Just an updated pic! She is chilling out on top of the chicken house she slept in last night. I've also put a bigger tray of water with some stones inside to help her get in and out of the steeper sides. Not deep enough to drown in! But more water and width than the little black tray she likes...
OMG... I am just sitting in my house and the duck has come indoors and is walking (limping) around my living room. She went inside my silkies pen and came up to where I am sitting looking like she wants to try to fly up to where I am. But is also afraid of me and hisses if I get too close. Very...
Thanks for the replies! I live in the UK... not sure if there is rules about keeping ducks? But if she wanted to stay that would be fine. I'm worried about releasing her and having other ducks attack her. But cross one bridge at a time!
I'll see if I can get some pics. Its early so will be in...
:hmm hi. I am looking for any tips or advice on helping a duck I found two days ago please.
I have kept quails, budgies, cocktails, parakeets and currently have a silkie hen. I have rescued pigeons, some successfully, some not so much if cat scratched. I love birds and animals and would try to...
Excuse pic of me! Lol. I don't like showing myself usually!
Anyways, I put Silvier (as we named her) in the garden this morning and she pecked around as if eating and again seemed so much happier! She wouldn't let us feed her at all today and wouldn't drink water either. Some other birds landed...
What if she won't eat?? I thought tomorrow I could put seed down in the garden and see if she eats it when I let her out? If she does then does that mean she is very very unhappy indoors? I'm not sure the best thing to do? Leave her outside but just get her in at night so predators can't get to...
Thank you!
She is doing well! Mostly. I have been told she is maybe five weeks old? About a week from learning to fly. We have fed her peas and sweetcorn and soaked wild bird seed. I'm just unsure of the next steps? My daughter's want to keep her 'as a pet'. Which would be lovely but I'm not...
Hello. I'm in the UK and rescued this bird from a boy hitting it with a stick. Can someone please tell me what type of bird it is? I thought pigeon but it's markings are not like a wood or city pigeon. It's like a stock dove but doesn't have the shiny green patch on neck. It's acting very tame...
It's so weird as Coturnix Quail are supposed to be hard to get to brood but my first female hatched her eggs and now the offspring that I incubated seem interested in their eggs too and I feel bad taking the eggs away daily... And the kids are begging me to see if they would hatch their eggs...
One of my quails, Skittles, is a small slightly skittish female who got 'beat up' by the roo she was with but now lives happily with our cuddly tame boy indoors and another female quail (a big fat hen named ChiChi).
Anyways Skittles was the last to start laying but she would do the egg song...
Hi. I was expecting eggs from about 8-9 weeks old but my batch of quails all started laying between 12 and 13 weeks old! Which was about two weeks ago. Now one has stopped. No idea why but getting one egg less than my number of females per day.
So strange!!! You were totally right. I just put another female (ChiChi) with Skittles and instantly fine together! Tried Brownie (the original) again but nope she instantly dislikes both ChiChi and Skittles! So she is now back outside in the outside Aviary! The other females are not too...
Heya! So, my situation has been getting better. Managed to rehome a few males. I decided to 'reward' my super tame cuddly male Tan by letting him have some females. Originally was going to keep a bachelor pad but didnt work out as they started injuring each other and had to separate them all...
I put masking tape over a tiny chip in the eggshell and it hatched just fine. Outside about a bigger crack though. I think as others said just keep an eye on it and toss at first sign it's not developing right!