I'm new to this whole raising ducks thing and I'm wanting to start hatching my eggs. I have one of those small box incubators. I looked up the temperature and the Internet said 99.5 °F, not too far from chickens, but how much water should I put into the bottom of the incubator for moisture. The...
My only female duck I have currently, I originally thought she was a black and white magpie, but the colors are not in the traditional pattern, so I really don't know.
My doe is pregnant, she's been bleeding for about 3 days now. She made a nest Saturday night. If I'm correct her due date is either today through the 20th, possibly later. I also haven't felt movement that much, just like the last litter, which I wasn't home for the birth of those kits so they...
Is it okay to cross breed Pekin, West India, and Black and white magpie ducks? I think that I have 4\5 boys (2 of my pekins, and my West India have drake feathers, but my last pekin hasn't lost it's fluff around the tail so I can't tell) and my black and white magpie (Nemo) is a girl. I won't be...
My chick, which I just bought today, is acting weird with its legs stretched out and ver labored breathing. Is this Marek's Disease, or something else? What can I do about it?
My chick, which I just bought today, is acting weird with its legs stretched out and ver labored breathing. Is this Marek's Disease, or something else? What can I do about it?