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think i might have to many drakes
if you aren't interested in eggs sell the females. people will actually pay ($15-$30 a piece depending on your area) for females but males are tough to give away. -
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johnson waterfowl???????????
Does anyone have runners from Johnson Waterfowl? Are they good upright runners? pictures would be great. -
Ducks swam away
domestic ducks will probably be eaten fairly quickly in wild -
Breeder / Hatchery in mass
Twin Cedar Farm in Acushnet MA had a variety of chicken breeds.- bh1duck
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- Forum: Chicken Breeders & Hatcheries
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Ducklings Keep Passing Away
what temperature is the brooder? is there plenty of food and water? is there anything in the brooder that is being heated by the lamp and giving off fumes? -
Is breeding duck hybrids bad?
breeding is only bad if it is done without a purpose. if your purpose is eggs and meat then hybrids can work great because "hybrid vigour" can result in offspring that produce more eggs than either parent strain and/or grow faster resulting in more efficient meat produciton. -
When do ducklings get grower crumbles?
I think you would be surprised to find the ingredients in Flock Raiser and Poulin Turkey Grower are very similar. both are 20% protein -
When do ducklings get grower crumbles?
What protein % is each of the feeds? -
Birds from Metzer farms arrived...
Thanks for sharing! for some reason i really enjoy the excitement of seeing ducklings and goslings arrive at their new homes. -
How loud are geese and what is the best breed to raise with ducks?
pretend like they were added in for free and keep saying that are probably just jumbo pekins :) -
Why are my ducks so restless and noisy?
looks like you haven't posted in a while but wanted to ask if you could share photos of the appleyard/harlequin crosses. curious what they look like because the parents have so many similar qualities. i bet they are great layers! -
Golden Cascade sexing?
curious do you have any photos of the mature GC drake? and the SA/GC crosses (both as ducklings and mature)? i imagine those crosses make great layers! -
What kind of Goslings?
based on my research holderread currently only sells and ships goslings of these 4 breeds: dewlap toulouse, embden, dewlap african (brown and buff), american (blue and lavender) my extremely novice guess based on pictures on the holderread website (and zero hands on experience) is #1 are... -
Mallard eggs in my backyard
it is good that you are protecting them from your cat but generally wildlife should remain wild. try not to intervene too much.