It's the age. She's still a baby and see the chickens as her "peeps" When she starts to mature she will do both - hang out with the chickens, and enjoy a swim in the pond. <3
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The black on the ridge of his bill is a 2 point deduction, The white on his wings, sides and tail are faults. Don't get me wrong he's a beautiful bird, and a better picture may show that the white is grey or it may hide when he's standing up instead of flat like that which is perfectly...
Are you looking to show these birds, or just keep them as pets?
The final feathering isn't too bad, but there is 1 golden hen and the drake is not up to par with the standard. If all you want is pets they will be perfectly fine.
You lucky dawg. THere are a couple nice breeders in the NC area for runners. Greenlands Farm has great Grey runners... I'd love to have some of their stock.
Thanks. He's only just 4 months old and his feathering is coming in so nicely. I may bring him to the January State Fair to show and put him up for sale there, if I can curb the neighbors ill will with a deadline. ;-)
Definitely runners in the mix. the drake has a nice upright posture for a cross, so I'd say less than 25% other breed, and judging his color his parents are also diluted, mostly likely one was fawn based ont he colors of the hen as well.... Looking at the ducklings I would say you've got buff...
Best test? Crack that sucker. If it cracks like a chicken egg, it is a chicken egg. Duck eggs are much thicker, harder and the membrane inside is harder to separate. There will be no doubt if you try to open it.
Best thing you can do is remove the food. As seen in the video they will come during the day if they can't find it at night. When I get the first hint that there are rats around I switch to feeding a scoop of food in the am and one in the afternoon. The morning food I have no control over - so...
Different for every duck is he coming at you with his head down - neck extended? This can be either aggression or submission. Is he just chasing you without his mouth open? If he's doing that it's definitely his imprinting and he's probably wanting to mate with you.
You'll need to decide which...
I am in the plenty of room in their enclosed run if needed camp. I can leave them for up to a week without a worry.
I have a 5 gallon feeder which has enough food for 10 days, 2 automatic waterers, and I have a camera so I can see them and know everything is OK. (honestly I even watch them at...
Just architecturally speaking - you realize that's about a thousand gallons - and in turn that equates to roughly 10,000lbs of pressure on your wood. No OSB is going to take that.
I don't want to discourage you because honestly that size would be amazing to offer some duckies...but wood is...
Sexual maturity will often dictate when they will stop being quite so imprinted on you.
I have a crew now that when they hear me they get REALLY loud. The loudest ducks I've ever hatched, and because like you I live in a neighborhood I respond to them every time. HUGE catch 22.
But so far...
If you really want to ensure she will have pets you'll need to start working with them now.
Food is the key to your ducks hearts. Start by withholding food overnight and feeding them each morning. Stay by the bowl until they wat some, they stay by the bowl the whole time they eat, then touch...