Brand new Pekin/Blue Swed mix in the coop this morning! Nature-made, I had nothing to do with it. This is completely different from the way I got the first ducklings so any advice on how to go forward is welcome and needed.
Typically, my ducks free range on big lake all day and come back to coop in the evening. I have a big run I can keep them in instead of letting them out to the lake. I also have 2 drake Swedish Blues and 1 big drake Pekin that is away, staying with a friend because he was very aggressive. He is supposed to come back home next week. Probably not good timing.
Do I keep males in separate coop room? When can males mingle with ducklings?
Do I take the ducklings away or let nature take its course? These mommas seem to be very protective and doing a great job.
People kept telling me that Pekins don't like to sit on nests and that it has been 'bred out of them'. Well, I have 2 Pekins that seem to remember.
Typically, my ducks free range on big lake all day and come back to coop in the evening. I have a big run I can keep them in instead of letting them out to the lake. I also have 2 drake Swedish Blues and 1 big drake Pekin that is away, staying with a friend because he was very aggressive. He is supposed to come back home next week. Probably not good timing.
Do I keep males in separate coop room? When can males mingle with ducklings?
Do I take the ducklings away or let nature take its course? These mommas seem to be very protective and doing a great job.
People kept telling me that Pekins don't like to sit on nests and that it has been 'bred out of them'. Well, I have 2 Pekins that seem to remember.
