Recent content by cmbeall

Oh my goodness how cute!!!!! I can't wait for ours to come on and hatch. We had our first hatch today. There is some rocking and peeping going on inside the eggs. Come on babies!!! Congrats on your babies!!!

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I suspect this particular duckling will be spoiled. MY hubby named her Eunice after his grandmother and I carry her in my bra to keep her extra warm. She gets lonely in the brooder box all alone. We have some wiggling and you can hear a peep or two...

This has been our first season with ducks. Some of our eggs we left in the nest and some we put in the incubator. Today our first incubator egg hatched. She does have a problem I haven't been able to get a good answer on yet. There is something wrong with one of her legs. One leg...

We are relatively new with our geese. We presently have two Poms and 3 Chinese or African (not sure anymorelol) We had a lone goose we were told was an African Goose but no dewlap. Then we got what we were told were a Chinese Pair. All three geese look practically identical. Their sizes vary...

Does anyone know a good resource for some visual aids in candling? My ducks are laying. I am treating all of them right now as potential babies. This is our first laying "season" with our ducks. I am trying to hone my candling skills but I could sure use some help. We have some hens sitting...

Hey Thanks for the pics. They are beautiful birds. I was going to put a pic in here of the two we are going to get but I can't figure out how to insert it. Thanks for sharing the pics cathy

Thanks so much for the information. I intend to breed for the breed standards in all of our purebred stock. I will also have a flock for laying. It will be inter bred. Right now we have Pekins, Rouens and Blue Swedish Ducks. These African Geese will be our first geese. I have a lead on...

Hello, We are trying to get some geese to put in our individual groupings of ducks. I am looking at some African Geese. I had not really cared the breed of goose we obtained but I am seeing the benefit to at least have two of the same breed per pen so we can benefit from the sale of the...

Hello We have three breeds of ducks at this time....Blue Swedish, Rouens and Pekin. It is my desire to breed my swedes pure and sell the ducklings. I am considering this as well for rouens. The pekins we wanted to us as egg layers. We have considered keeping the flock pure but I was curious...

Thanks guys!!! Still new so have some to learn.

I usually try to limit my stupid questions to the duck forum. However...we are raising ducks. I did get some bantam chicks to help keep down on insects etc. They are laying now. They are not fertile eggs....no rooster. Are bantam eggs good to eat??? We are going to get a rooster so they...

Hey THis is a great idea!!! I would be happy to "Sit" for your chickens or any other animals you have at your location. I have a BS in Animal Science from University Tenn. I have worked for a vet before but don't work outside the home. I did canine rescue of some sort for years but no...

Thanks everyone! As luck would have it, the deal didn't go through because someone beat me to the punch so to speak. I have another dumb question of the day but I will start a new topic for it. Thanks cathy

Thanks for the help. It may be a moot point anyway. I haven't heard back from them. It's possible they went to someone else. I will post some pics of them when I get them...if I get them. thanks for the help Cathy

Thanks for the information! I know I have a lot to learn. Right now I know I want to keep our Blue Swedes pure. I want at least some of our Rouens pure. We also have Pekins. LOL...I'm not sure we have room to keep a mixed flock as well. LOL I love my ducks. I am enjoying them no matter...