My Rouen has hatched 13 babies. I plan to keep 2 so the rest need to go to a good home. These are pet ducks - not to be eaten. Also, you'd have to agree to provide a water source for swimming. A simple kiddie pool would be fine. They would have to be picked up (no shipping). I live near...
Has anyone kept large breed ducks suck as Cayugas or Rouens with call ducks or BEI's? I was thinking of getting some BEI's next spring but was worried that my larger ducks might injur them if they tried to breed them.
Anyone ever have a problem with a duck that layed soft-shelled eggs? I have 3 young girls and I think it is a young cayuga that is just starting to lay. Over the last 2-3 weeks I've been finding a soft-shelled egg laying around the barn every 3-4 days. I have a rouen that's been laying for about...
On Tuesday I was out at the barn. The ducks were all digging through the pile of manure/shavings. I suddenly noticed that they were all quacking very loudly. I went out to see what trouble they were getting into. They were all chasing the Roeun drake around. It looked like he had a large worm...
I have a male crested black Indian runner and a female non-crested black Indian runner to a good home for breeding or pets. I have 2 young male black cayugas for pets or meat. One of the cayugas has messed up wing feathers. They were plucked out by older ducks and are growing back out at odd...
I hatched some black cayugas, rouens, and a single blue cayuga at the same time. The rouen and black cayugas have their drake tail feathers but the blue cayuga doesn't. It's quack sounds just like the other males and it's as big as my rouen drake. Does anyone with experience with blue cayugas...
Has anyone ever had a flock of all male ducks? What are the pros/cons? I have 8 ducks and it looks like only 2 are going to be females. It would be easier to get rid of the 2 females than to try to get another 15 female ducks to get the male/female ratio right.
The water level was a little low in the duck pool and a couple of young ducks (maybe 6-8 wks old) got trapped in the pool with some of my older ducks. The older ducks killed one and pulled out all of the wing feathers and back feathers out of the other. Do you think the feathers will grow back?
I have 24 coturnix eggs that I put in the bator on 5-15-09. My wife planned a vacation for us in a couple of weeks so I won't be here when they are due to hatch. If you have a bator and want to finish hatching them you can have them. I live between Mocksville and Statesville.
My 3 day old blue cayuga had been doing fine. This morning there were no problems but this afternnon he was lame. His right foot is curled up and he is not able to walk on it. I could not find an obvious broken bone. When I move the foot it does not seem to distress him. I splinted it. Any idea...
OK guys. My ducklings have started hatching (3 days early). I now have 2 Rouen ducklings and 1 Cayuga duckling with 3 others pipping their shells and several others that I'm still waiting on. They will all be Rouens or Cayugas.
I'm going to need some help with duck names!
Any suggestions???
I'm sure this has been asked a million times but I wasn't able to find the answer in a search. My ducks have began hatching (day 25). I thought I'd have a couple more days to research this question.
Anyone have advice on the best hatchery for cayuga ducks? I'm looking for ducks with the best green sheen. I want to order eggs, not ducklings.
Thanks.
I'm looking for Rouen and Cayuga eggs. I was thinking of buying 6 of each. Ideally I would be able to pick them up from someone who lives near Davie County, North Carolina.