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Rouen duckling with clear mucus drip from mouth
a few of my ducklings have had this. if its clear it shouldn't be a huge issue. mine all turned out fine and perfectly healthy. -
TSC Purebreds?
Hey all. Just thought id throw this out there... Last spring I picked up two Swedish ducks from TSC. Or at least they told me they were Blue Swedish. The ducklings looked identical to what Swedish ducklings are supposed to look like, but when they grew up, I got just tad skeptical. They are... -
Duck advice, Magpie vs. Pekin
Not sure if this helps, but I crossed my male magpie with my female pekins in the fall. the offspring are now fully grown, and are BEAUTIFUL. they lay large, healthy eggs. honestly I think I got the best of both breeds. -
Pekin/Magpie Crosses
Hey guys my pekin/magpie crosses are about two months old now and are almost fully feathered. I think they came out beautiful. The bottom most picture shows the father (magpie, top right) and mother (pekin, specifically, the hen on the bottom left). Magpies are pretty rare here in the US, and... -
lonely duckling
Hey guys I've been incubating eggs and churning out ducklings for the last month now. I do a staggered incubation, and swap out any eggs that have died or weren't fertilized about every two weeks. About a week and a half ago my incubator temp shot up and I lost all the eggs but one. It hatched... -
small and sickly duckling
Well hey the little thing pulled through. Still very small but acting normal now. I added it back to the group so we'll see how that goes -
small and sickly duckling
Hey guys. Had a hatch the other day. 10 ducklings. 5 were pure bred mallards, 5 pekin x magpie crosses. The magpies hatched great. Strong, lively, having duck like tendencies. The mallards were all SEVERELY undersized or sickly. 2 didnt make it out of their shells. Ive got one mallard left. Im... -
Call Ducks Finally Hatched
I have 9 eggs due the next few days. Had my first hatch today. Probably a magpie/pekin mix. Anyway, ive read that you should keep them in for several hours before moving them (I have a brooder separate from my incubator and dont want to move the duckling yet since there is just 1). How long... -
odd egg question
oh yeah i wasn't expecting much. like i said ive got embyos forming in about half of them. im happy with that for the fall. -
odd egg question
male to female ratio is pretty much 1:1. And yes all but two of my drakes are molting. Also, I live in Western Pennsylvania and it is starting to get quite cold at night. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. -
my four Mallards and two Swedish ducks
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3 Pekin hens, 1 Khaki drake, 1 Magpie drake
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odd egg question
So, I candled my first batch of incubating eggs yesterday (day 8 in the incubator) and have a little over 50% fertility out of a total of 40 eggs. I kept the others in there on the off chance that I missed something or they developed late (idk, I'm new at this whole incubating thing). My... -
Hybrid ducks
Should have some pekin x magpie hybrids and pekin x khaki hybrids hatching within the month if your still interested -
home made incubator heating help
Hello all. I have another question. i've poured through the threads and haven't found an answer so maybe you guys could provide me with some input. I've built a prototype incubator using some plywood and plexiglas (and a little bit of elbow grease). I'm having a problem keeping the heat... -
female not sitting?
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female not sitting?
1. I have two female mallards that are laying. both are breeding with their mates on a regular basis, so im assuming the eggs should be fertilized. The one originally popped the eggs out where ever she felt like. i put them all together in a "nest" in the corner of her stall and she eventually...