Recent content by ArtistaRaquel

I've been trying to find a heater base to use with my plastic 5 gallon waterers. I have two that are vacuum sealed and work great most of the year, but don't have the option of putting a deicer in them during freezing temperatures as it would prevent the vacuum seal. I thought I saw a metal...

I have two gorgeous Welsh Harlequin x Golden 300 Layer drakes I hatched out on April 10, getting close to full sized. The parents are from last spring's order from Metzer, and the 4 eggs I incubated (all of which hatched) gave me quite a surprise. The mother, a Golden 300, is various shades of...

Any more hatchlings? Here's a few pics of mine all warm and fluffy. My other 6 should arrive today! :)

Congratulations on your first hatchling! I too decided hastily to set a few eggs. I ordered 6 ducklings (2 Welsh Harlequin and 4 Cayuga females) to add to my current flock of 7 (3 WH ducks, a WH drake, and 3 Golden 300 Layer Hybrid ducks) on March 11, and then I started thinking about the...

So I have run into a few issues with the pond. First off, I put a stall shower drain grate thing in the toilet flange before attaching it to the stock tank, thinking it would be a good addition. However, down feathers have been stopping it up, but I only noticed this when I came home from work...

I just started a duck pond with a 6' diameter x 2' deep (400+ gallons) stock tank with a 95 gallon stock tank that will be used as a Skippy filter. I had to put the output from the filter lower than I'd wanted due to the design of my Southern States (versus Rubbermaid) stock tank- the flat side...

I just started a duck pond with a 6' diameter x 2' deep (400+ gallons) stock tank with a 95 gallon stock tank that will be used as a Skippy filter. I had to put the output from the filter lower than I'd wanted due to the design of my Southern States (versus Rubbermaid) stock tank- the flat side...

So it turns out I was mistaken on the size of my stock tank, it's 400+ gallons. Decided to just go with that as the pond, and got a 95 gallon stock tank as the filter. I'm not so interested in doing duckponics for food for myself, just think I'll add as many plants as possible to the Skippy...

I know there are countless threads on here for duck ponds and duckponics, but I've been having a hard time sorting through them all. I bought a 200 gallon stock tank to use as a duck pond a couple of years back, but had one of my chickens fall in and drown. (It's 2' deep x 6' circle.) I was...

I love that you have a knitting pattern next to your duckling :D

I love my Welsh Harlequins and highly recommend the breed. I also have Golden 300 Layers, which are just as nice, and just as good layers.

I have two Welsh Harlequin hens who are a little over a year old, who have stopped laying over the past week. I have searched everywhere but haven't found any eggs hidden. I did start using apple cider vinegar in their water around that time, as well as stop separating the "ducklings" from the...

Thank you! I will try that immediately. I do have a plastic waterer already, so that part isn't an issue.

I have a flock of 5 chickens of mixed breeds and ages(3-6 years), but all were obtained as day-old chicks and quarantined until laying age before being added to the flock. Within the last few months I noticed my 6th chicken, a Red Star, had a very prominent breast bone sticking out when I...

I ordered ducklings about a month ago from Metzer to split with my neighbor, to include two Welsh Harlequin drakes. She will be taking hers soon, but I get to pick who I want to keep. The drakes are so differently colored, and I don't know what is typical for month old drakes to look like. (The...