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    Do Ducks Eat Mosquito Larvae/Pupae?

    When one of my ducks catch a frog they all fight over it. If you get grossed out easily, don't watch them. They literally pull it apart, running around trying to swallow it before someone steals it from them. If the chicken sees, she gets her piece too. Our backyard is a swampy forest, and...
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    Advice for culling decisions - Who to keep?

    Thanks everyone!
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    Advice for culling decisions - Who to keep?

    I guess 'culling' is the wrong word? I guess 'who's headed for the freezer' would probably be more accurate.
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    Advice for culling decisions - Who to keep?

    Advice needed – who should I cull? I have ten ducks, four are boys. I just can’t figure out who to keep! The Pekin, Fluffy, – age 1 ½, Dad of Sir Francis. He’s mated to our Rouen. The Buff, Sea Star, also 1 ½, Dad of Sophie (who is a boy). He’s mated to our Runner. These two fought a lot...
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    Congrats everybody on your peeps and peeps-to-be! Our ducklings are 3 weeks old now, and growing as fast as the weeds they eat. I was soooo ready for their Mom to abandon them in search of bugs and seeds and berries, but surprisingly, she hasn't! By the end of the first week they were all...
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    Wow, kountryboy4life, they sure are cute! Congrats!
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    Wonderful! Can't wait to see pics!
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    Here they are, one day old, except for one who hatched late this morning. It was starting to get shrink-wrapped, so I helped it a little, and now it is happily cuddling and playing with the others. We started with three rouen eggs, three magpie eggs, and three runner duck eggs. (there was one...
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    Woke up this morning to this: One of the eggs is pipped, couldn't see the others, and didn't want to upset Jack, as she's already being such a patient mom.
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    I hear peeping!And see one pipped egg so far! Go, Jack, Go!
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    When I checked the nest today, one of the eggs had broken - stinky yellow goop and Mama was trying to clean out the bits of egg. I helped her, cleaned out the broken shells, dirty straw, tried to get the rotten egg off the other eggs that had gotten dirty (2).Candled them, one of the dirty eggs...
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    I thought, if any of my ducks went broody, it would have been my magpie. Flock-wise, it doesn't really matter if she actually hatches them or not, but I thought I'd give her a chance.
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    The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

    I have a runner duck going broody! She's stopped laying, is sitting on 7 eggs. Today is Day 3. And my Rouen is really, really grumpy, running around with her neck all scrunched up, feathers fluffed.
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    Okay, who laid what?

    Thanks for the suggestion! I went out last night with the Hooligan Chief and this morning the big egg has green on it - so that`s the runner duck egg. The pinky one (now with blue) is the magpie`s and the middle egg is the rouen`s.
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    Okay, who laid what?

    I have a which duck laid which egg question too. I have a rouen, a magpie and a runner. They all lay in the same nest and I have no idea whose is whose. My guess is (l-r) rouen, runner, magpie. One egg is always a bit pink, one is always bigger than the other two, and they all taste great when...
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