Visually she really doesn't look too different. Her size is really the biggest difference. You can kind of see it here in this picture. The arrow points to her.
She is mixed with a snowy call duck, which I honestly never thought was possible. We wanted to hatch some eggs from our Saxonies...
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Yes.
Even without the arrow, I would recognize her : she is, indeed, clearly very small compared with the other hens...!
Ah, ah, ah!
Good job, Mister Call Duck...!!
That's amazing a drake so small could fertilize eggs from a hen so big...!!
Still, she has become big for a Call duck...
This is a problem "The windows are sealed with chicken wire to keep out predators overnight" - chicken wire is not designed to keep predators out, it's only designed to keep chickens in. Mink and other weasels can easily fit through that and they can do that kind of damage, and when they attack...
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Good timing on your question (for me!) lol
I’m also looking for thoughts on construction of a new (turkey and quail) brooder that I can put into
(and also remove from)
the coop that used to be the duck coop, but, we re homed the ducks so it’s currently available.
I also have quail- Cortunix-...
The wind whistled past his ears, dancing around his head and pulling his loose hair this way and that as he stood atop the crest of a hill, overlooking a starlit valley. The stars shone with an uncommon brightness while the moon slowly crept into the sky from behind a far-off cliff face. The...
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I need help with my duckling. She is a Silver Appleyard duckling and about two months old. She stays with her other 7 duckling siblings.
Yesterday in the morning I took my ducklings out from thier coop and they were all fine. When I came back from work at 7pm one of my ducklings was...
This morning, I discovered one of my Muscovy drakes dead. He was on his back, belly up, with the head extended and arched over his back (so underneath him). This duck did not give any previous signs of sickness that I could notice. Then I found another drake - this duck was not dead at the time...
How fortunate! Ducks and cats have such compatible personalities, only both personalities include getting freaked out when friendships present themselves ha ha. My old fiesty Siamese from long ago loved going out on the kayak but was petrified when the ducks would swim up. My present tabby...
Ember and Cyrus were still talking on deck when this all happened-
So Ember finally got involved-
And TA DA- now we are here and I'm about to write another scene
I know more about chickens than ducks, but I would give the 400IU of vitamin E daily, along with the other vitamins. You can try some beaten raw egg with a syringe or dropper, which is good for selenium. It does look neurological in nature, but I hope she gets better.
I once had a newly hatched...
(Should I throw Mary their way? I would enjoy throwing the poor girl into a dangerous situation. Plus, I think it is plausible she would follow a random owl there)
We have a raised bed next to our coop that contains plant that the chickens and ducks love. We also arched a cattle panel over the walkway to the hen house to allow for vine type plants to offer easy picking and shade the internal run. We filled the bed with marigolds, zinnias and have a...
We have a raised bed next to our coop that contains plant that the chickens and ducks love. We also arched a cattle panel over the walkway to the hen house to allow for vine type plants to offer easy picking and shade the internal run. We filled the bed with marigolds, zinnias and have a...
The courtyard was buzzing with life as he ducked under the arching entrance and strode ahead. Humans and others alike were lining up in an orderly fashion for training and several guards were sitting around a blazing fire, cooking some small creature, maybe a squirrel or a small rabbit, and...
I had her put down this morning
I was up all night with her and every time she tried to drink or eat she would choke then flip over backwards continuously until I picked her up
Was just to heartbreaking to watch
If she could have been able to drink and eat I would have continued the stuff...
Ive had a lot of ducklings this year with bald areas on their backs (only their backs) have ruled out bullying, treated for feather mites, and not sure what is going on. I have raised ducklings for 7-8 years now and i know they can get bald patches as the duckling fluff can wear out before the...