I caught a family of squirrels that are stealing my eggs. They even took one of my eggs to be hatched from under a duck. I think she must have been on her ‘break’ when this happened. Thankfully I have 2 big runs and have moved my flock into the fully enclosed run that is attached to their night...
I have a couple of mixed breed ducks and noticed one of them is broody. I would like to add to the variety and need a few fertile duck eggs stat. Any one out there that can help out?
I have a beautiful rooster, raised as a baby that needs to go. He is tall, gentle and super handsome- we call him Chaps because he is half barred rock and half cochin with feathers on his legs. Also have 3 drakes, brothers that need to go either together or separately. They were ducklings that...
Hi. I have 3 drakes that I raised as ducklings born in April 2014. I now have 4 drakes and 5 ducks and the drakes are simply over mating with my ducks. I need a safe home for them where they won’t be killed. They are sweet and are Mallard and Khaki Campbell mix. Please let me know if interested...
My 5 ducklings are on their own now and their moms is no longer attending to them. They are doing fine on their own since 3 of them were really never raised by her. While my drake was chasing them a week or two ago, I figured he was doing so to deter the mom from attending so she was more...
My duck has been sitting on her eggs for quite a while and had 2 ducklings 2 days ago. Last night to this morning, the third one was born but they pecked it to death!! Now they have given up on sitting on the 4 remaining but one of them is cracked AND I candled it and it is moving. What should I...
I dont know exactly how many weeks my duck has been sitting on her eggs since her sister joined her a few days later and they seem to swap eggs!! I candled them the other day and could see a solid mass with air cell at the round tip. When I tilted the egg, I could see some fluid at the top...
I have a new duck that has decided to be a mommy. I am all for it and there are 6 different places for my ducks and chickens to lay their eggs but it seems that now that my girl is sitting on her 3 eggs, every day I find more eggs under her. Yesterday she had 4 and today there are 6 that she is...
Hello everyone, this morning, I noticed my duck did not want me to pick her eggs. If she does it again tomorrow, I will let her keep 3 eggs to hatch. Any advice for a new 'grandma' like me? :-) I am soooooo excited:-)
Hi. I have a coop with a giant run that need to keep my ducks in (they are easy target for the coyotes). My chickens can fly and are super speedy. They are used to free roaming but I have been hesitant to let them free roam since 2 of my ducks disappeared a couple of months ago. I am looking for...
To my utmost sadness, I found my beautiful male duck whom I have had since a couple of weeks old, was killed. Now I have the mom and 2 of his sisters and I need to find a male duck. Where do I go to get one and any thing I should know about?
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I keep hearing that ducks should not be alone. I figured my 'mom' and her 3 ducklings are a good set up. Do I need to get another mature duck or is the current set up good?
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Hi. 2 days ago I got 3 ducklings (not sure how old but seem to be 2-3 weeks old from the size- no feathers but fuzz but they are not little little either) and their mom. Mom is a 'seasoned' mom as she appears like she's been a mom before!
I started making my own food from what was suggested on...