Recent content by Weezy58

Greetings from rural Iowa! We have some Black Swedish and Welsh Harlequins hatching today. First time we've used an incubator instead of letting the mama ducks do all the work. So far, so good!

Thanks! It was so warm that we got the ducks' wading pool out and enjoyed the hilarity. Here's two female Welshies buzzing a Swedish!

I love how our WH drake Major always keeps a close eye on his gals.

Our young Harlequins have really impressed us during this crazy cold spell. Here the temperature was -15, and they were choosing to play in a pail of water rather than stay snug in their shed. Our Swedish wouldn't even come outside, and we thought they'd be the most cold hardy. We plan to get...

Just wanted to share a pic of our three-year-old NHR hen really enjoying her crumbles!

Our Buffs also had an encounter with ice today - and looked disappointed to find their little pool was frozen!

Thanks for the tip Melissa! We're seeing the vet tomorrow morning. (I'm known as "the duck lady" there - lol!)

Thank you so much! I made an appointment with our vet to see about getting some meds. He does work with poultry and waterfowl so hopefully will be able to give this sweet little girl what she needs!

In the past few days one of our six-week-old Swedish ducklings has developed an eye issue that has us baffled. Both eyes look the same - bare tissue showing underneath the eye. She's the only duckling with this problem, and she's acting normally otherwise. It seems to be worsening quickly. Any...

I doubt she's upset with you, but that's something I would worry about too For about the first year they were laying, our Swedish girls would just lay wherever. Never knew where one might turn up. But into their second year they seemed to get more organized about it and started making very...

Yes, we only ended up with two healthy hatchlings. There was another nice-looking black that hatched out completely but then it looked like he got suffocated by mama duck. Very sad. We did put them in a brooder as soon as possible to keep them safe from the drake and our Buff geese, and also to...

Yes, the 4th - I'll never forget that Sunday! We really didn't expect this duck to be successful so were happily surprised to see she'd proved us wrong! We have just one Swedish drake - a black. Started out with five but that didn't work at all - they got too aggressive as they got older...

Our 10-day-old mama-hatched Swedish ducklings got to take their first stroll outside today We're enjoying them so much - just love this breed!

LOL! You caught me - I'm intimidated by a mad mama duck! No new babies today. Will have some help tomorrow with checking on the remaining eggs. This batch totally caught us off guard so we weren't prepared (obviously). It's really a communal nest that gets duck, geese, and infertile chicken eggs...

Thanks so much! She does have her own food and water nearby, and I have meal worms on hand I can add. We took the ducklings mainly because they're in an area where our Swedish drake and Buff geese can get to them. The goose has killed chickens before...it just seemed like a big risk. Also, the...