They are, literally, as scarce as hens teeth! I've been searching craigslist, FB, the BYC forums, emailing websites, etc.
Mary has some!Just taking a chance that someone here might know of someone who raises Call Ducks.....? The chick that we have in with my son's newly hatched call duck is NOT impressed and is a couple weeks older than the baby. We have decided it would be better to try to find a call duck "friend" for it.
I've had a rough time finding anyone that has Call Ducks (or wants to sell the ones they have
Anyway, if anyone has any leads or knows of anyone, please message me asap. Thanks bunches!!
Don't know about anyone else but our younger birds, ducks or chickens, always go to bed earlier than the others.
I have some 6 week olds outside that don't go to bed....it's the weirdest thing. We've locked them in a few times but they will not sleep in the house. My big hen pen is in the coop and snoozing by 7-8.
I have done it both ways, with a nest box and without. Mine usually don't use the nest boxes. They lay their eggs beside it. My broody right now is setting on eggs right beside the nest box on the floor. But they are all different and have different preferences. My nest boxes for them are on the ground and the front board of the nest is about 2-3 inches high. They don't seem to have any problems getting in or out. I have a little pullet that started out laying on the floor and is now laying in the nest box. It is so exciting when you find your first Silkie egg!
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The age could be why. Since their coop and run are very secure, we just leave the door open all the time for them. Closed it once to clean it while they were outside and forgot to open it. They just went with the flow and roosted on the branch I have set up in the run.
