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post #401 of 404
5/26/13 at 6:41pm
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Originally Posted by mattperth View Post

Wow! Congratulations of 13 babies! That is awesome :)

 

Here are a couple of pics of my pair, hoping to breed this season, fingers crossed :)

 

 

 

 

They are beautiful. And your are for the ducks is really cool! Some day I'd love to have something like this. Right now I don't have a set up for mandarins. We have all sorts of other ducks and geese here at the farm. I'd die to have some mandarins!

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post #402 of 404
5/26/13 at 8:49pm
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Originally Posted by happyhensny View Post

Well sad day here. The babies must have been out in the rain and cold too long yesterday. Lost 4 babies overnight. Hopefully the rest are going to be ok. This is why I really do not want to sell them yet. I would feel terrible if someone bought them and then they died.


Oh I'm so sorry! I was worried about the same thing happening here, but their mama is so good. She leads them into our attached huge doghouse every time it's rained and they end up being safe, dry and warm in there...they have their crumbles in there too, so they can eat too. She's sooo good of a mama!

I hope your others do fine now.

Lisa

lucky lady who has 1 very patient hubby, 5 kids ages 15-28, 1 dog (+ a new puppy!!!!) 5 cats,  6 Mandarins, 4 Khaki Campbell ducks,  4 Sebastopol Geese (& 6 of their babies so far- all 6 sold), and about 30 chickens  (mostly BCM, with a few others...and new chicks  )

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lucky lady who has 1 very patient hubby, 5 kids ages 15-28, 1 dog (+ a new puppy!!!!) 5 cats,  6 Mandarins, 4 Khaki Campbell ducks,  4 Sebastopol Geese (& 6 of their babies so far- all 6 sold), and about 30 chickens  (mostly BCM, with a few others...and new chicks  )

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post #403 of 404
5/27/13 at 6:48am
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Oh I'm so sorry! I was worried about the same thing happening here, but their mama is so good. She leads them into our attached huge doghouse every time it's rained and they end up being safe, dry and warm in there...they have their crumbles in there too, so they can eat too. She's sooo good of a mama!

I hope your others do fine now.

Lisa

Thanks.  Geeze, why couldn't the mother keep track of her kids!  The ducklings seem fine, eating and drinking but apparently there is something going on that can't be seen.  Hoping for the best now.

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I have some Porcelain D'Uccles, Australorps, Araucana, India Blue Peafowl, Red Golden & Temminck Pheasants, Mandarin ducks, a few Nigerian & Pygmy goats, a couple cats, a DH and a few kids.  Simple and happy.

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-  Annie  -

 

I have some Porcelain D'Uccles, Australorps, Araucana, India Blue Peafowl, Red Golden & Temminck Pheasants, Mandarin ducks, a few Nigerian & Pygmy goats, a couple cats, a DH and a few kids.  Simple and happy.

NPIP certified

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post #404 of 404
6/17/13 at 8:42pm
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Originally Posted by Sanna View Post

They are beautiful. And your are for the ducks is really cool! Some day I'd love to have something like this. Right now I don't have a set up for mandarins. We have all sorts of other ducks and geese here at the farm. I'd die to have some mandarins!
Thanks smile.png I try to give them a natural little habitat to hide away in!
If you can get your hands on some Mandarins I highly recommend you go for it! They are stunning birds
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