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Updated with some more information about Maci
We got our first ducks two years ago and our German shorthaired pointer never bothered them. Of course, we never let him around them unsupervised and he knows the "leave it" command quite well. Last year we got a German wirehaired pup who also never bother the ducks, even all the babies we had...- duckface
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Broody hens sitting on golf balls
When you put your golf balls in "nests" are the nests something you made or created? I am thinking about sectioning off an area of their coop as a nesting area, I just don't know if it should just have walls or a lip in front or what, how do your nests look? They create the nests, but never... -
Broody hens sitting on golf balls
Forgot to mention that I even put a couple of eggs from our incubator in each of their nests, too, but one of them kicked them out of the nest and the other one still has them, but if they haven't hatched by now I'm pretty sure they're not going to. They just seem determined to hatch these golf... -
Broody hens sitting on golf balls
When my hens start laying in the spring I put a few golf balls in their nests to encourage them to continue laying in that particular nest because I will collect the eggs. Four of them went broody with two having recently hatched their eggs, but I discovered that the other two don't have any... -
egg thief caught in the act!
Instead he taught the dog to bring the found eggs to him and trade for a treat. I considered doing that! Glad to bring everyone a smile. -
egg thief caught in the act!
Thanks for the replies everyone! It's comforting to know others have dealt with an egg-thieving dog, LOL! We also have an 8-y/o German shorthaired pointer, Ace, and people are surprised that both dogs leave the ducks alone even though they're "bird" dogs. The GSP was trained to hunt before the... -
egg thief caught in the act!
I'm not sure what she does with them. The ones found were still intact. My husband plans to use her for pheasant hunting so he was all excited she didn't break them. She is in big trouble! But I admit I got a good laugh seeing her come out of there with that "uh-oh, busted" look on her face. -
pics of 7-wk-old pekin/mallard crosses
I especially love the white striping on the eyes of the one. I do, too, I think he looks really unique! -
egg thief caught in the act!
I have one hen who is not sitting on a nest and for quite some time I haven't been able to find where she's laying. Well, the past two days my daughters saw a couple of eggs up by the house. I suspected our 3-month-old German wirehaired puppy was stealing them, so this morning when I let her out... -
pics of 7-wk-old pekin/mallard crosses
Thanks AngieChick, I think so, too. -
pics of 7-wk-old pekin/mallard crosses
Thanks pardygwyn! I would love to see that one with the white head, do you have any pictures? -
Help me convince my hubby!
I have been wanting ducks for a while now and my hubby is not really sure about the idea. Have him read "101 reasons we love ducks" that's sticky-ed at the top of this forum. -
How Can I Get My Drake To Accept The New Ducklings? HELP!!
I've actually had luck with the chasing method. I've got four 8-wk-old babies that have been out with the rest of the flock since they were a month old. Our pekin drake was possessive of his girls, I guess, and would actually attack the babies, but every time he went after them I would chase... -
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when is it okay to intervene with hatching?
No worries! Here's a pic of the little guy. He's a tiny one, but seems to be thriving. -
pics of 7-wk-old pekin/mallard crosses
Now, when you breed these together, you should get 25% that are solid white. Oh wow, that's interesting! Of these four, the smaller black one is the only female. Any idea how the drakes will feather out as adults? You can see a green shimmer on the blacks ones' heads, but I was curious how the... -
pics of 7-wk-old pekin/mallard crosses
Our mallard hen hatched 19 babies last month, but these four were hatched in the incubator and we're very attached to them. I did a lot searching for photos of this cross on the internet, but couldn't find any so this is for anyone else who is curious. I was really surprised by the black ones! -
when is it okay to intervene with hatching?
Yes, he is, thanks for asking! He's in with his brothers and sisters and happy as can be. I was nervous as could be, but I'm so glad I was able to get him out in time. -
when is it okay to intervene with hatching?
Well, I never did find it, but I helped and he's out. Thanks for the response, CS! Oops, we posted at the same time, oz! Thanks for the info, though!