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They said it wasn't a mistake at all, but that they always add male chicks for warmth. I feel like that is suck a sad degradation of value of life! The male chicks are just packing material basically. Here's e kicker: they are resending the order because 3 of the ducklings died....So now I'll...

Thank you all for our replies! Those baby scovies are adorable! I ended up ordering 5 ducklings from ideal hatchery. I was shocked to find 10 male chicks in th box and 2 dead ducklings in the box :( What on earth am I going to do with 10 roosters? I feel likk every turn there's a new...

Hi all, I ordered 5 ducklings from Ideal hatchery last week. I was surprised to fond 10 male chicks the box! I thought might toss in a male duck or two, but 10'roosters??? What on earth am I going to do with 10 roosters? Anyone in southern Michigan/northern Ohio want them? They're yours for free!

Well, our late hatch was a miserable failure. Only 2 of 17 hatched, and one was llame and died about 24hrs after hatching. Now I've got one adorable lone duck. I'm praying that on a whim someone nearby has some newly hatched ducklings and would be willing to sell even just one of them! I am so...

Something very sad happened today. My precious 3 year old daughter was picking green beans in the garden and she thought she saw something black in the tall grasses behind the garden area. She came screaming and running to me with such terror in her eyes like I've never seen before crying, "the...

We live in Michigan. The breeds we lost were: 1 black runner, 1 Cayuga/jumbo Pekin mix that we hatched from our own flock, and 2 khaki Campbell's.

Update: our precious neighbors who have kept chickens in the past euthanized our paralyzed girl Vickie who my daughters affectionately named Dandelion.I'm forever grateful for them. We have processed one of our drakes before for eating, and it was really hard for me. I don't think I'll ever do...

Hello all. I have only now gotten up the mental strength to type out the nightmare that my family has gone through in the last week. Last Friday my kids, husband and I witnessed 2 dogs come out of nowhere and kill our beloved Paprika and injure 2 other ducks in our flock. It was so horrible I...

Tomorrow I will be picking up 5 Khaki Females (about 3mo old) to add to my flock. Right now we have 4 females and 4 drakes, mixed breeds, abotu 1yr old. What is the best way to introduce these new girls to the flock? Should I make them a separate pen for them to hang out during the day? I've...

Does the duck flail around a lot afterwards? I thought about using this method, but I wasn't sure if it would flap around a bunch afterwards.

Our flock of 5 hens and 5 drakes need to shrink by at least 3 drakes. I've raised these ducks from babies, and this will be very difficult for me, but we are raising these ducks for eggs, and the drakes are tormenting the females day and night. I don't want to loose the girls, so the boys must...

Hello Fellow Duck Fanatics- I am trying to find some female adult ducks to add to our flock (5 female, 5 drakes). I just saw someone post some ducks on craigslist, but when I asked what gender they were, he said he didn't know how to tell the difference!!! I don't know how you keep ducks and...

We have drakes, I'm wondering if we have too many drakes. They aren't mating right now, but who knows. I gave them some ground egg shells yesterday until I can get to the feedstore.

Any tips on how to stimulate egg production in my flock? We haven't had a single egg in 2 months. We have 5 females in egg producing age. The have a light in their shed at night, plenty of food and water and exercise. I know it's been a cold winter, but we would love to start seeing eggs again!