Recent content by Papaye
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Any tips for keeping duck pen dry?
Hi. You could put plastic gratings in the pen... ...and/or put stepping stones underneath your waterers, so your ducks can NOT dig there. Good luck! -
What breeds do I have?
Hi. I would say... : • 2 Dark Campbell boys; • 2 Dark Campbell girls; • 1 Khaki Campbell girl. -
Integrating a single duck
Hi. ...Good! Since the Pekin is a girl, you can try free-ranging her with ducklings when they are 5-weeks-old... ...but only during the days at first! And then, for several days - actually, preferably for 2 weeks AT LEAST : just keep them separated at nights, so they can't fight when you... -
Integrating a single duck
Hi. No... you CAN'T adopt a single duck if you don't already have ducks home, or plan to have some very soon... If you want the duck... ...if you want her happy and NOT letting herself die from loneliness, then you have to buy AT LEAST two other ducks to keep her company. And by "two other... -
Call duckling colors and genetics??
Hi. They are beautiful!! I love their colours!! Would you mind posting some more pictures of them? Hmmm... I am not an expert about colour genetic, but still, I have at least learned a lot... ...and from my understanding : looking at your drake's enlarged white collar, boy should be... -
A baby just hatched need advice!
Yeah, I know. I'm just giving details here for @NicoleC82 and people who would read it, in case it might help... (Even then, I would not even risk putting DE around the hen : we can't be sure it won't affect the moisture on the eggs, so it would be better to wait for the ducklings to hatch.) -
A baby just hatched need advice!
Because Diatomaceous Earth would absord the moisture, and it could thus affect the ducklings, cause shrink wrapping, and so prevent the babies from hatching (and surviving)... I had tried it once, in the past. Just for the experience... I had put food grade Diatmaceous Earth in a broody hen's... -
A baby just hatched need advice!
Hi. I agree with @Debbie292d : food grade Diatomaceous Earth will help with the ants. NEVERTHELESS : you HAVE to wait for your ducklings to hatch BEFORE using food grade DE around/in the nest!! Also, just so you know : you can even mix food grade Diatomaceous Earth with your ducklings'... -
What to put on a beesting on a ducks foot?
Hi. I would first spray Vinegar on the sting site. Next, I would do an Epsom Salt bath, for about 20-30 minutes... Then, I would spray Vinegar on the sting site again. After what, I would put a VERY thick layer of Green Clay around the sting site, and I would carefully wrap a bandage around... -
Stupid duckling picures
Hi. I have been so shocked, 6 weeks ago, to see a big fatty yellow (white) coloured (French) Duclair duckling in my hen's nest... Looking at her, I had to weight her... ...and the result was... : ...56 grams... ...at not even one-day-old...! Meaning : this cutie weighted then 12 grams too... -
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Vaccinations needed for moving to Europe
Try asking people here : https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/peeps-in-europe.1288348/ I have not found anything about required vaccines for birds... I think WORMING your birds might be required, and you would then need to do it to the vet and keep the papers to prove it is done...? -
Vaccinations needed for moving to Europe
Hi. I'm French, and I have never heard about any vaccine required for any bird imported in Europe...! Just in case, I have made some research just now... but I have found NOTHING. Where are you from, and which country are you planning to move to...? It would help to know, so we can then search... -
2 drakes...
Which explains why your drake is so aggressive : you put him together with a drakelet he can only see as a rival, even though he is running on a libido still (too) high from mating season... You are extremely lucky your boy has not killed your drakelet... or even your ducklet : indeed, he could... -
2 drakes...
Hi. You forget to mention the most important detail here : how old, EXACTLY, are your ducklings and your older ducks? ...Have you put them together as soon as you have got the ducklings, or have you first separated them...? (If so, how long?) Your would do good by keeping your ducklings...