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"I will sacrifice a day or two's collection, and once my Girls see their eggs left in a spot, they lay there without fail - HollyDuckFarmer." How long do you leave their eggs in that spot? I have learned that, when I collect the eggs that I find, the ducks look for another place to lay...

And, thank you everyone for your help... someone else wrote that the females seem to have a more orange-y bill and the males, a more olive bill. I've yet to successfully vent sex any.... If I trusted what I've found so far, they'd all be female :)

determine(s): cause (something) to occur in a particular way; be the decisive factor in. The hen genetically determines the gender of the offspring

Quote: Buck, you worded my question far more clearly than I - Thank you :) and, I didn't know about the ZZ and WZ chromosomes for birds... Except for humans, I don't think that any creature gives a hoot about the gender of the offspring :) Karen

Well, in humans, the sperm determines the gender of the offspring...(a whole long science class on X and Y chromasomes) in chickens, the HEN determines the gender.... I wondered if the same was true in ducks

Question: Who determines the gender of the offspring.... drake or hen? and, is it likely OR, even certain, that whichever one does the determining, they'd ALWAYS create the same gender? The reason I ask.... I have two males and two females.... and one of the males has laid claim to both...

We have a bunch of babies that are now approximately 2 months old..... the thing I notice first is that the tops of their heads are turning green.... this is REALLY evident in the sunlight.

I have 4 ducks.... I think that they are Rouens Was told that they are Mallards anyway - two hens and two drakes and one drake constantly chases the other away... (all of the ducks are almost a year old) Only one drake is actively inseminating the ladies and, only one hen has laid any...

I have 7 ducks that I was told were Mallards.... 3 are male and only two have the white band on the neck...but only part way around.... doesn't go behind the head... is that another characteristic of a Rouen? my boys look much like the images above... thanks

I had three separate areas and one roo per.... two of the areas were adjacent and, after awhile, I opened it up and allowed all of the birds to roam together... One of the roos was at least twice the size of the other with more personality than any roo ought to have ;) He immediately...

Thank you so much for all of this info.... Actually, the top image is what my roo looked like for two days these poor babies look very sad... I hate when my birds are hurt or sick ;( I'm pretty sure that my roo is suffering a blow to his ego.... or something to that effect..... he's been...

thank you... I'm keeping my eyes on him

I recently moved 5 birds from one coop into the new, enlarged chicken/duck run... the 5 birds - 4 hens and a roo - have been kept separate - yet able to see and "interact" with the rest of the flock for about a week. Yesterday, I opened the door so that the 5 could come out in the run...

last year, my birds were stressed... can't remember what was going on at the time... one by one, one after the other (one would stop and another would start) the birds where wheezing... making rattling sounds in their throats... I'd bring them into the house and fed them water mixed with oil...

Hi KittyKatKayl I'm definitely NOT an expert... and, I have been raising birds for about 6 or 7 years.... I would keep your injured bird separate until she is healed....if you have a way to block an area of the coop off and still let the birds see one another, that works, too. or, (don't...

I've been wondering this as well..... I've had chickens for about 4 or 5 years and recently added some ducks... (30+ chickens and a few roos and 8 ducklettes 4-12 weeks old) right now, they are each in their own coops/ runs but I'm in the process of combining and enlarging the area the...

My husband built two coops and did not add nesting boxes so, I bought grey totes from Walmart, turned them lid side down and cut a small-ish opening in one side.... at times, I will find 3 birds crammed into them ;) the main thing I like about this set up is that I can take the lid off and...

I've had chickens for about 5 or 6 years now... at the moment, there are at least 30 hens and 4 or 5 roos.... My in-laws gave me 40-50 duck eggs over the Summer - to hatch for them... and then, they decided that they didn't want them... I now have 8 ducklettes ;) - ranging in age from 4...

What did the materials cost and how long did it take to build this setup? it looks great...like it will do a marvelous job... and... it's functional, not pretty... (I LOVE functional, don't much care about the pretty) what I'm about to write are just the thoughts that popped into my head...

I have a couple of beautiful roos.. if I could convince them to fly over, you could have one.... ;) One is a New Hampshire Red and another is a cross with New Hampshire Red roo and Black SexLink.... absolutely BEAUTIFUL feathers/colour I'm about 5 1/2 hours from you - in Huntsville, AR Karen