So this morning my brother and sister were out back and heard some frantic cheeping, they thought it was possibly a baby turkey, and were trying to find it. Finally it popped out of the bushes, and our dog nearly pounced on it.. it was a little wild mallard duckling!! Looks to be about 2-3...
So for the past 3 years I have been a victim of TSC's ducklings. I walk into the store and am drawn like a magnet to the big bins of cheeping fluffballs in the middle of the store. And in particular the tub with those little webbed feet and darling beaks, not to mention the look in their...
So I have a question. Last spring I ordered some Welsh Harlequins from Cackle Hatchery, by fall they were all laying pretty regularly (not quite as good as my Buff hen from the previous year that laid every day, but still good). I also had an older Pekin female who was laying. By November the...
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I am in need of some advice!! Yesterday I noticed that my drake was kind of not staying with the group, and acting a little odd. So I caught him and sure enough he has a prolapsed phallus. Wilberforce is a Welsh Harlequin and is only 14 weeks old, but he matured very fast and I...
I have a rouen duck who has a bumble foot. I have her in a separate pen and am treating the foot, with essential oils and a herbal salve. But Rosa is very droopy, her feathers are really bedragled, and she is laying around a lot, and has stopped laying. I know most of this might be just...
Willow, came with my order of Welsh Harlequins. I noticed right away that she was a little darker then the others, but figured she might lighten up as time went on. Well, she didn't. She is a gorgeous bird, and I just love her....but.... I have NO idea what breed she is!! She now is a...
Please!! I am in desperate need of advice. 2 years ago I lost my first beloved ducks, to black flies. They were alive and happy one minute then went into shock and died. I was heart broken. Last year I got ducks again, but didn't have a problem because of the warm weather.
Well this year...
I just picked up 13 ducklings this morning. (mailed from cackle hatchery) 9 Welsh Harlequins. 1 of the WH's is quite a bit smaller than the other, and at first she seemed just a littel jerky, and her head was always tipped up. Then she started have foam and bubbles coming out of her nose...
I LOVE raising ducklings, and though I have an order in for a new breeding/laying flock, they aren't scheduled to arrive till the end of April!!! And I just couldn't wait till then so..... I began to watch our local Tractor Supply Co.
I've bought runner ducklings there before, raised...
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I'm new here and have come to ask some help :) I am hoping this spring to buy some Welsh Harlequin Ducklings and start a laying/breeding flock. Welsh Harlequins were my first ever ducks, three years ago, I actually hatched them myself from local eggs, and I fell in love with them...