I had 7 call ducks, they are 1 year old. Recently two of them died. 1 got eaten and 1 got sick. Ever since my duck got eaten by a raptor. My ducks have been very inactive and quite. They would always be swimming and foraging. Now they’re always laying down. My girls will always quack very loud...
i am hatching call ducks. Today is day 26. The other ducklings had already hatched. This one did not internal pip so I decided to open through the are cell. It shrink and dried up. I still see it moving but it looks like the yolk of the duckling. I don’t see a bill. Any ideas how to hatch this...
I am currently incubating my eggs in a egg carton because they have detached air cells. It is day 6-7 of incubation. I was wondering if it will be ok to incubate them on their side instead of upright. I want to use my automatic turner instead of hand turning.
I want to get a pair of call ducks this spring. But I live in the suburbs and I heard females are really loud. I have no experience with call ducks. Is one female call duck loud enough to piss off your neighbor? I live at the corner of the street so I only have one bright next to me.
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Can you notice a difference from Welsh Harlequin ducklings? I hatched ducks and they all turn out to be drakes. So I’m deciding to buy female ducklings.
I have been doing what you told me to do. But the leg seems to swell more and more over time. It almost looks paralyzed. I thick it is because when the gosling moves place to place, it uses the broken leg to balance. Which is putting pressure on it’s leg causing it to not heal
I have goslings and they eat a lot of grass. The grass is dying because of them. I was told that in the winter people feed geese wheat and pellets. But can goslings eat just flock raiser? Is there anything else that I can feed my goslings besides fresh grass?
I have to goslings and I notice they eat a lot of grass. I was wondering if they can have a diet of something else. Can they just eat chicken feed? Do they need greens to survive?
I just called the vet. They say the appointment will be 1 1/2 weeks from now. But I think the swelling is from fracture bone. For humans they say fracture bones will heal on its on overtime. But I don’t know how this gosling will take it. I hope it heals