Recent content by Jelibaen

Thank you Winderdear for keeping up with me!! Your input has been awesome. I'm really excited to see how these guys all grow up to be. Slightly distracted with my baby geese right now but will keep updating!

9 week update! Their combs haven't grown very much, still red but havent gotten any redder, but the red on the wings has definitely spread. Its mostly on the wing but also the chest and back. Still no crowing. Some fighting between them but everyone seems to be doing that. Here are the other...

I will absolutely upload more photos! I'm so used to ducks that these guys are fascinating because they grow so differently. Their colors change constantly and its super cool. Thank you for all of your help!

The more I look at those red shoulders the more convinced I am that I have more than one cockerel on my hands. But their combs are barely growing in at all. Please ignore Fuzzyfoot trying to photobomb in the back. It was a race between taking photos and not letting him peck at my camera.

Bumping this up because chick 2 and 5 have now started to get a red spot but only at the very top of their combs. Their combs aren't getting any bigger and they still have little feathers growing on the comb itself. They are developing muffs around their ears though! They will be 8 weeks on...

Thank you both!! I didnt know there were different kinds of combs until now. Thats super cool!! Hopefully with the rose comb it means I wont have as many issues with frostbite in our -40 winters. I'm very excited to see these guys grow up!

Okay so... I got eggs from my neighbour in February. They were supposed to be duck eggs. They were not. They hatched a week early. They are chickens! I now have 5 chicks. I've had chickens once before (also by accident) and I am learning as I go. They are wonderful chicks!! I love them so much...

Thank you all. I've talked with my vet and a few other breeders and it seems like the consensus is to cull him for the sake of everyone's mental health. My vet pointed out that the stress on my flock might be contributing to the lack of eggs too, so its not just between him and the goose. A...

Hey everybody. I'm a mess as I type this out, and its going to be a long post. Sorry and thank you in advance. Today's subject matter: My gander is trying to mate with my ducks instead of my goose, and tried to kill the goose. Context: My Toulouse gander (2 yrs) refuses to pair up with the...

This year has been insane for me, and we are only 3 months in. In January I had a mink get into my coop. Killed 7 in one afternoon. Injured 5 more. I ended up with 3 ducks in my bathtub for 3 weeks being tube fed medications. One of them had to stay in the tub for another 4 weeks cause we found...

I use the heated rubber buckets and those work great. It only heats it enough to not freeze, so it doesnt evaporate or anything! And yeah talk about indestructible - the only thing that broke mine was a bear last year and thats cause they pulled it through the duck door

I keep water and food in the coop because mine refuse to go outside lmao but my water buckets are covered and only have a hole big enough to dip their head into, so they arent tossing it around and getting ice everywhere. If you heat the coop you will get more condensation

Move your feed and stuff away from the water even by a few feet. If you're feeding pellets and they arent getting greens right now, they dont need grit. And if they arent laying, they don't need the oyster shell either! I dont even bother offering letting my ducks out past -15. I have one duck...

I'm in Alberta, Canada. This is our forecast this week. It has already been like this for 3 days. Needless to say, my flock is a bit upset about the temps. Last year I only had 8 ducks and we hit -53C. Managed okay, had some frozen poopy bums every few days. This year I have 20 ducks and 2 geese...

Quick update: Cayuga egg ended up getting shrink wrapped. The membrane tightened up and dried to its wings and neck so I did have to assist it out but its out and doing well now!