Aw, I'm so sorry about your duck! Though I think you are definitely right, if I recall correctly they can't fly (breed to be heavy set) as they are meat ducks, so this is definitely something that can't be long term (as he can't fly away from predators). My Orpington Duck is definitely a chunky...
I have a friend that lost almost all his roosters in a huge storm that hit our town a couple of months ago, so he's always looking for more At least I know they will go to a good home :)
Well, they are very bold if that makes sense. Even when they were 2 days old (when I first got them) they were very strange. I don't know, every chick I've ever encountered normally wants to stay with the others and runs away from my hands when I go to pick them up in their brood. But these...
Here are my babies ❤
Sorry for the bad pictures though, they never stop moving, I just took them real quick in my garage.
*Also, even though they kinda look the same in this picture, two of them have more black spots than the others, who are almost all white. I don't know if that really means...
Hi! So I'm not a newbie to chickens, I've been raising them for around 6-5 years, but there is always new stuff I'm learning. I recently got 4 Delaware chickens for a show I'm raising them for. Now, they come from a hatchery, which is supposedly a good one (though the guy in charge never said...