Recent content by GypsyMama13

I wondered about that. It was the first "duckling" that he went after when we first introduced them, so we thought it was female. By voice? Well, we thought we had, but frankly the young drake/not drake is super quiet. Shy and unassuming. Always has been. (In sharp contrast to his/her sister...

Thanks, that's what I thought. My husband isn't convinced the other one is a boy though. He's seen our drake try to cover it. If it's a female, maybe she's just not as mature as her sister, because "she" wants nothing to do with him...

We have a lone drake Pekin after his hens disappears one by one over a year. He was so lost after the last one was gone. Our rooster is an adversary of his already, they chase each other, so no companionship there. My ranch mate bought a couple of ducklings when Tractor Supply was selling out...

Thank you all! Glad to have a go to place to learn more about raising my little egg machines! Pippi is slowly being integrated back into the coop at roosting time, then taken out in the morning, since they're still giving her a little bit of a hard time. But thanks to the advice I received on...

After many moons of these forums being my go-to for advice, I finally joined to ask a question of my own that I couldn't find in a search. So many good people and so much fantastic information on here! Thank you to Backyard Chickens and the moderators of this forum for all that you do!!!! I...

Good news! I'm pretty sure that she's going make it! Her eye may not work well, but it's still there. I could have sworn she was looking at me with it this morning though. I got some water and a tiny bit of watered down yogurt into her last night. Tried some watery egg yolk, but she wasn't...

Thank you Jenny. I have called the farm store and am going to pick some up right now. Any suggestions for her mouth? I have boiled a medicine dropper to try to give her some water and I'm boiling an egg and making oatmeal with honey to try to get her to eat (per things I've read on here.)

Hello everyone! While lurking in the shadows and gaining a lot of knowledge from the forums here, I have a question of my own and have become a member now. Howdy from Texas! We have 3 pullets and a couple of duckling, roughly a month old, that we've been raising in the coop. We built a...