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    Breeds of ducks please!

    I second the Ancona ducks! I just added Anconas to our little homestead this year, and they are wonderful and GORGEOUS. I have also had Runners in the past - they were fun, but perhaps a little more high-strung than my other breeds. I also highly recommend Dutch Hookbills, they are awesome...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    I have a Self-Black drake (purchased a few years ago from duckluck - I'm pretty sure my drake's daddy is her "Blackjack", his picture is the second post way back at the beginning of this thread) who is carrying a single (heterozygous) copy of a chocolate dilution over a Self-Chocolate hen and 3...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    I have Chocolates. Self, Bibbed, and Magpie. And I'm done hatching for the year and have been selling all their eggs if you REALLY want some...
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    hatching eggs

    Unless they're mixed with Muscovy, duck eggs take 28 days (4 weeks) to hatch. Is there any way you could shoo your duck away from the eggs for a few minutes and candle them to see if they're developing and how far along they are? The original eggs that were in the nest when she started sitting...
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    Losing broody mamas!

    Don't feel bad! Anytime you have birds that free-range, you're going to have these things happen and there's no way you can prepare for it. Last winter, I lost 2 ducks without a trace before I noticed a Bald Eagle hanging around! I lost a whole flock of Dutch Hookbills and Khaki Campbells who...
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    Friendliest "Pet" Duck Species

    My vote would be the Dutch Hookbill. :) http://www.sweetfolly.net/2013/05/our-dutch-hookbill-ducks.html
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    Balding Call Duck Drake??? Help I am scared!!!!

    Is there any way you could take a picture and upload it here?
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    Ancona Ducks

    New pics of my babies taken today. They're free-ranging with my Dutch Hookbill juveniles, and my Buff Orp roo looks after them all.
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    ducks and cockerels?

    I have a big free-range flock of both ducks and chickens. The problem I seem to have is NOT drakes and cockerels fighting, but that there is some inter-species mating going on. The cockerels will mount the ducks (AND the drakes) and rip the feathers out of their backs. It hasn't caused any...
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    Balding Call Duck Drake??? Help I am scared!!!!

    I spray my ducks with the hose all the time, they love it! And it's never power-washed the feathers off their heads! I agree with Amiga - could it be that there's something he's rubbing on? I've seen this in ducklings who rub their heads on their feeder or waterer while they're eating. It...
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    Balding Call Duck Drake??? Help I am scared!!!!

    How many other ducks do you have? Could it be that he is being picked on, or that another more dominant drake is mounting him and ripping the feathers off of his head? In one of my Call pens, there is one hen (out of six) that is the drakes "favorite" and her head is half-bald right now. There...
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Thank you! I have 3 years of hard work into breeding my own line of Magpies pretty much from scratch, and this is the first year I'm REALLY happy with the ducklings. I have a few more Blues like her but with closer to a Pied pattern than proper Magpie markings that I will take pics of in a few...
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    Trying to decide on Ducks to go with the Chickens

    I have the opposite problem - my free-range roosters are constantly trying to mate with my free-range ducks (both male and female)! The drakes, on the other hand, have never shown any interest in the hens whatsoever.
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Yep - they're Khaki. Very pretty!
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    Da' Cute and Cuddly Call Duck thread!

    Update on my favorite Blue Magpie duckling this spring - here she is as a week-old and the second picture was taken today!
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