I've got 17 and love them all. I started with 4 and still have 3 of them. The drake was a real jerk so he got rehomed.
These are 7 of the 9 I hatched last May enjoying their field trip into the yard.
Bill, Finch and Atticus. Atticus and Finch are absolutely beautiful but won't hold still for a...
Are you giving them any oyster shells? I see you said they don't like them but are you offering them on the side in a separate container or are you mixing in with their food? The girls will eat them as needed and should have them so their shells are hard. I've got a few idea for containers that...
Hi all, I just wanted to show off one of my hatchlings from this year. I think he's beautiful. I'm not quite sure how he got like this but he's sure pretty. His dad is chocolate and his mom could be one of many of my fawn/whites. His name is Finch and he's almost 2 months old.
He's the one with...
Yes, ONE very good boy Bordie Collie and then there's the young girl who I'm convinced is untrainable. She will lay down and watch the duckling with very focused concentration while I wash out the water buckets at night but that's where it all ends. She herded the older ducks out of the run...
I always get tricked when trying to guess colors. Just when you think you know something totally different ends up being the case. One of my little runners was almost all white until one day when suddenly she was fawn/white. She seriously went from all white to f/w overnight.
I have. He was with all 6 of my older girls but their poor necks! So I segregated him for a few weeks on his own. I made a divider in the night pen so he was with them but couldn't rape. Then one day I was watching all my girls together pulling their neck feathers out mounting each other in the...
You're way ahead of me. I only have runners. I recently saw pekins for the first time and the guy that bought my last hatch had all kinds of ducks so I got to see them in person. Honestly, I don't think I'd ever seen another breed except "pond ducks" until very recently. I agree I think runners...
I've got a pretty "active" drake so I've got to keep him away from the babies (the 4 in the front of the picture) and 3 of the older girls with tore up necks from him. He's a sweet boy he's just got that little problem. Unfortunately, 2 of the babies (black & f/w) are boys too. I love them all...