Recent content by mrpeepers
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Egyptian duck
Egyptians are Geese not ducks. They are small relative to other geese breeds ... about the size of a Rouen or other large duck breeds. They are beautiful fowl but very very agressive. I had a pr of them land on my pond this spring and terrified my flock of 8 Rouens before thankfully leaving... -
Ducks
The Rouen drake is the the best looking of all breeds I have raised,but they grow quite big... up to 10 lbs. They look like a mallard but 3 times the size and are too heavy to fly. I also like the smaller breed runners which grow to only 3 1/2 lbs and have a neat semi erect walk. Runners are... -
Keeping ducks and chickens together
I have 1 pr of Chinese goslings, 4 mixed sex ducks [2Cayuga, 2 Runners] and 2 Cochins raised as babies at same time and housed in a 6 by 6 wood w/ netting at windows coop.I also have a 6 by 8 fenced in run with a concrete/rock pool I dug out [w/drainige] for the ducks. They all get a long well...