I got my first egg yesterday pretty sure from my khaki girls because.my huffs are a month younger then them and another one this morning ! I was beyond excited and wasn't expecting it recently just got 19 laying hens that are just starting to lay so I was busy looking for eggs in the coop and...
My ducka free range but at night are locked up without water. It says in storeys guide to ducks that they can go 8-10 hours without water. Before i had put the water outside the duxk house was a disaster. I find this the best way for keeping ot clean
Khaki1 taking a closer look at your pocture the top right duck looks a bit darker then the others where the new feathers have come in is that your boy? Does he have a very dark green sheen head?
Khaki1 i was asking for age because you mentioned you had a boy named frog and from the picture they all look like girls to me. They also look like they are.molting especially the darker looking one. They are about the same color as my khakis which arent dark there was a thread on here somewhere...
A couple of questions about this set up.....
To get started you just put the meal worms that were purchased and put them in the top drawer and wait for them to turn into beetles?
After they turn into beetles how long do they live for? Do you remove dead.ones or.do they get eaten by the others...
Learycow, i sent you an email but.not sure if you received it. Out of my 8 WH i justnoticed this morning that only.three of them still have the chestnut color on their chests(when i first had got them nearly all of them have it) as far as bill color there are.4 that have dark bills but the bill...
I wouldn't worry about them going with the wild ducks because the wild ones can fly. Mine fly but only a few feet off the ground for short distances. I would be more worried about not getting them in from the river the only reason. I worry about that is because mine go to our pond on our...
Duckman i had the hardest tome sexing my ten khakis i eventually just ended up waiting until the quacks xame at about 6 weeks and even after that i thought i jad one.more girl then i actually did. At 11 weeks the green started coming in on the boys heads. There is no coloring or markings that...