Recent content by DuckDaddy01

Hi all - I'm traveling and my father sent me this text about my coop. Dave, the light orange chicken died today. I noticed a bunch of small specks on her which turned out to be bird mites. The black chicken is not brooding, she is infested. The whole coop is probably infested and needs to be...

My BB turkeys mate..... I put it on YouTube.

Watch this video showing a raccoon stealing eggs...

I am going to have to do the same thing. My ducklings should start hatching tomorrow but I will be out of town for three days. I have left a small plate of water and starter crumbles inside the incubator. The temperature should stay at 99 for the whole three days. Crossing my fingers and hope...

I have 6 ducks - 3 of them are female (Rouen, Metzer 300 Layer and Indian Runner). Their eggs are definitely fertilized. These 3 ladies have now placed 16 of their eggs into a perfect nest but so far the only time any of them brooded (the Metzer) was last night when I forced them into the...

So much good info here. My duck now has 14 eggs in her perfect nest but so far she never sits on it. She just runs around with her Drake all day as soon as I let her free range. I am wondering how to encourage her to sit. Should I not let them free range? Force her to stay in the house and...

Awesome insight. Thanks!

Yes. I have one more like her. She seems fine. My dad told me just now that the one that was dead had blood around her mouth/beak..... however she was in the pen so if there was trauma I'm not sure where it would have come from.

Today when fetching my duck eggs, I found one with a very thin shell. Felt spongy. Felt like a film or membrane rather than a shell. Any reason what would cause this?

Today I found one of my ducks dead inside the run. There was no evidence of any physical harm. See picture. The duck was a female Metzger layer 300 hybrid. She was only about six months old. This is the second time that I had a Metzger 300 mysteriously die. My other ducks seem totally...

@TLWRWhat's a LGD?

Thanks - I totally understand that it depends which duck the offspring take after etc. would be interesting to try. Curious if anyone has.

Will the offspring be able to fly??? I started with 15 ducks (khaki, Rouen, runner and metzer layer hybrids). Thanks to predators I now have 11. I want to be able to let them free range. Yesterday I saw a big old fox. So I find the ability to be able to fly very attractive (as long as they...

Thanks everyone! Very helpful!

Hi everyone, so I have 12 domesticated ducks. Four different types. They are roughly 4 months old each. I am OK to feed them but I also want to encourage active foraging so don't want to give them all of their needed food. I assume that they will pursue the easiest route to food and so I want...