my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Miss Lydia  Hopefully it will work, but being as she has chicks as babies be very careful she doesn't try teaching them to swim, and we're getting the rain too Thanks and yeah, I...