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Cast out hen
I have had 5 hens and a rooster for a few years now. This year I decided to add 4 new hens. They were integrated into the flock about 3 weeks ago and are just beginning to lay. The new babies are in their own coop but in the same run. All seemed well until 2 days ago. The entire flock (except...- Aprylb
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Bad drake behavior
Little Runt (my drake) is almost a year old. He's a Mallard Khaki mix. He has 4 ladies but is obsessed with the one he has been with since hatching. He follows her everywhere she goes. He mates all the ducks but never leaves the ones side. For some reason when one particular duck comes around... -
Update of the babies from the unhatched egg thread
Work has been super busy so I haven't had a chance to update on the babies. To refresh memories: One of my Khaki's decided to sit on eggs and a week before hatch changed her mind. I scooped up the eggs and incubated. Mom is Khaki Campbell and dad is Mallard. 2 hatched but 1 had several issues... -
Unhatched egg
Just a little back story. The two ducklings I bought from tractor supply are all grown up! Roan ended up being a drake and soon after he started doing what boys do, Lily decided she wanted to sit on eggs. All was well until Lily changed her mind and abandoned the nest about a week before they... -
Duck boogers?
Here is an odd question. Do ducks get boogers? What brought me to wonder this you ask? Lucy of course! Since I brought Lucy and Roan home I noticed Lucy clicks every now and then. I only noticed this because I sometimes rehab orphaned baby squirrels and the first thing we look for is clicking... -
Meet the babies
As some of you know from my other post, I just brought home 2 baby ducks. Any help with determining their age is greatly appreciated. The black on is Roan and the tan one is Lucy. I think they are both girls but I'm not the best at vent sexing so I could be wrong. -
Need help
About 2 months ago I took in an entire flock, coop and all. 2 adult hens, 1 rooster, 5 young chicks being raised by one of the hens and 2 ducks (both female). As the babies grew I discovered 2 of the babies are roosters. These 2 have come to age and are obsessed with mounting everyone...