Recent content by duckhouse42

Thanks to both of you, I will try it.

What's the best way of breaking up the broodiness? I don't have a rooster so no eggs of her own.

I have a muscovy duck sitting on eggs and one of my chickens has gone broody and insists on sitting on top of her and the eggs. I take her off daily but she keeps going back? What can I do?

So far so good, the duckling tucks himself into the bag with the fleece and stays toasty warm. The bag is just a pouch made of regular fleece materials and I put a big handlful of alpaca unspun fleece in it for warmth. The duckling tucks himself in as far as he needs to stay warm.

I have scrap alpaca fleece so thought I would try that with my single duckling. I have the pen inside my house. I'll let you know how it goes. I've put a big handful of fleece loose ( not in a bag) in the pen.

So glad people are happy to share their knowledge with me.

I have alpaca wool fleece scraps not fit to spin, do you think that would work to keep a duckling warm at night? Would I need to put it in a bag or just put handfuls of the fleece in the cage with him. He's inside the house as our nights are starting to get cold.

Hi, I've had chickens and ducks for more than 10 years started when my kids brought home chicks from school. We have Isa brown crosses because they produce such lovely big eggs. We started our ducks with Silver Appleyards but were given 5 Muscovy chicks and now how 6 adults and 1 10 day old...