Recent content by mclarke2941

Hello! I hatch out chicks every spring and this year I want to hatch out silkies! Does anyone know a good place to purchase fertilized silkie eggs around CT or New England? I’ve also looked at options online to get some shipped, so if there’s any recommendations for online ordering too that’d...

Okay. Yes that’s what we’re planning to do. We kept two ducklings that we believe to be females so we will than have more hens then drakes

What do you mean here?

I wish I saw this sooner! That would have been a great idea. But, we brought the babies to their new home this morning, so we’re hoping the two we kept are females. Maybe I can take a video of the two we have to see what you all think anyway! Thanks!

Thank you! Unfortunately I just saw this and we brought the ducks to their new home this morning! And yes that’s right, we have the two drakes and a hen. That might be a good idea, but we’ve had the three older ducks for over three years now and they’ve imprinted on each other, so I don’t think...

Thank you! We have tried listening to their voices but they’re not very distinct yet. Like I said in the original thread, we are giving the ducks away to a new home this week so we can’t wait until they are older to find out. I appreciate the response though!

Good morning all! I currently have 8 ducklings, about a month old, that I need to determine the sex of. I am planning to keep two of them but I can only keep females because I already have three adult ducks two of which are males. I am aware that I should have more females than males which is...

Hi! I hatched out some duck eggs a couple months ago and the first batch that we did hatched a week later than we expected them to. My sister was going into the incubator to take all the eggs out and throw them out when she noticed cracks in three of the eggs. They took between 1-2 days to hatch...

Thank you! Unfortunately we probably won’t be keeping them too much longer, we didn’t expect this many to hatch and don’t have the space for all 8 of them! As you said though, I think they would be okay if we separate the group. Hopefully they won’t get too stressed but I’d imagine they would...

Great advice, I think I’ll try and do that tomorrow and see how they react. Thank you!

Thank you for the information, I did not know that! I’m more familiar with chickens as I’ve had them longer than the ducks. We also currently have two adult drakes and one adult female which is why we are looking to keep two female ducklings. i appreciate the advice and I’ll try sexing them...

Thanks for the advice! I also don’t think we will be needing to worry about the sexes of the babies, we have already talked to someone who is willing to take them all regardless of their sex. I’ll probably try and sex them if I can anyway, I only want to keep females so I want to make sure I...

Hi! I just joined today to get some advice on my own chickens and ducks! I live in New England and currently have 6 chickens and 3 adult ducks and 8 ducklings. I’ve raised chickens my entire life and have hatched out ducks but only recently built a coop and began to keep them a couple years...

Hi, I’m new to this online forum stuff and hoping someone can help me with the ducklings that I have. My family and I hatched out 8 ducklings recently and are looking to keep two of them and give away the rest. However, my sister is concerned that they can’t be separated from each other and...