Broody question! I have a Dutch bantam who has just started laying, she laid 6 eggs and I took the first away to see if they were fertile and they were! Therefore my Dutch rooster is doing his job, she decided to sit for a full day on the five eggs and half of the next day, after that she got up...
Another few questions! My muscoveys don't have there caruncles yet there coming through but are not anywhere near a mature ducks,will they still lay before the caruncles are completely present? Also will the ducklings still be sex linked even though there is white present on both the hens and...
Got new Muscoveys today after my last ones were killed by a mink :( I got 6 hens and a drake and I've a few questions I hope a few people can answer! How many ducklings can I expect out of these in a year? What age do they start laying? They were born last spring and we're coming into a new...
Unfortunately a mink chewed its way through the floor of my coop and killed all my ducks about a 4 weeks ago :( just today I've bought 6 more muscovie hens a drake and two call duck pairs! Time to rebuild my flock:/ this time I'm laying a concrete foundation and building a house out of cement...
[/IMG]Sorry I've been extremely busy with school and sheep and everything else that life is throwing at me lol, unfortunately one of the drake had a go at one of the ducklings and pulled a new feather out which make her bleed so I've separated them for now and covered her in iodine! He's causing...
I'm away a lot so there not outside much they just have a large stable to go around and have food 24/7 like all my ducks so if there hungry they can eat away :D once fully feathered they'll join the rest of the flock outside on twelve acres :D
here they are! I'm a little worried because when I picked one up to have a look at her she got sick :/ I handled your perfectly and she was sitting on my lap relaxed and half asleep! Is this normal? It was like water nothing dark? I was worried they were getting to big to quick with the 20% so I...
Sorry I've been s busy haven't had time to go online! Yes it's just feathers I was just worrying for nothing! There not getting there feathers in as quick sas I thought they would though?