We recently added four news hens to our aviary. We ordered them from Metzer's back in February. Our original hens have stopped laying eggs since we have combined the "flocks". The original hens are also molting. I did not know if the stress of adjusting to the additional ducks was causing...
We ordered three ducklings from Metzers. They are due to ship on February 8th. We live in Kentucky in what is considered the Louisville Metro area, although not in Jefferson County, so it will be cold here for awhile yet. I know ducks do well in the cold, but I am concerned how the ducklings...
In April my In-laws gave my daughter 6 ducklings; three Marlings and three Pekins. Out of the six, three are drakes and three are hens. We have found good homes for two of the drakes. I would like to get two more Pekin hens and one more Marling hen. I want to get them from somewhere...
We put feeder fish in the wading pool with our ducks today. We have three pekins and three mallards. We have had them for almost three weeks. They were small ducklings when we got them, and I am not sure of their actual age.
At first they did not notice the fish. The first one to pay any...
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My inlaws gave my daughter six ducklings for Easter. Three Pekins and three Mallards. I knew nothing of this until I walked out and my daughter and my wife (who talked her parents in to buying the ducks) where playing with them. Please understand, I have no...