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Weasel still under the duck house
I came home tonight to a racket. One duck was out of the run ( it isn’t covered and they can fly, just usually don’t) two dead ducks and the rest freaked out. The weasel is under the duck house and hissing at me. The ducks are in the house, but the door isn’t tight( rat chewed a hole in the...- Dori47
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using an incubator
we have one of those cheap styrofoam incubators. How long do my bantam duck eggs need to hatch and what level of humidity do I need? I read up on this years ago when we first got ducks, but we had a broody duck, and we just let her set the eggs and we got ducklings every year. Last year we... -
a strange thing happened today
we have a small backyard flock of 2 australian spotted ducks, 2 australian spotted drakes, 1 indian runner duck and 1 new baby indian runner drake( 9 weeks old) the australian spotted ducks are very broody and both have been sitting on nests for almost 2 weeks. The Indian runner gets broody too... -
Broody duck
we got 2 ducks and a drake last year, one of the ducks is broody, and we let her hatch out a brood. We kept a couple, so now have 3 ducks and 2 drakes . They are Australian spotted, but we also have an Indian runner duck. We are right in the city. The Indian runner lays an egg a day, but I... -
Kiddie pool for the ducks
so I see a lot of people mention that they use a kiddie pool for the ducks. We have had ducks about a month now and have a kiddie pool for them, but how often do you dump it out? do you just keep adding fresh water, do you use a filter and pump? Later on we plan to put a pond in the back yard...