Recent content by DaniBird

This is 3-month-old Gershwin. Can anyone tell if Gershwin is male or female?

I agree that they should be trapped and humanely euthanized. They're disruptive to both you and the environment, they can no longer survive on their own, and nobody's going to want to adopt or buy diseased ducks. It makes me sad, but it seems to be the best option.

He has his own part of the yard sectioned off which the hen enters/exits as she pleases, but he's actually quite he gentleman with her. :)

By hen, I mean chicken hen.

I hatched a grocery store egg once.

It sounds like he drowned her. Drakes will push the ducks' heads underwater in an attempt to make them submit. If you get a duckling, don't let her near Chuck until she's full grown. And I'd get another pekin, or even jumbo pekin so that she'll have a chance against him in size. I'd go back to...

I completely agree! And at least the rooster waits until it's morning!

I was keeping him as a pet, but I've been going under the radar in the city, so I'm going to have to figure out what to do with him

I used a Brindea mini Eco incubator if my drake ever went broody, that's make my year. By the way, my new rooster did his first crowing this morning. What timing!

No, he was the only one to hatch since the eggs had been refrigerated.

Thank you. And he definitely looks like a cockerel to you, right?

Well he was solid white/yellow as a chick, so I assumed leghorn, but now I'm not sure.

(s)He has some slightly paler skin behind his/her wattles, but it doesn't quite look like a full-on earlobe yet

Hasn't laid an egg, but hasn't come close to crowing either.