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    Duck ID please

    These drakes are Dutch Hookbills but the two in the back are dusky without brown like a dark Campbell. Close-up (left drake)
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    Duck ID please

    I think he is a Dark Campbell. They are like a Khaki Campbell but without the brown alleles. The dusky gene prevents the facial stripes and darkens the speculums (wing patches).
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    What can i do with duck sludge water?

    I have been dumping it straight into my vegetable garden for years. So yes, your fruit trees will be fine. My tomato and Zucchini plants especially love it.
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    Whitewashing to stop flies

    Two and a half years ago, I built my duck coop, the Kwack Howse. Before construction, I spent a lot of time researching best practices for duck housing and coop maintenance. During that process, I came across an article on the tradition of whitewashing and its role in keeping animal shelters...
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    When is it safe to let drakes out of drake jail ?

    Depends on your drakes. I used to say 4th of July. But, then my drakes got worse and worse. So, it became September 1st. They got worse. I got rid of them and got new drakes who do not need to be separated. 🤷‍♀️
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    Khaki duck sexing

    I went back and checked all my old Khaki duckling pictures. I found no connection between bean color and gender. I had female ducklings with both light beans and dark. I only had two drakes one had a light bean, the other kind of half and half. I did find the ducklings with the prettiest...
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    Looking for any info on pool filters

    I have aquaponics with fish. For that I have found reasonably priced pumps for small ponds at Lowe’s. They just don’t last super long though (@ 1 yr). I have one sump pump from Ace Hardware that has lasted me for years. It cost more (about a hundred dollars). It hooks to a standard garden...
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    Looking for any info on pool filters

    I believe most filters would quickly be clogged. So, you would need to first pump to a settling container. Here most of the gunk settles out and the cleaner top water is filtered and pumped back into the pool.
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    Tell me how to hatch these eggs

    Too much humidity is way worse than not enough. If it is humid where you are, don’t add any water until the end. Shipped eggs are harder to hatch so don’t count your ducks before they hatch. It takes 28 days and ducks are slow hatchers. They usually pip one day and hatch the next. When you...
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    When Should I Start Seeing Eggs!

    My egg laying breeds like Khaki Campbells usually all started laying at 4-5 months old. But, my other kinds started at 5-9 months. For example, I hatched 2 Dutch Hookbill girls last year. One started laying in the fall at 5 months old. The other, took the winter off first, and did not start...
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    4 week old duckling start of angel wings?

    Those new wing feathers are heavy and weaker birds let them sag. This can turn into angel wing but you will see those end feathers start to turn. At the moment just keep an eye on it. The more exercise she gets the stronger she will be. Do they get any supervised swim time?
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    What am I?

    That makes sense then. In the other picture the old down looked yellow. Your duck looks like a Khaki Campbell or Golden 300 mix.
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    What am I?

    What did he look like when he was little? Was he yellow?
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    Crested gene question?

    If you breed her to the Runner the babies will be sex-linked. The girls will have the buff gene and be similar but lighter to my lavender but with spotting like an Ancona due to the runner pattern. The boys will look similar with the same spotting but blue (no buff will show). Here are some...
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    Crested gene question?

    Oh my, they do! Mine is a silver so crossing her to a khaki gave me blue boys and Lavender girls. What color is your drake?
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