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  1. HeatherD42

    Can I give my broody duck ducklings?

    Soooo, how did it go?
  2. HeatherD42

    late layers

    Maybe you should call back the guy you got them from and ask him to put you in contact with his source
  3. HeatherD42

    Can't find my babies...

    Have any appeared yet?
  4. HeatherD42

    Selling Duck Eggs?

    Try calling someone who works in the department that governs this topic. They can tell you about the laws in your area. Here in Virginia there are no restrictions or licensing if you stay below selling a certain number of eggs. You can call the eggs "fresh" but you cannot call them organic...
  5. HeatherD42

    How long for a ducks mating season?

    I have to separate my drake from the girls from about April-August. You can give them short visits together and when the drake stops chasing them down, you can put them all back together
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    Goose and Duck Issue

    Where I live, animal control handles domestic animals, the game warden handles wild animals
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    Broody duck?

    That is broody behavior. I remember when my girls first started acting like that I thought there was something wrong with them!
  8. HeatherD42

    Breed?

    Haha, cuties! They're in that super awkward phase. Sorry about the heat lamp comment, I thought you had them in a brooder inside What do they do when you try to get them outside? They're still fluffy, so maybe they're just cold?
  9. HeatherD42

    Ummm... uh oh. Or accidental duck owner

    That's so sad :( How is everyone else doing?
  10. HeatherD42

    Hard black plumage on my Pekin duckling

    Did they get to take a bath yet?
  11. HeatherD42

    Hard black plumage on my Pekin duckling

    That looks strange. Are they dirty? Perhaps you could try bathing them to see if it will come off
  12. HeatherD42

    Ok to live outside?

    I'm a worrier so I didn't let mine live outside till 8 weeks in the summer. Still sounds pretty chilly where you are
  13. HeatherD42

    I feel like an idiot

    Maybe for your situation it's better to use a broody if you can't moniter the incubator. A committed broody will do a better job of hatching out healthy ducklings since she will keep all the conditions right. You can always have an incubator on hand if she completely abandoned her duties
  14. HeatherD42

    I feel like an idiot

    There shouldn't be a size problem with a Call duck hatching out eggs fertilized by a call duck. The duckling size will match the egg size It's recommended not to use eggs from a duck in her very first season, but since yours are over a year old, you should be ok as far as egg size goes. Just...
  15. HeatherD42

    I feel like an idiot

    Also, it's better not to wash the eggs, so keep the nest and house full of clean straw while you're collecting. You can try to wipe off a little bit of poop with a paper towel
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    I feel like an idiot

    If you can find somewhere cool and humid, that's the ideal place to store hatching eggs. I kept mine in my cellar in an egg carton wrapped in a plastic bag. I tilted one side of the carton up and rotated it. The oldest eggs I set were just a little older than one week. 10 of the 11 were fertile...
  17. HeatherD42

    Ducks & Water

    People say that ducks don't need bathing water, but mine get very dirty if they haven't been able to do a full body dunk in a while, so I don't think that's true. They have deep water in buckets daily and a chance to jump in my mortar mixing pan every week or two
  18. HeatherD42

    Male duck mating with babies?

    My drake will mate any females. I had to keep him separated from my young ones. I think you are supposed to wait 4-5 months
  19. HeatherD42

    I feel like an idiot

    I think you should also wait a little later to start collecting eggs, for the reasons above. Fertility improves later in the season Also, you can put out dummy eggs to entice someone to sit and collect the hatching eggs elsewhere in a controlled environment. If no one goes broody, you can still...
  20. HeatherD42

    Ummm... uh oh. Or accidental duck owner

    I'm sorry for you and the poor duckling. I wish I could be of help, but it sounds like you are researching all the possibilities
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