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Building our new duck house
After moving a year ago and having to give up our flock, we finally decided to get a new flock. The base is made a pea gravel and 3 4x4 (8 feet) Built walls up first (ply wood for the floor and the sides The framing for the roof was next (going for a slanted roof) Stained/sealed... -
Looking to re-home 7 hens and 1 drake in Upstate NY
Hi all, We will be moving in a couple of months, and even if we won't be moving very far, we realize that the move may be complicated for our ducks: building a new pens and house in the snow may be complicated and keeping them at our old house while it sells is not ideal either. We were...- arnaudgf
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- Forum: Animals In Need of Free Re-Homing
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Tiny eggs
Hello, One of my new ducks started laying sometimes last week end, but these eggs have been tiny. You can see one in the picture, next to one of my KC egg. The culprit is one of the following: - a blue Swedish - a Pekin - one of 2 gold star hybrid - one of 2 Rouen I'm leaning towards... -
Ducklinsanity
We just got our new ducklings: 2 blue swedish hens 2 gold star hen 1 Rouen hen 1 Rouen drake 1 unsexed welsh harlequin 3 unsexed pekins and.... 2 surprise ducklings we didn' t order lol. It seems they are unsexed Rouens I think the little guy in the middle may be our welsh harlequin... -
Lost our first duck yesterday to a Hawk
So when I put the ducks to sleep last night, I found one of our Khaki Campbell dead in front of their shed. I could find any tracks in the snow so I assumed it was a hawk and sure enough, this morning I saw it perched in a tree in the front yard. I guess it is bound to happen from time to... -
Is there a way to teach a duck how to use a ramp?
We recently updated our ducky pool to add a drain (my back thanks me :)). The pool is now higher than it was though, so we added a ramp to the pool. We made it rather wide and not too steep to make it easy for the ducks to use. It seems one of the cayuga won't use it. I don't know if she doesn't... -
New duck owners from upstate NY
Hello, We got our first ducks earlier this year. We first had group of 6 Pekins that we raised for meat. We now are proud owners of 2 Cayugas (hens), 2 Khaki Campbells (hens) and 2 Rouen (hen and drake).- arnaudgf
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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One of our Cayuga can't open her wings
Hello, We have 2 Cayuga hens (as well as 2 Khaki Campbells hens, 1 Rouen hen and a Rouen drake). We clipped our girls (and boy) wings last week and noticed that the wings of one of the Cayuga won't open. Thinking back we realized that we didn't see her flap her wings like the other did. I...