I have a question about sexing my duckling.
He's over a month old, almost 2. I heard that females will start to quack around this time. My duck is still making the "peeep peep peep" sounds. Because he's not making any other sound yet, I want to say he's a drake. My friend thinks this rule of...
A thiamine deficiency makes sense. Is there anything I can get from a feed store or do I need a vet? Is there anything I can do to prevent this with the next time I try to hatch some eggs?
Edit: Can I give the supplements to the entire flock (I'm assuming it's water based) or will I have to...
Hello Everyone :-) I'm a completely new farmer, teaming up with a somewhat experienced farmer. We're starting our farm in Maine. We just tried to hatch a bunch of duck eggs. This was our first time with an incubator, and frankly, we failed. We put in close to 40 eggs. We had 3 ducks hatch, 2 of...