My ducks are mostly related and I would like to introduce some WHs in. Mama Cayuga is the matriarch and her acceptance of the ducks would be needed so I was thinking about giving her some ducklings when she goes broody. Not sure she will buy it though
I have wondered if this is possible with ducks, you should keep us posted with how it turns out? I think ducks are probably a wee bit smarter than chickens and harder to fool
I keep my water and food pretty far apart, because here it will mold really quickly with any wetness. I make them walk a good bit between. They are just fine and it keeps my crumbles dry as a bone. They fill up their bills and waddle over to the water to wash it down. ALso keeps my water a...
Also one of them sound male. My gals make that higher pitched squeak/wheeze but that lower sounding one is kind of sounding drake-y. Any way to get them riled up a little? That's when I find the honk really comes out. Mine will honk for peas
All my mama raised ducklings behave the same way to me as the rest of my ducks. They learned their behavior from the group. They are friendly but wont let me handle them with out fuss.
Mine like peas, compost piles, rain, puddles, escaping their yard, and talking to each other. I will say in my limited experience, they tend to be braver when there are more than 2, but then duck politics comes into play. They are very personable, smart and seem to form tight bonds with each...
Yeah my ducks bed down and lay on the ground. They don't seem inclined to use nest boxes. They like a layer of good thick bedding and I rake the poop off the top and replenish the top layer. If I had a movable shelter like yours I would probably go with a thinner layer and just move it around...
I had this issue last year. Suddenly my drake didn't like 2 of my females. These were ducks the flock hatched and raised as ducklings. He kept chasing them away and wouldn't let them join the group. He would wail on them pretty good. I tried to separate the girls but they kept flying over tall...