I am but an egg, I know nothing about turkey. I want to start this new chapter this spring. This last spring, I ordered my ducks through a California company (Metzers) with great success, but they don't seem to have turkey. I like to be prepared so im starting to read through these threads...
I went out into the yard this afternoon and found two of my snow white Pekins covered in red! I was understandably alarmed. I could not see any wounds but their heads and breasts were saturated. They would not let me get close to them so I looked and looked around the yard to see if there was...
Venus is in tatters and now lame. Is there anyway to make her less desirable to the drakes? How do I treat her leg? She is a Jumbo Pekin, pure white with a cream coloured bill, gently freckled with beauty spots. She is the biggest bird in the flock but she is the most disheveled. She is...
This is my first time with ducks. I need some advise/ help.
I packed up 4 drakes for freezer camp on Friday. One was my own, 3 others were drakes that were given to me the day before. I know the ducks given me were at least 8 months old. Mine was a 9 week old Pekin.
They varied...
I just cant do things 1/2 way. I think I have a problem. I managed to get the pond cleaned out and it is holding water again then I thought-----a very dangerous thing----wouldn't it be fun to put fish in there? I could go to the pet store and buy a bunch of feeder fish so the ducks could...
Im terrified to introduce the ducks & dogs, but cant manage to keep them apart forever.
I have 3 dogs. 2 coy, 2 cats and now I have two 3week old pekins. I will be getting more ducks in 9 days.
the dogs drink out of the coy pond and have never bothered them
they rarely chase the cats & have...
Howdy! All 'ya all ;-)
What a great year to begin raising ducks.
Here the weather has been abnormally warm. I caught the spring bug in January and was cleaning up dog poop and mowing my back lawn in February! This led to the unpleasant reminder that my yard has become inundated with creepy...