Hey all,
I love my Muscovy’s and I love the duck eggs soooo much more than the chicken eggs, buuutttt my girlfriend and her family WONT eat them. Pretty much, I’m being forced to add chickens lol. I know, I know chickens are great, but I have 10 ducks and wanting to add 5-7 chickens. I already...
Hey all,
First off the ducklings are all doing great! The ones in the pen are LOVING the grass and area to run around in. The other little ones are eating like crazy and growing so fast!
Now to my question: When do I need to convert the big guys to a different feed?
They are still on chick...
Update:
After losing all 10 of my first ducklings to some very dumb things I should of been aware of, I took another approach and it has worked WONDERFULLY! I have (3) month old ducks I just set out in a pen (will get pictures to add tonight, my phone was dead) and (4) week old ducklings...
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So I am getting very close to getting my beautiful, wonderful ladies and gent Muscovy ducks out to pasture along with their kiddos, but i have some questions:
1) Do I need to be giving any free-choice minerals?
2) I will have ducklings also out; do they need anything more than the...
HEY ALL,
So as of yesterday I am officially a proud step-dad to some ducklings! Momma did a fantastic job sitting and now mothering! Super excited for this new journey. Anyways, as I was picking up some starter feed, I realized the store I was in had some organic feed. After seeing the price...
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I have my very first cluster of eggs (9 as of this morning). The mom is off and on the nest and hasn't shown too much interest in sitting for more than a few minutes. I made the decision to hatch the eggs out this year and grow our flock! Is there anything i should be looking out for...
I will be picking up my lovely birds this Saturday and cannot wait! I am currently in the process of building a home and have a temp area built for my new ducks. I have a bag of feed (to help establish them in specific location), a kiddy pool, and a re-purposed dog shelter. My question is: what...
So years of having chickens I have wanted to take on a trio of ducks. After lots of research and calling around I fell in love with the Muscovy ducks! After months of trying to find the right bird (I wanted barred and pied ducks!) I finally found the best lookin trio!
Now, I have raised...
Hello everybody!I am 24 and have just started a small farm to help support my family and make a lil money to help cover things. It has always been a dream of mine and now im finally making it come true! I am Excited to be here and learn new things!
I have always had chickens for eggs and...