My son just got a duck( mammoth Pekin) given to him from a person that has more than they can handle. she seem healthy other than her feet have swelling on them. she can walk but they seem to bother her. she walks so far than sits. there is no real sign of sores just swelling. does anyone...
Unfortunately this winter I have lost 2 of my 3 large breed ducks :hit. My poor drake that is left is wondering around lonely and lost since his mate died last week. My question is will he be fine until we raise another duck for him or should I find an adult to introduce him too?
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Unfortunately I have lost 2 of my 3 large breed ducks that all were housed together. We lost our duck last week and her mate seems very lonely and lost since she has passed. My question is is he fine waiting months until I can raise a new mate for him or should I get him an adult now to...
When we got home today this is what we found. We have 2 drakes and one duck they have been housing together for about a month now and showed very little signs of aggression toward each other. when we left today they were all swimming when we got home the 2 were in the yard and the one...
Last friday our saxony's eggs hatched she has been sitting them herself. My 10yr old son was so excited. 2 of them hatched the drake got a hold of one of the babies through the fence it was hurt but doing good in the house. so mom only has one now but she took it in our little creek the other...
I lost 3 chickens to coccidious I am now treating all my chickens do we need to stop eating the eggs from my Hens. I'm treating them with Corid 20% 1 tsp in in gallon of water. Please tell me that is right I've been looking it up all day and that is what I saw written most. Read many...
I just lost some chickens to coccidious do I need to worry about my ducks. Most of the stuff I have read says no but I wanted some of your opinions too. we've only had chickens and ducks for a year now and I've never dealt with any of this before. Learn as you go I guess.
I lost 3 chickens yesterday that were about 3month old I'm pretty sure to coccidious. I got on here last night in a chat and was given the advice to go get Corid so I did I have treated the one chicken in the pen still alive with it. My question now is I also Have 3 week old chicks in the...
I'm new to trying to hatch my own eggs. I talked to a man from a poultry 4H group in our area he told me I could put the chicken and duck eggs in the incubator together. I didn't think it sounded like a good idea cause they don't hatch at the same time but since he said we could my son...
I have a duck sitting on her nest right now. Her and the drake are still together do I have to take him out before the eggs hatch? after they hatch can we leave them all together or should I brood them? Any help is welcome we have never had ducks before we are learning as we go.
My son started raising ducks last year for 4H. We are still learning about them we raise rabbits. This year is her first time laying. she started laying a few weeks ago and has probably laid 15-20 eggs. We were taking them but she built a nest last week so we have left them with her. Is...