Recent content by Bobbie3504

We hatched out mostly drakes (out of 18 babies, three different hatchings in the spring) and found homes for all, kept one, then one came back, coons got into the ones a little boy got from me and only one survived, so we took it back. But we’re looking for a home for him. Hope to get balanced...

what about ducks? I've not had any eggs since spring, they had been stressed by coon's but that has been handled. I have 5 hens and 2 drakes, 5 Peeking and 2 Peeking/Mallard mix. BUT NO EGGS. Not one all summer. They eat Egg layer feed and are well watered. Suggestions? Thank you!!

Fingers crossed!! they are only a couple of days old.

Got a little late start on getting them in the incubator, the first incubator we were loaned, wouldn't reach 99 degrees, so a friend made me a new one ... however on the first day in, We were gone for a little while and a storm knocked our power out for a couple of hours when we got home the...

I was surprised by a skunk one night when locking up the coop, he was under their roost, I thought it was one of the hens and almost grabbed it, imagine my shock when I saw it was what I THOUGHT was a skunk. (sure enough it was!!) I ran in and got my husband he went in and got the rifle, we...

looks like Mallard hen is right.... I'd have never guessed! She doesn't look like Any of the pics of ANY Mallard hens I've seen! My Drake won't have anything to do with her either! Interesting! Thank your your input!

I'll look into that one... never thought about that. thanks

I did look at Mottled... I thought maybe that one, she bought it at Tractor Supply last spring as a 3 day hatchling along with a couple dozen other ducks, it's the only one that survived a hungry fox so she's not sure which one it was. She normally buys runners so this must have been the only...

I know it's not a mallard drake. it never has had the drake markings and it's body shape isn't the same as the Mallard, no distinct markings at all really. except maybe the eye marking...

That was what my niece thought, but there are no blue feathers in the wing... typically mallard hens also have blue and white in their wing but the drakes is more distinctive and it is larger than a mallard. So I think I've ruled that out, unless I get more votes for 'mallard hen' than anything...

I inherited 3 Peekings and one unknown brown buck from my niece to add to my flock of 3 peeking and one mallard drake (ALL 8 last springs hatchlings) Finally started getting eggs over the past few days, today a light blue egg was in the mix and a bit smaller than the white, peeking eggs. We...

Mallard and his 'girl'

Drake Mallard chasing off drake Peking.... he's staked claim to our female Peking!