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post #271 of 296
5/15/12 at 7:58am

Nice Kansaskid! Looks like alot of hard work. Hope you and your birds are doing well.

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post #272 of 296
5/15/12 at 7:01pm
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Thanks, all is good. Lost a few eggs to the snakes but still have a lot in the incubator.

How did your magellan eggs do?

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post #273 of 296
5/16/12 at 1:14pm

7 eggs and  waiting. I havent bothered them at all except to change water and put in food. Im hoping to walk out one morning and see a big happy family. On all the others I havent really cared. I hate to say it. My hearts not into all the duckling care like days of old. I dont mind taking care of maybe 30 just not a coupla hundred.  I have sold some of different ducklings. But lets just say there might be some exotics floating around here too.lau.gif All I really want are the baikal,cans and magellan babies this year. My cubans are laying again as are shovelers,Am widgeons , canvasbacks and a few others. I had a pleasant surprise the other day. A manderin male was outside my pen the other day checking it out . Might have been some of last years floaters. I stepped right on a big black snake yesterday while in a rush . He struck but missed. A friend of mine is going to buy up most of my adult breeders here. Ive already cut back alot. But Im going to get some redbreastedgeese, tragopans  and Impeyans again this fall if all goes well. Less birds but alot mo money LOL!  Whats on your wish list?

Quack Addict  80 exotic and migratory ducks, ornamental pheasants, one siamese, white and black labs , and a very understanding wife for 25 years   NPIP certified                                                                                                                                 I Ducks

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post #274 of 296
5/16/12 at 1:42pm

My Lovely 2 Muscovies area

 

 



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post #275 of 296
5/16/12 at 2:03pm
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I have maybe $500 in eggs waiting to hatch. If I sell all those then ill spend $30 on some ruddy shelducks and be done this year so I can have college money but who knows I get a real bad itch in the fall when the auctions are going on and I have been wanting some mergansers and tragopans. Hope your eggs hatch for and u get some Baikal and cans this year.

Sadiew: looks good! My domestic ducks aren't as fortunate as yours. Just a feed tub and some old blue barrels for nest boxes.

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post #276 of 296
5/16/12 at 3:44pm

how do you keep your pool/pond clean from all the duck waist and dirt? is there a filter system or do you go in and cleen it yourself?

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post #277 of 296
5/16/12 at 3:55pm

Now I want a pond, ducks, an avery, and..... of course, more LAND! 

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post #278 of 296
5/16/12 at 9:34pm
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carbon filters from walmart with scotch bright pads all placed I n a skimmer box that flows into where the pump is. An old sand filter and pump from a swimming pool will work also. The water still needs changed after a couple weeks because of the ammonia and nitrogen levels but as long as you use an algaecide that's safe it stays relatively clear....as clear as duck water can bw that is.

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post #279 of 296
5/17/12 at 12:57am
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carbon filters from walmart with scotch bright pads all placed I n a skimmer box that flows into where the pump is. An old sand filter and pump from a swimming pool will work also. The water still needs changed after a couple weeks because of the ammonia and nitrogen levels but as long as you use an algaecide that's safe it stays relatively clear....as clear as duck water can bw that is.

does that keep the poop from biulding up? or is that just to keep the water clean i want a cement pond but i am not sure how to keep the poop and mud cleared out of it.

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post #280 of 296
5/17/12 at 5:36am

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our new pond,,still really muddy,,ducks love it!

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This pond has an overflow into the ditch behind it...easy to refresh.

You only live once,,but if you work it right, once is enough

~Family of : 6 silkie hens( 1 being a rooster) 5 ducks (1 pekin,1 rouen ,1 swedish black,2 silver call ducks), 2 African pygmy goats,2 dogs, 4 cats, 2 rabbits, 1 crested gecko ,,1 awesome husband and 3 children I would do anything for~~ all of us,animal lovers!~~

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You only live once,,but if you work it right, once is enough

~Family of : 6 silkie hens( 1 being a rooster) 5 ducks (1 pekin,1 rouen ,1 swedish black,2 silver call ducks), 2 African pygmy goats,2 dogs, 4 cats, 2 rabbits, 1 crested gecko ,,1 awesome husband and 3 children I would do anything for~~ all of us,animal lovers!~~

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