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Sadly i would have to agree, i had a few with this crossed beak and none of them survived,one was really bad, and struggled eating but others were eating and drinking, i think just not enough to sustain it wee body, i had a few of these every hatch for a while, had one really old hen and once...

i think i will try it, i'm told it's rather difficult but have been searching all day for information and tips just incase it came to this, i collected the 8th egg tonight and have weighed them ready for incubation, thought this might be handy in any event even if i give her them back. i'm told...

to be honest i have never seen them myself, but my brother in law has reported seeing them, and laughed because he had chosen to get lucky while she was having a bath in a deep puddle and she was getting dunked under, i call it the get lucky puddle as the drake chooses the same puddle. i know...

her nest is in a kennel (never been used by anything other than a bird but it is actually a kennel) covered roof arch doorway and it is made of wood shavings and straw. i put wood shavings all over the floor when i put it in position, and left the straw for her in the door way, she made a bonny...

hoping this tread is still being monitored. any any help and advise is very much apreciated. my story is this, i'm new to ducks, i have 5 mixed breed including 1 drake, and also 2 muskovy drakes. my one duck in particular Summer began laying on the 24th Dec 2015, unusual i know, she has...

the goose had started t build a deeper nest and had 6 eggs in it, she was getting pretty noisie when ever anyone went near her nest and was acting (so i'm told) very much like a goose getting ready to sit, on the 8th i had a peep and the eggs were no longer neatly in the nest, they were all over...

i hope we do, i love seeing mummies rear their young, i have incubated loads of birds, quail, chickens turkey's and ducks, and they are lovely but there is something special about watching mum teach and rear her own. with out counting my goslings before they hatch, i really hope i get the chance...

if it makes any difference i have not had the goose and gander very long, the gander i picked up on the 1st january, he was going to be dinner hence thename Dinner, but he looked so sad i couldn't have his life ending up all depressed, it turned out dinner had a mate, who was going mad at the...

thanks for the reply, this is kinda what i suspected to be the case, due to the different hatch times, i don't want the mummy bird to abandon the nest cos some have not hatched. i took the dissision to remove the duck eggs, and this morning mummy duck has moved to another area and laid an...

been searching all night and can't find any information on this subject, if there is another thread on this please point me in the right direction. also not sure where it is best to post this question as it is about 2 different species so any info on that would also be helpfull. he's the...

my Muscovy ducks are called Francis and ferdinand, they were supposed to be one of each but suspected other wise so named the questionable one francis as it can be a female name. our other ducks are mixed breed, 1 drake called billy joel,the girls are called,summer, spring and autum, there...

in the uk, i'm not sure about the rest of the world, a RIR rooster/cockerel over Barred Plymouth rock hens will produce a Black rock/black star chick, (black rock is a licensed/protected breed and only 1 breeder in Scotland can sell Black rocks,not sure about the rest of the uk or out side the...

oh dear, I was hoping my eggs may get me some girls for the boys. miby not the best plan x

hi there, still new to muskies only had my boys a few months, but really enjoying them. one of them seems to be a little more dominant than the other (one was supposed to be a girl) and he pulls the occasional feather out of the other birds, but nothing too serious, usually shouting his name...

don'hink panatran is av in the uk,