Just wanted to say how much i love this species! By far my fav. Not just because their imense size but their beauty and how friendly even the roosters are :) i live in a village but i can still keep hercules ( the rooster) becuase their crow is quiet :D . The ideal species.
I tried gently peeling of the shell but a little blood came from the membrane so I stopped, there is a large Hole in the side but the duckling won't try to get out, the broody hen sitting on it heptathlon pulling away the shell but hurting the chick what do I do?
Help please my broody hens are hatching a duckling and pulling of the shell but they are hurting it, they hurt his beak and and have drawn blood from the membrane and the chick won't come out the large Hole they have made
I cracked a duck egg a bit at day 25 or so of incubation..... I'm really worried it's my last hope all my other eggs have failed it was the only one that didn't smell rotten!!!
Last year I used a hen to do this and this year I wanted to do it again..... Are there any problems with this and will the other ducks bother with the chicks?
I have 2 magpie ducks, 1 Pekin duck and a large sandy dick, the males of the group keep trying to rape my hens(only the silkies) and they can't come down off the Perch or they get chased. Do any of yous have any info, one of the silkies raised them/hatched them soooo what's going on
I have a female Pekin and a male magpie duck, I have seen him attempting to breed with her but can't reach and falls off I would like to breed them in the spring and I was wondering if there was any hope of it working
This annoyed me as I wanted to try it, I would like to know who might have eaten it and how I con stop this. The poor Pekin duck was exhausted and the egg went to waste. I have 11 hens and 4 ducks in the coop, who is it?
I got it from a friend who grabbed a handful of random eggs for my hen to incubate, turns out the person he got the from kept ducks too, they all turned out to be ducks, 2 magpie and the other was this. I'm very sorry but my phone won't let me upload images so I'll give a description, he has a...