Aspen Forest I would say break the neck but try not to pull out to many feathers, or if you want but in my opinion it is kind of cruel u could tape the birds legs together, put it on a bench or the ground on its back and push your knee on the chest till it dies from the pressure, like i said i...
first one is hen bufflehead second is a hen goldeneye(near impossible to tell if its barrows or common just by a picture) third one looks to be a hen common merganser
So I've raised domestics and I've always been fascinated with waterfowl of all kinds, and I've been wanting to get into ornamentals so what is a good bird to start with, and are there any other differences besides a pond in raising ornamentals over domestics
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i can try to get a picture up but it would be on sunday the bedding is straw and im going to guess its just they dont want to go in like you said but ill try turning off the lamp one of these nights and seeif they goo in then
i have 3 welsh harlequin hens that go in their cage atnight but dony go into the coop, do you think its to warm in there (im in wisconsin) because they do have a heat lamp in there.
Thank you yes I still haven't decided on what to cross with and I understand that it will take a long time to do it good but I've noticed many people like the looks and temperament more than produce so I will be restarting my research on what to cross my WH's with thank you everybody for your...
Wow 25 ducklings thats insane! GoingQuackers thank you for the feedback im willing to accept any kind i can get just want to make sure itd be worth it before i go off and buy me a drake.
Thank you both for the feedback I will keep small slug eater in mind. Just out of curiosity Kevin565 what kind of ducks do you own,and why do you like them
my thinking is that if you crossed two breeds and it came out as an amazing bird like lays 300 eggs a year and weighs up to 8 lbs would you buy it? personally im asking because im wondering if anyone would buy a good crossbreed if i made it. im thinking most people wouldnt at least not without...
yes i wasnt saying they cant be happy inside just a greater chance of them not being happy out of boredom and such.
And about the chick medicine thats interesting i didnt know some meds wont hurt them
Well i had many of these same questions two months ago so ill try to answer as many as possible.
What they eat: Try to get duckling starter it is often hard to find, so what most people do is buy chick starter NON MEDICATED and add brewers yeast supplement to it, i dont know exactly how much...