I am in Nb. Really cold here too. Hard keeping the waterers un frozen. I may build a pen for call ducks. Or get a bigger breed and make them a house for the winter. What do ya think?
I have standard size chickens and bantams. The ducks would be for foraging and pest control, but I would like to get a few eggs. I had 9 pekins and 1 mallard last year, but the mallard disappeared and I had family friends that took the pekins. The pekins were so big and messy! Any suggestions?
Hello all. I am looking into getting call ducks in the spring. I wanted to put a nesting box on the floor of my chicken coop, and let them come and go as they wish, and free range. Is there any tips on keeping them with chickens, free ranging and any other information I need to know. Thanks a...
I have done 2 hatches of Quail, One in my hand turned incubator and One in my automatic turner incubator. My first hatch in my hand turned incubator I had 9 eggs 2 hatched, 5 were fertilized when I candled them but did not hatch or peep out. My second hatch in my automatic egg turner incubator...