I've done a lot of reading about what to use for flooring in an outdoor run, and the more I read the more confused I am about what to do! I did a bit of research before getting my ducks, and built their run with sand on one side and slate on the other.
The idea was that the slate was fast...
I've got 6 eggs in an incubator, one hatched yesterday and the rest showed large cracks in the evening; I expected that they'd probably be hatched by this morning but there looks to be no progress with them.
The first duckling is almost dry, so when its ready would people recommend I move it to...
I hope this is the right place to post this, we've had a problem recently with a neighbours dog who has taken to coming into our garden and attacking our ducks. He usually just barks and scares them, but today he seriously mauled one of the ducks (we had to wring it's neck in the end as the...
I just finished building my duck run and thought id share. I'm pretty pleased with how it went - I had no previous carpentry experience and had never built anything like this before so it just goes to show that with a bit of care anyone can build something like this!
Originally it was going to...
Hi all,
I've just recently purchased my first ever ducks - a trio or gorgeous pekins - which seemed extremely happy running around where we purchased them, but are now extremely shy, running into their house whenever we come near (much to the dismay of my three year old!).
We've only had them...